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www.StanKentonShow.com
This page is from Jerry Haendiges Productions and offers a wide variety of information and resources about The Stan Kenton Show, airing in 1952-53. The site includes radio logs, listening samples, and information about performers and songs performed by the Kenton Band.
A website dedicated to recording engineer Wally Heider and his work, full of stories and information and even includes a discussion group where definitive answers can be found regarding Wally Heider's work.
http://www.jazzprofiles.blogspot.com/
Get your fill all of all things Kenton.
Biographies
http://www.jazzprofessional.com/interviews/kenton%20story.htmhttp://www.parabrisas.com/d_kentons.phpJack McKinney's very detailed overview of Kenton's career is based on a series of interviews he conducted with Kenton.
http://www.spaceagepop.com/kenton.htmAn "online encyclopedia of lounge, big band, classic jazz, and space age sounds," this site gives a brief biography of Kenton.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazz/profiles/stan_kenton.shtmlThis biography of Kenton includes links to biographies of several band members and collaborators as well.
Radio 3 has provided a brief overview of Kenton's career that includes a clip of "Concerto to End All Concertos."
Discographies
http://home.ica.net/~blooms/apcompletedisco.htmhttp://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B4srn282c056aThe personnel in Kenton's bands during Pepper's tenure are well-documented in this detailed discography of Art Pepper's recordings with big bands.
The All Music Guide gives Kenton its full treatment with brief biographical information, a discography, and links to musicians who worked with, influenced, and were influenced by Kenton.
http://www.jazz.com/dozens/the-dozens-twelve-essential-stan-kenton-performances
Hosted on jazz.com, this top twelve list of Stan Kenton performances also provides discographical information for each recording, including a list of performers.
Articles
http://www.calstatela.edu/library/sc6.htmAmong the special collections at California State University, Los Angeles, is the Stan Kenton Collection of Musical Recordings and Personal Papers donated by Mrs. Stanley (Audree Coke) Kenton.
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gottlieb:@field(SUBJ+@band(Kenton,+Stan+))
The Library of Congress's contribution to a National Digital Library, the American Memory Project provides digital access to a wide variety of materials related to the history and culture of the United States. The Stan Kenton portion of the Gottlieb archive offers over one hundred images of Kenton and his fellow musicians.
http://www.vosbein.com/articles.html
Kenton scholar Terry Vosbein provides access to articles he's written about Kenton and Kenton contributors. Scroll to the bottom of this site to find Kenton pictures and programs.
http://bjbear71.com/Winding/kai-kenton.html
Essay about the influence of trombonist Kai Winding on the Stan Kenton Band by Mike Suter.
www.jazzwax.com/2008/06/interview-chris.html
Interviews with Bill Holman and Chris Connor posted on Jazz Wax conducted by blogger Marc Meyers.
