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Zig Me, Baby, With a Gentle Zag
February 1941, Hollywood
Featuring Gail Moran and Danny Hocktor, backed by pianists Kenton, Dick Coombs, Hal Goodwin and Randy Rayburn.
Globe Productions

Jammin' in the Panoram
January 1942, Hollywood
Vocal by Helen Huntley
RCM Productions
Produced by Sam Coslow
Directed by Reginald LeBorg

This Love of Mine
January 1942, Hollywood
Off screen vocal by Helen Huntley
RCM Productions
Produced by Sam Coslow
Directed by Reginald LeBorg

Jealous
January 1942, Hollywood
Pianists Kenton and Hal Borne
RCM Productions
Produced by Sam Coslow
Directed by Reginald LeBorg

Reed Rapture
January 1942, Hollywood
RCM Productions
Produced by Sam Coslow
Directed by Reginald LeBorg

Can you pick out the two trumpet players amongst the reeds? (Earl Collier and Chico Alvarez)

Eager Beaver / Reed Rapture
July 1943
Radio Melodies

Tabby the Cat
December 1944
Universal Pictures Short

I'm Going Mad For A Pad / Memphis Lament
1944
Universal Pictures Short

Artistry in Rhythm / Taboo
December 1944
SAX (front): Red Dorris, Eddie Meyers, Ted Varges; (back) Bob Gioga, unknown tenor

TRUMPET John Carroll, Buddy Childers, Frank Payne, Ray Borden

TROMBONE George Faye, Harry Forbes, Bart Varsalona

PIANO Stan Kenton; GUITAR Bob Ahern;  BASS Clyde Singleton;  DRUMS Joe Vernon.

Southern Scandal
22 September 1945, New York
Filmcraft Productions
Produced and directed by William Forest Crouch

Eager Beaver
22 September 1945, New York
Filmcraft Productions
Produced and directed by William Forest Crouch

I'm Homesick, That's All
22 September 1945, New York
Vocal by Gene Howard
Filmcraft Productions
Produced and directed by William Forest Crouch

I’m Gonna Love That Guy
22 September 1945, New York
Vocal by June Christy
Filmcraft Productions
Produced and directed by William Forest Crouch

It's Been a Long, Long Time
22 September 1945, New York
Vocal by June Christy
Filmcraft Productions
Produced and directed by William Forest Crouch

Tampico
22 September 1945, New York
Vocal by June Christy
Filmcraft Productions
Produced and directed by William Forest Crouch

Avocado
December 1945
composed by Alan Roberts and Doris Fisher
arranged by Boots Mussulli

Featuring June Christy and Gene Howard
from the movie “Talk About A Lady”

Untitled instrumental
December 1945

from the movie “Talk About A Lady”

I Never Had A Dream Come True
December 1945
composed by Alan Roberts and Doris Fisher
arranged by Gene Roland

from the movie “Talk About A Lady”

Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
December 1945
Pacific Enterprises Studios, Hollywood, CA
Produced by Gordon Hollingshead
Directed by Jack Scholl

Somebody Loves Me. Kenton Blues, I Been Down in Texas, Don’t Blame Me, Artistry in Rhythm

VOCAL June Christy, Gene Howard

Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
19-22 February 1947
RKO Studios, Hollywood, CA
Produced by David Bilson
Directed by Wallace Grissell

Artistry in Rhythm, Down in Chihuahua, Just A-Sittin’ and A-Rockin’, Concerto to End All Concertos, Tampico

VOCAL June Christy, The Pastels
SAX Eddie Meyers, Boots Mussulli, Vido Russo, Bob Cooper, Bob Gioga
TRUMPET Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, Chico Alvarez, Ken Hanna, Johny Anderson
TROMBONE Kai Winding, Skip Layton, Milt Bernhart, Harry Forbes, Bart Varsalona
RHYTHM Stan Kenton, Bob Ahern, Eddie Safranski, Shelly Manne

The Ed Sullivan Show
3 December 1950

Artistry in Rhythm, Lover, Maynard Ferguson, Viva Prado

Featuring Art Pepper, Bob Cooper, Maynard Ferguson, Milt Bernhart, and Shelly Manne

Swing House
27 August 1953, Berlin

from the full-length motion picture Schlagerparade
Directed by Eric Ode
filmed in West Germany

Featuring Buddy Childers, Vic Minichiello, Conte Candoli, Don Dennis, Don Smith (tp) Bob Burgess, Frank Rosolino, Keith Moon, Bill Russo (tb) Bill Smiley (b-tb) Dave Schildkraut, Lee Konitz (as) Bill Holman, Zoot Sims (ts) Tony Ferina (bs) Stan Kenton (p) Barry Galbraith (g) Don Bagley (b) Stan Levey (d).

Music ’55

Two video episodes and two audio-only episodes, plus detailed info on all of the shows.

Jazz Scene
1 October 1962, KTTV Studios, Hollywood
Hosted by Oscar Brown, Jr.

Limehouse Blues
All the Things You Are
Waltz of the Prophets
Maria
Malagueña

SAX Gabe Baltazar, Don Menza, Ray Florian, Allan Beutler, Joel Kaye
TRUMPET Conte Candoli, Marvin Stamm, Bob Behrendt, Dalton Smith, Keith LaMotte
TROMBONE Bud Parker, Tom Ringo, Bob Fitzpatrick, Jim Amlotte, Dave Wheeler
MELLOPHONIUM Dwight Carver, Joe Burnett, Lou Gasca, Ray Starling
RHYTHM Stan Kenton, Bucky Calabrese, Dee Barton

Music of the Sixties
Artistry In Rhythm
Limehouse Blues
Reuben's Blues
Malaguena
Intermission Riff

20 March 1962
KTTV-TV Studios, Hollywood

Music of the Sixties
Vocal by Sue Raney
I Got It Bad

20 March 1962
KTTV-TV Studios, Hollywood

A Lovely Way To Spend an Evening
Stan Kenton Orchestra
Vocal by June Christy

4 August 1965
WGN-TV’s "The Big Bands" from Chicago
[made up to look like the Rendezvous Ballroom]

My Shining Hour
Stan Kenton Orchestra
Vocal by June Christy

4 August 1965
WGN-TV’s "The Big Bands" from Chicago
[made up to look like the Rendezvous Ballroom]

Excerpt from Kenton's "Bound To Be Heard"
1968
Video montage over Dee Barton composition.
Conceived & edited by Glenn Conner Johnson
Photographed by Baldwin Baker

Watch the full film here

Hey Jude
1969

Artistry in Rhythm
1969

Willie Maiden leads an improv clinic
~1970

Artistry In Rhythm
The David Frost Show
23 June 1970

Live on Danish TV
14 January 1972
Studio 3, Television City, Gladsaxe, Copenhagen

Love Story, A Step Beyond, Rhapsody in Blue, MacArthur Park, Peanut Vendor, Latin Rhythm, Ambivalence, Intermission Riff

In Concert – Turino, Italy
1 February 1972, RAI Television

Didn’t We, A Little Minor Booze, Chiapas, Love Story, Artistry in Percussion, MacArthur Park

Kenton in Concert
6 February 1972, London

A Little Minor Booze, Chiapas, Artistry In Percussion, MacArthur Park, Malaga, Intermission Riff, Tiare, The Peanut Vendor, Artistry In Rhythm

SAX Quin Davis, Richard Torres, Kim Frizell, Willie Maiden, Chuck Carter
TRUMPET Mike Vax, Dennis Noday, Jay Saunders, Ray Brown, Joe Marcinkiewicz
TROMBONE Dick Shearer, Mike Jamieson, Fred Carter, Mike Wallace, Phil Herring
RHYTHM Stan Kenton, Ramon Lopez, John Worster, John Von Ohlen

52 minutes

MacArthur Park
1972

A Little Minor Booze
1972

The Daily Dance
1973

“Artistry in Rhythm”
12 March 1973

One late winter day in 1973 the Stan Kenton Orchestra gave an afternoon workshop and an evening concert outside of Atlanta, Georgia. The concert was sponsored by the Columbia High School Band Boosters, as a fund raiser.

Sixteen year old composer Terry Vosbein was there. In this excerpt from that concert, Vosbein presents a rare moment of the Kenton Band going "off-book." In addition, he presents some personal insights of his early involvement with the Kenton Clinics.

Big Bands from the Dorchester
9 September 1973

BBC-TV
Dorchester Hotel, London

2002 Zarathustrevisted, What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life, Blues – Between & Betwixt. Ramon Lopez, Body and Soul, The Peanut Vendor, Artistry in Rhythm

45 minutes

What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life
1974

Michel Legrand’s song; Ken Hanna’s arrangement; John Park’s alto sax.

Soundstage
11 November 1975

WTTV Studios, Chicago

With the Four Freshmen and Anita O’Day

60 minutes

Turtle Talk
17 September 1976

From the show “Blow That Horn Man, Blow! Stan Kenton in Person”
Concertgebouw, Den Haag, Holland

Solos: Terry Layne (as) Tim Hagans (tp) Jeff Uusitalo (tb)

Opus in Pastels
17 September 1976

From the show “Blow That Horn Man, Blow! Stan Kenton in Person”
Concertgebouw, Den Haag, Holland

“Artistry in Rhythm”
6 May 1977

Leisure Lodge
Cambridge-Preston, Ontario


48 minutes

“Stan Kenton Lost Concert”
March 1978

Coconut Grove

84 minutes