Kenton in Hi-Fi (1956) more music like this

by Stan Kenton

After years of big band experimentation, Stan Kenton seemed to settle into a more grounded groove on 1956's In Hi-Fi. To his credit, Kenton did keep things swinging before, even in the midst of high brow bombast like the string-laden, 39 piece Innovations in Modern Music orchestra and numerous jazz meets Stravinsky projects. This uncanny balance ...

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Lush Interlude/The Kenton Touch (2003) more music like this

by Stan Kenton

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The Stan Kenton Story [Box Set] (2001) more music like this

by Stan Kenton

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Revelations (2000) more music like this

by Stan Kenton

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The Story of Jazz (2001) more music like this

by Stan Kenton

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Retrospective (1943) more music like this

by Stan Kenton

This four-CD set has virtually all of Stan Kenton's most significant recordings from his prime years. Although Kenton completists will prefer to pick up dozens of his individual Creative World releases instead, all other jazz collectors are well-advised to get this very well-conceived release. Starting with the original version of "Artistry in ...

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Second Thoughts (2003) more music like this

by University of North Florida Jazz Ensemble

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Artistry in Progressive Jazz (1998) more music like this

by Stan Kenton

While many radio broadcasts from the big-band era are redundant exercises in nostalgia, this one -- a compilation from three different locales -- is defiantly, pungently out of that class. It covers a period where Kenton's ensembles were stretching the boundaries of where big bands were allowed to go, beginning in 1946 at the Meadowbrook Gardens ...

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Roots of Afro-Cuban Jazz (2001) more music like this

by Various Artists

While not really a thorough overview of Afro-Cuban jazz roots (no Machito?), this Blue Note disc still contains enough top cuts to make for some very enjoyable -- and occasionally educational -- listening. Taking in both bebop and hard bop material, the 11 tracks feature such worthy contributors as Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro and Tadd Dameron, ...

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Lush Interlude (1958) more music like this

by Stan Kenton

This is a most unusual record, not yet reissued on CD. Lush Interlude features remakes of nine Stan Kenton standards (plus the newly written "Lush Waltz") re-orchestrated by Pete Rugolo for five trombones, flutist George Spelvin (who may in reality be Bud Shank), guitarist Laurindo Almeida, an oversized rhythm section (with a few extra ...

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Best Jazz 100 (2006) more music like this

by Various Artists

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Manteca: The Roots of Afro-Cuban Jazz (2007) more music like this

by Various Artists

This set from Giant Steps really gets it and lays down some of the hottest of the early Afro-Cuban jazz sounds that came down the pipe during and just after the bebop era. The first disc assembles 20 tracks by American jazz bands deeply influenced by the roots sounds of Cuban music, from the likes of Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Tadd Dameron and ...

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