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  7. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

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    2 hours ago, jazzcorner said:

    Yep! One of several concerts in Germany. Have it taped from the radio

    Others are

    Live at Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg   1956/04       Sound of Yesteryear

    Kenton in Stockholm       1956  Swedish Radio Years

    More interesting are the recordings from his first European Tour 1953 including 

    Concert in Wiesbaden     1953  Astral Jazz

    Artistry in Paris    1953  Jasmine (2)

    live in Munich 1953-Deutsches Museum        1953  Sounds of Yesteryear

    and on tape / cassette:

     

    Kenton,Stan RB Rias        1953/08/27 CD-R           Berlin,Sportpal      USA          Holman/Schildkraut/Childers

    Kenton,Stan RB Rias        1953/08/28 7"(2)           Berlin USA          Christy,June

    Agreed that the '53 Band may have been even a better collection of talent, but by '56 the band had an even greater wealth of Holman charts, which are tough to beat. Anyway, I greatly enjoy both bands.  

  8. So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted · Edited by John Tapscott

    8 hours ago, BillF said:

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    👍 Mel Lewis is wonderful on this recording.

    Now:

    Primary

    I see a lot of people at various sites have given this 5 stars. I don't hear it like that at all. I like Sonny, but 3 stars maybe. 

    4 hours ago, jazzbo said:

    Gil Evans “Out of the Cool” Acoustic Sounds Verve Series Verve Impulse LP.

    Got this for “free” and shipping. Sounds great.

     

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  9. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted · Edited by John Tapscott

    1 hour ago, jazzcorner said:

    I do support that. I came to Kenton via his great 1950s orchestra and the Capitol issues. He himself was also a good arranger:

    - Portrais & Sketches of Standards 

    - Kenton presents (with Art Pepper)

    - New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm

    - Contemporary Concepts and the great

    - Showcase (with Holman & Russo arranging)

    This period ended with "Back To Balboa" IMO  & I lost him when the 'Neophonic Era' began with the Mellophoniums and that bombastic Wagner Interpretation.

    Yes he was a restless searcher as DB printed it.

    The recent discovered 1952 Stereo tracks from  The Blue Note Club are again a highlight for me. What a Band with all the later West Coast stars. Among my more than 100 Kenton Items the 1950s are the best sounding Items for me.

     

    Here is something extra

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    👍Yes, I have the Shearer recording. It's wild and wooly, mostly in a good way. Not as polished as the Kenton Orchestra. 

    Listened to this one lately. The 1956 Kenton Orchestra was a rather incredible collection of talent, never to be quite matched by any subsequent Kenton Orchestra.  

    Live Rosengarten Mannheim 23 April 1956 by Stan Kenton & His Orchestra (2011-02-15)

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