Free Stan Kenton Music Downloads

Stan Kenton led one of the most successful big bands from the end of the Swing era through the counterculture revolution of the 1960s. Kenton's vision was unique and he often favored bombast and experimentation over the pulse of Swing. Oddly, the musicians he hired were the swingin'est around. Art Pepper, Anita O'Day, Shelly Manne, Shorty Rogers, Maynard Ferguson, June Christy and countless others all became stars with Kenton and went on to successful solo careers. If pretension often got the best of him, much of Kenton's music was great. Songs like "23 Degrees North - 82 Degrees West," -- which incorporated Latin rhythms without conga drums -- are still amazingly vital, while such albums as City of Glass remain cutting edge Third Stream works. Kenton's reputation suffered at the hands of latter day critics who complained that his music wasn't "black" enough. Today, people are waking up to the fact that his music was special because it sounded like no one else's.
Free Stan Kenton legal music downloads
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Album: Stompin' at Newport Style:Big Band Third Stream Label:Pablo Records
Album: New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm Style:Big Band Label:CM Blue Note
Album: Cuban Fire Style:Big Band Label:CM Blue Note
Album: Retrospective Style:Big Band Label:Ang
Album: Kenton In Hi-Fi Style:Big Band Label:CM Blue Note
Album: Out Of Nowhere Style:Big Band Third Stream Label:Digitalpressure/Kem Enterprises Inc.
Album: Sophisticated Approach Style:Big Band Third Stream Label:Blue Note
Album: Stan Kenton Style:Big Band Third Stream Label:Membran GmbH
Album: V-disc Style:Big Band Third Stream Label:Dmusic/Lost Gold
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