{"product_id":"stan-kenton-the-studio-sessions-a-discography-9780936653822","title":"Stan Kenton: The Studio Sessions : A Discography","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the years since the publication of Kenton on Capitol and Creative World  Michael Sparkes has turned up a huge trove of information about the official recordings of Stan Kenton and the people involved in creating them. This is a completely revised version of the early book  incorporating some 70 pages of new material  Full details on the MacGregor transcriptions; Detailed notes on every official Kenton LP; the background  intention and realization of the music as explained by the musicians themselves; original document examples from Capitols files; new take numbers; original session A\u0026amp;R producers.  This book covers Kentons 40 years on record - every recording date  every release  every version  unissued recordings studio transcriptions  details on matrix numbers  alternative titles  release numbers  dates  places  people  thousands of facts  including things even the most ardent Kenton fan doesnt know.  Stanley Newcomb \"Stan\" Kenton was a pianist  composer  and arranger who led a highly innovative  influential  and often controversial American jazz orchestra. Kenton was a salient figure on the American musical scene and made an indelible mark on the arranged type of big band jazz. Kentons music evolved with the times throughout the 1960s and 1970s  and although he was no longer considered a contemporary innovator  he promoted jazz and jazz improvisation through his service as an educator. The \"Kenton Style\" continues to permeate big bands at the high school and collegiate level  and the framework he designed for the \"jazz clinic\" is still widely in use today. His music has experienced a resurgence in interest  with later critical \"rediscovery\" of his music and many reissues of his recordings. An alumni band tours to this day  led by lead trumpeter Mike Vax  which performs not only classic Kenton arrangements  but also new music written and performed in the Kenton style.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67929281626165,"sku":"ByrdShop_0936653825","price":60.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780936653822.jpg?v=1794196175","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/stan-kenton-the-studio-sessions-a-discography-9780936653822","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}