Stan Kenton - What are you doing the rest of your live - 2

[franceskt]

Must have been recorded during the Kenton European tour of September 1973. That's when John Park, Kim Park and mary fettig were all in the band.

Thanks for thisgreat video. Any more from this concert?

[DavidHoffmanTrumpet]

great rendition. John Parks on the alto solo, and his future daughter-in-law Mary Fettig on tenor in the section

[bearman1210]

true enough music business was brutal is brutal.

My father's dream was to play 1st chair Trombone in Kenton's band.

Didn't happen, Although he had a 4 trombone group in Dayton Ohio

for years. Played at Kenkels' if anyone knew of that place.

Anyway he is dead and i was exposed to this music as far back as I can remember

I heard all this in the late sixties Awesome Stuff!!!!

[pringle337]

Stan Kenton asked me to open the door at a concert, at a small college town in Pa. Way back in the 50's. Saw hime years later at a concert in Niagara Falls.. But his music remains forever in my mind. Too many Stan Kenton memories.!

[huharoto]

what a wonderful version of of my favorites tunes from Michel Legrand, Stan Kenton was a master i love his way to play the classics and his own compositions.

[AgainstConsistence]

I heard Stan Kenton was a castrato.

[CarolinaNIM]

@AgainstConsistence If that was so, then how did he have children? He had at least one daughter and one son.

[pindaric]

This was my wife's favorite to hear when we'd see Kenton performing in New England. A marvelous chart that always sounds fresh, even all these years later. Especially when the 6/8 gets going.

[joni4749]

Beautiful. Love listening especially to the Bass player. Often wish I had studied bass, but then piano isn't that bad! lol

[woosailor]

Stan is showing the result of his years of his touring and his hard life but what a great talent !!! Bergman lyrics and some great arrangements. A rather sad life that he led. One of the real troupers. So sad that he is gone. Rich, rich arrangements, creative, and artistry !!

[nemo227]

@woosailor You're correct. Kenton knew how to recognize talent and he gave a lot a great musicians a chance to really fly! The first time I saw/heard him at Ford Ord Soldier's Club in the 1950s I was hugely impressed and have followed his music and collected his records. He was a real band leader.

[nealbfinn]

Couldn't be '76. John Park was gone by then. Mary Fettig is in the sax section and left the band in '73

[mikeysax20]

holy cow, this is great to see this stuff, what a pleasure ;-)

[hepcat2009]

Actually Doc never played with Stan, although he was a member of Barnet's great bop band of '49. And Al Cohn was never a member; he only subbed for about 5 days for Coop in Dec. 1950. This clip is one of my fave Kenton charts of the 70s...in fact Stan played it at his final San Fran. concert in '78. For kicks, he sometimes called it "What R U Doing Molesting My Wife?" I think that's rather clever.

[rwpsmith]

These clips are great to watch. I used to attend the summer in-residence clinics that the Kenton band held. I remember getting to sit in with this sax section. What an amazing experience! Now if only someone had a clip of John playing Street of Dreams!

[jazzmusic1937]

iv seen many kenton bands in person for instance one featured the candoli bros conti and pete who played lead buddy brisbois screech trumpet al cohen tenor sax doc severenson doing solo work bill perkins tenor sax i have to admit i never saw a band with an exceptional bone player in person

[filmcomposer7]

Oh, I almost forgot to give props to the one of the greatest composers and filmscore writers of the past century (in my opinion) Michel Legrand!

[frankstelt]

Agree with you about Legrand. Only have to look at Thomas Crown Affair, Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and Summer of '42. His most high profile work in film, but he is the best in the jazz arena as well.

[spacepatrolman]

@filmcomposer7 Sombody just put a video in here of michel legrand doing ice station zebra live gery mulligan used to complain that stan kenton wanted too many instruments and called him the wagner of jazz he wanted less then stan did that wagner album meanwhile gerry mulligan started playing piano at his concerts like stan then stan got fed up with the music business and said he wanted to become a psychiatrist then he started his own record company creative world issuing reissues of capitol

[spacepatrolman]

@spacepatrolman of capitol records and new recordings like stan kenton plays chicago and blood sweat and tears and national anthems of the world [ which was actualy a 2 record set of a college band directors recordings ] stan gave a comencement address at the berklee colege of music and donated a lot of scores

[filmcomposer7]

Kim Park is now living in Nashville...From Kansas City....we've got some crazy (and brilliant) jazz players here! Dig some of his solo work with Karrin Allyson on "Cherokee" and "Yardbird Suite"...recently, Kim performed with the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, dir by Jim Mair. Also, if interested, KC JAM Magazine has a feature article extant on Kim's dad, the great John Park!

[ukoslavia1]

Hey guys if anyone sees this and nows what im talking about tell me!!!!!

I need get a recording of a song called

"Count on me" Composed and Arranged by Lennie Niehaus, allegedly.

I have surfed the web and honestly cant even find anything to like Niehaus, or anyone for that matter to this song!!!!!

Its a jazz chart so i figured maybe someone would know

PLZ PLZ PLZ HELP i would appreciate it so much if i could find a link to at least a sample of this song!!!

Thank you

[kenkiser800]

The other bari sax player (on Kenton's side) is Roy Reynolds.

[riffduck]

The alto solo is by John Park, one of the most innovative and original soloist on his instrument ever. John' son, Kim, is playing high bari and was married to Mary Fettig, also in the sax section. Also has my friend, Bill Hartman, in the trombone section.  This track is from the British tour in the early 70's.

[riffduck]

This is one of the few videos showing John Park's brilliant alto sax work. Interestingly, someone mentioned Mary Fettig in an earlier post. Not only was Mary on this band, but also, John's son Kim Park (on high bari) who was married to Mary.

Listen closely to his solo. His work was as imaginative and original as it can get.....

[perseus651]

Kenton was my idol years ago, but today he doesn't sound so great. Guess I've changed.

[riffduck]

To perseus: NO! You didn't change....Kenton did! That's why his band always sounded fresh and exciting. He never wanted to sit and bask in his past laurels. I, like you, prefer the early Kenton, but have come to appreciate what he was trying to do in later years.....

[chattyshow]

I agree with riffduck. Kenton never stopped experimenting, although he wasn't always successful

[tonymorris2]

The woman was Mary Fettig, who played for Stan, particularly on the band's visit to Europe. She was a great flute player and did very well on the tenor sax too!

[furorscribendi2]

This was a great song to play from the 'winds. We had a vocalist - great lyrics - but of course Kenton had great ideas and orchestration that both sounded better and was more fun to play.

[bearman1210]

is that a woman in the reed section??

[nealbfinn]

That was my high school mate Mary Fettig, who was on the band from 72-73. She played mostly alto in high school as well ss clarinet and flute. She was an exceptional flute player.

She is alive and well and living in Pleasant Hill, California. And still playing great.

[KLOKFXR]

Great Tuba work

[bearman1210]

thanks for the videos!!

my father was a jazz trombonist and his dream was to play in Kentons band. I grew up listening to his music and have a lot of stans albums. Terrific music.