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Just watched the video above for the first time. I'm still learning about Kenton, but I enjoyed the clip quite a bit. Does anyone else hear gestures toward Gil Evans in the first 1:50 minutes? Maybe they're just surface, but I also hear parallels with Oliver Nelson's writing for large group when I listen to Kenton (in general, not the clip above). Nelson is more identifiable, more idiosyncratic. Maybe it's just the "feel" of the charts. To date, I have only seven Kenton discs. That's keeping me busy for now.

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For me it was almost all the electric albums before retirement, then the quintet with Wayne, Ron, Herbie and Tony, and THEN the Prestige material. But I love it all.

Blues For Bud = Spanish Steps. The latter title is the original album title. Spinning now. Really nice. Dig "Sonora."👌 I only own two (!) Hawes titles: Spanish Steps and Vol. 3. I'd like to find a copy of The Seance.