Wow what a great piece, it's kinda sad that jazz is slowly dying down bc of all the poor excuses for music nowadays but there's still that huge handful who still enjoy the beauty of jazz. Let's keep it alive!!
I was born about the time this video was shot. Stan Kenton was so far ahead of time. This arrangement would blow most people's mind today...especially if they saw it in person!
@biffon69 Well, yeah. These guys got paid. And they recorded this before almost anyone involved with BLAST! was born. And yes, I saw the show in the Broadway Theatre at 53rd and Broadway before it closed in 2001.
Respond to this video... This was recorded sometime in 1962. Kenton recorded this in the studio in 1961 and stopped using the mellophoniums sometime in 1963.
Got to play this one in high school back in the mid-70s. I played the mellophonium part on French horn. Also taught myself to play the trombone solo (on horn) and would chime in along with the bone player when we played it on the field. It gave me goose bumps to play it and, now, all these years later, it still gives me goose bumps to listen to it.
if you like show drummers go to fon morcus on you tube unbelieveble he will be on america got tallent next year he has 5 vidios 6 one is next month you got to see this old dude .fon morcus he is from holland
Firts heard Blast! do this. Then, while checking other versions of Malaguena, I stumbled onto this version by Kenton. My reaction? Blast! stole it! Then, I heard the Madison Scouts do it!
Played this in high school stage band, and also as a member of the Cascades D&B Corps (yeah we got the idea from the Madison Scouts in 1975, get over it). Awesome chart. 1st trumpet in stage band, 2nd soprano in Cascades.
The quality of the television pictures nature of the format of the programme makes it seem much closer to 61 or'' 62 than '68. The fashion of those leaving and the narrow ties are early sixties. I didn't see any model of car in the closing sequence that looked like it was past the early sixties.
OMF, is this his arrangement? Almost part for part 1988 Madison show seriously? Wow, fing pwnd to the "arranger" of the '88 show! WOW, I have been doing drum corps since 1986 and didn't realize we had Stan Kenton to thank for Malaguena
I saw Stan live in Boston in the mid 70's at one of the big hotels. The strange thing about it is the father of the girl I was dating was a big Stan Kenton fan and I just happened to have one of Stan's albums. That broke the ice.
My father was in that orchestra playing the melloph. (Ray Starling) He was also an arranger for Kenton an recorded with him at Capital records in Hollywood in 1962 when they recorded the West Side Story catalog. The upright bass player was Bucky Calabrese, he was my Godfather and you will also see Joel Kaye on the Sax. I remember living in CA for about 6-9 months and swimming in the hotel pool everyday.
My father was in that orchestra playing the melloph. (Ray Starling) He was also an arranger for Kenton an recorded with him at Capital records in Hollywood in 1962 when they recorded the West Side Story catalog. The upright bass player was Bucky Calabrese, he was my Godfather and you will also see Joel Kaye on the Sax. I remember living in CA for about 6-9 months and swimming in the hotel pool everyday.
This was the song that introduced me to Kenton. I had a drumming hero while I was in Junior High..and he played drums in the High School and they played this..and just blew me away. While in College I was able to meet and perform for Bill Holman..What an honor.
This is one of my Kenton favorites. My first record, a 78 RPM, was his "Intermission Riff" and he's been my all-time favorite jazz artist ever since. Thank you, bwbach, for your excellent upload. The video and sound are perfect and, of course, your taste is above reproach. Please, give us more! And if you like the mellophoniums as I do, may I suggest Kenton's "Adventures in Blues". It's a truly marvelous album.
The drummer was Dee Barton. He was also a trombone player and arranger for the band. Kenton recorded an entire album of Dee's music. Two of his well-known compositions are "Turtle Talk" and "Waltz of the Prophets." I saw this band at Fort Meade in MD in 60's.
"Intermission Riff". I got it in a used record store in New York in 1945 for 10 cents.
It wasn't a vinyl. I got his "Innovations in Modern Music" when it came out in 1949 and it wasnt on vinyl, either. I started out very, very young loving Kenton's
music. I bought everything he recorded at the time it came out. I love jazz but
Had an old Stan Kenton vinyl that had this arrangement on it. Wow, I never thought that I would get to see it performed. bwvbach, thanks so much for posting this. You really, really gave me back some old style joy!
Haha I love this. My father is my director and wouldn't let us play this, pissed off our trumpets so much one bought the music, passed it out, and had us all learn it well enough that he couldn't refuse our demands to play it
Love this chart.layed this arrangement in college. Only problem was director had me learn the tuba part. Tough for a trumpet playing engineer. He did give me 3 weeks though.
@irthma I was a student at the Stan Kenton Jazz Clinics in 1966 and 1967. A Kenton band concert every night fora week at Redlands University in CA. UNBELIEVABLE!!!
@ktlofland The drummer is Dee Barton. He was a trombone player/composer in the band. One night the drummer didn't show for a gig and Stan let him play. He was the drummer for the band at the 1967 Clinic. Ed Soph (now at North Texas Sate Univ.) was the drummer in 1966.
Ah...the classic Kenton V setup. My high school band director almost always used this setup. Not sure if Kenton invented it but we always referred to it as the Kenton V...with the saxes facing the brass with rhythm in between. Of course, we didn't have the m-phones at all.
i wish the drummer didnt bang on the cymbal for so much of the piece as it covered so much of the rest of the band with simply eighth notes, especially during the tenor solo. even still, it is a great piece :]
This is from the same DVD that also has the Frank Rosolino Quartet. Yes, it's from 1962. The same year that Don recorded with Stan on Adventures In Time.
of course you disagree hepcat its obvious by the way kenton set up his later bands same brass sections minus mellophoniums he didnt need them certainly no adlib talent he just moved on kenton suffered from the fate of other big bands ie rock and roll ie so called pop music elvis etc what a shame what a sham
RE jazzmusic1937: Kenton certainly wouldn't agree with you on that. In fact, throughout the '70s, it has been reported to me that one of Stan's great dissapointments was that he couldn't afford to revise the m-horns for his current bands, he loved them that much. It was foremost a matter of economics, although the horn certainly was despised by other band members for its intonation defects.
When I was 1 (1965), my trumpet teacher took met oh hear Kenton. We stood maybe 10 feet from the band. In those days, the only thing that went through the PA was the piano, string bass, and soloists. They opened with Malaguena. Holy Shit! What a wall of sound! Never heard anything like it, and not often since, even from Maynard's (smaller) bands. That's all it took - hooked on it ever since.
mellophoniums had no business in this band kenton had enough brass 5 trumpets 5 trmbones bad experiment with meeophons he dropped them pretty quick again very bad judgement
@jazzmusic1937 That's your opinion, and you are certainly entitled to it. Johnny Richards put them to excellent use in Kenton's "West Side Story" album. The mellophones apparently had intonation issues--this and other factors led Kenton to eventually drop them. However, what else did you expect from Stan Kenton? One of the most progressive guys in jazz, who probably did more for jazz than anybody?
You know what grinds my gears he said pay attention to the mellophoniums in that selection.But the mellophones didnt do anything.I swear Mellophones dont get any good parts in any music.
Superb, wonderful Jazz. Kenton was the greatest influence on modern Jazz than any other bandleader. Forget all the other claims - however brilliant in their own way.
Anybody out there ever play a mellophonium? I taught a drumline at a school that had them in their instrument room. I took one out and we looked at it, but no one played it. I know you could put an attachment to change the keys. I bet they were a bitch!
It is fun to listen to the Kenton arrangements go from high trumpet, to adding French horns, adding the mellophonium, and then getting rid of them. I think his best sound came with them in his band.
@mjbari3 : Don't forget Stan had great arrangers, e.g., Holman, Richards, etc., and top flight musicians.
The old mellophones could be changed from F to Eb with different tubing. Stick a French Horn mouthpiece in there and guess what it sounds like...? But I'm one of those who like the Mellophonium band. I've got all the albums.
bwvba: stan kenton playing malaguena on jazz scene U.S.A in 1968 i think
I think this version of Malaguena would have been performed a bit earlier than '68. Given the mellophoniums, I think it may have been more like '61 or '62.
God bless YouTube! I have been a Kenton fan for about 20 years, and I have never seen a clip of them before!
Cool...a bass sax! I would have never thought that Kenton's drummer looked like that cat! The years of listening to those London Phase 4 LPs...and finally putting faces to the sounds! How square everybody looks! Kenton is so skinny!
best bet lead trumpet was pete candoli lead bone wa bob fitzpatrick pete may not have done the screech part remembermaynard didnt play lead buthe played screech childers played lead
If you are referring to the solo trumpet player who stands to play the high notes just before the end, I am positive that player is Dalton Smith. He was my first cousin. A native Mississippian, he was a graduate of University of Southern Mississppi.
@mkhone Hi, I'm from Forest MS, same as Dalton. He was a friend of my father's. Dalton was in our house many times, for parties, etc. I agree with you that's he in the video. We knew his first wife Vi, also.
The correct date of this ABC-TV show is Oct. 1, 1962, not July as posted earlier. This was one of the band's longest lasting charts, from 1961 right up to the last Stern Grove gig in August '78. I was fortunate to see that last Kenton band play Malaguena at Disneyland in March '78 and still have the cassette I made. Dalton Smith once told me in an interview that his section mates often passed out near the close of this monster chart -- it was just too much on their chops. I can believe that!
Dad, this is for you. Thanks for bringing me to see & hear Stan's orchestra live. Hope those angels of music are still knocking your socks off. I miss you.
I love the old school guys. Today people play this and they are jumping around, their backs bent in half, eyes bulging and when their "big" note is done they swing the instrument away wildly like they they've been punched in the gut.
Not these guys, they LIVED the music. They put their heart and soul into into it and when their "big" note was over, they didn't move, because they felt it rude to the audience to scream out "look at me!" and demean the purity and beauty of the chart.
anybody notice that Maynard Ferguson stood up at the end to play octave up lines? I got to hear Stan Kenton play Malaguena two different times. I was in he front row both times! Man! Talk about a rush!! I miss him.....
come on people the reason the sax soso seemed covered was because no mike was set up for the solo blame the damn producer for that not the drummer or the rest of the band
by the way philly south why does somebody who digs cugat listen tokenton cugat was like a duchin or lombardo he catered to the rich and dumb i/e simple sh for simple people
man i have the University of North Texas recording of this and it is awesome. everybody should look them up its the One O' Clock Lab Band. They are amazing best jazz band in the country.
Is that Dee Barton on drums? If so, this is the bunch that did Waltz of the Prophets, which I'd love to see again. First time I saw it was at a high school football field in Michigan; the band was roughly at the track finish line, and a train blew through behind them in the middle of the concert.
This is the first time I've ever seen the Stan Kenton Band play this tune. I love the intensity of this piece. Awesome!!! The "melophoniums" look soo much different from today's melophones.
played it with Bishop Kenrick dance band in Philadelphia Bands of Renown contest -- can't remember the exact year -- 1964 0r 65. We won the all catholic contest - came in 3rd here. Played melophone in version of Waltz of the Profits.
jazz scene was produced by steve allen the first half of this tape was frank rosolino then came kenton i suggest you cats check out the rosolino stuff also
Wow what a great piece, it's kinda sad that jazz is slowly dying down bc of all the poor excuses for music nowadays but there's still that huge handful who still enjoy the beauty of jazz. Let's keep it alive!!
CaitlynANDBrian4ever 1 day ago
what an epic piece
nicoramii 1 week ago in playlist music
3:40 Bill Clinton.
TheDannybarra 1 week ago
Saw the Kenton Orchestra in England a few years back, Unfortunately Stan was already ill then.
sirnigel37 1 month ago
My Dad was Stan's P.R. man after ww2 I was raised on this sound! ViVa Stan the Man!
TweetyHawk696 1 month ago
Brings back memories of playing in Jazz band back in high school....
Killer05Condom 1 month ago
MAGNIFICI...!
PORTENTOSA MUSICA MEXICANA....
BRAVISSIMI !
Francesco1Gabriele 1 month ago in playlist La Malaguena Salerosa
Happy 100th, Stanley!
BirdLives1 1 month ago
Frantic, man!!
recalcitrist1 1 month ago
Smokin' hot!
RedSoxDad01 1 month ago
Why can't we play this on the radio instead of the lame excuse for music these days.
wunderwaffle51 1 month ago
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1:48 Is that teddy roosevelt on drums?
ssbphotography 2 months ago
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ssbphotography 2 months ago
4 people don't like the trumpet intro
BigDogRedskin 2 months ago
The Madison Mellophonium Jazz Orchestra will be performing Stan Kenton tunes in Waupun, Wisconsin, City Hall Auditorium on November 19, 2011.
cougartuba 2 months ago
Awesome. Thanks for the upload :-)
MsTeenBirmingham 2 months ago
Is that Seth Rogen on drums?
benkvenga 2 months ago
I was born about the time this video was shot. Stan Kenton was so far ahead of time. This arrangement would blow most people's mind today...especially if they saw it in person!
bonzo328 3 months ago
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Check out the University of Utah Marching Band perform Malaguena! :D
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TrumpetAsia 3 months ago
holy great trombone
CrazyMcN4sty 4 months ago
1:45 DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING
magician10001 4 months ago 9
@magician10001 yeah man DINGIN' like a bitch in a bell shop
w423350 4 weeks ago
way better than the blast version. actually has groove!
biffon69 4 months ago
@biffon69 Well, yeah. These guys got paid. And they recorded this before almost anyone involved with BLAST! was born. And yes, I saw the show in the Broadway Theatre at 53rd and Broadway before it closed in 2001.
TheTurtleTube 2 months ago
the drummer looks toked
trojantboneguy 4 months ago
4:58 is that a bass sax?!
baklava151 4 months ago 9
@baklava151 yes it is. Good eye
zackrichards1994 4 months ago
@baklava151 OH! Bass Sax!!!! plays Low-B natural
tanapachi 2 months ago
@baklava151 Yes.
TheTurtleTube 2 months ago
Respond to this video... This was recorded sometime in 1962. Kenton recorded this in the studio in 1961 and stopped using the mellophoniums sometime in 1963.
TheTurtleTube 2 months ago
@baklava151 Hells yes it is!!!!!
skadoosher1 1 month ago
I don't know who Stan Kenton is and I've never heard of this song, but this is awesome!
Kreblink 5 months ago 2
What can you say? They were a band.
intlprofs 5 months ago
Got to play this one in high school back in the mid-70s. I played the mellophonium part on French horn. Also taught myself to play the trombone solo (on horn) and would chime in along with the bone player when we played it on the field. It gave me goose bumps to play it and, now, all these years later, it still gives me goose bumps to listen to it.
SlytherinDragoon 5 months ago
Tenor = Don Menza, I think.
IOLTA 5 months ago
suWEET! I've played Malaguena several times in drum corp and jazz bands. Watching this give me goose bumps.
wushock92 5 months ago
if you like show drummers go to fon morcus on you tube unbelieveble he will be on america got tallent next year he has 5 vidios 6 one is next month you got to see this old dude .fon morcus he is from holland
fonicuss 6 months ago
who is the drummer? i like his mustache. :)
flamtaps1 6 months ago
Firts heard Blast! do this. Then, while checking other versions of Malaguena, I stumbled onto this version by Kenton. My reaction? Blast! stole it! Then, I heard the Madison Scouts do it!
No matter who does it, this version is the best!
ccmainiac1 6 months ago
MalagueÑa
eskorbutin89 6 months ago
This gives the term 'Heavy Metal' a whole new meaning..
geoffreydlang 6 months ago
This is THE version of Malaguena, adopted, adapted, etc. by every drum corps and high school band for decades to come.
pindaric 6 months ago
Excellent !!!
RiseSpirit 6 months ago
I never ever EVER get tired of this track. Played it in college and 40 years later still gives me goosebumps.
DJPaulMcGrady 7 months ago
Played this in high school stage band, and also as a member of the Cascades D&B Corps (yeah we got the idea from the Madison Scouts in 1975, get over it). Awesome chart. 1st trumpet in stage band, 2nd soprano in Cascades.
YesRushELP 7 months ago
The quality of the television pictures nature of the format of the programme makes it seem much closer to 61 or'' 62 than '68. The fashion of those leaving and the narrow ties are early sixties. I didn't see any model of car in the closing sequence that looked like it was past the early sixties.
kitiowa 7 months ago
Heard this live at the Chicago Opera House in 1968. What an awesome sound! I still find this one of the most stirring pieces of music every played.
Sports570 7 months ago
God what a SOUND this must have been live in 1962 (esp the brass)! Can anyone name the trumpet and trombone lineup?
MrPoupard 7 months ago
OMF, is this his arrangement? Almost part for part 1988 Madison show seriously? Wow, fing pwnd to the "arranger" of the '88 show! WOW, I have been doing drum corps since 1986 and didn't realize we had Stan Kenton to thank for Malaguena
draeke8080 8 months ago
@draeke8080 gotta love jazz in drum corps
vicfirthdrummer95 8 months ago
The Drums kind of take away from the band and the recordings so old. I wish there was better sound quality. I still LOVE the arrangement though
Ironwill1056 8 months ago
Forgot to mention thats Larry the cable guy on drums....1:50
oreokookie1000 8 months ago
I saw Stan live in Boston in the mid 70's at one of the big hotels. The strange thing about it is the father of the girl I was dating was a big Stan Kenton fan and I just happened to have one of Stan's albums. That broke the ice.
wiseroldfart 9 months ago
My father was in that orchestra playing the melloph. (Ray Starling) He was also an arranger for Kenton an recorded with him at Capital records in Hollywood in 1962 when they recorded the West Side Story catalog. The upright bass player was Bucky Calabrese, he was my Godfather and you will also see Joel Kaye on the Sax. I remember living in CA for about 6-9 months and swimming in the hotel pool everyday.
angelstarling5 9 months ago
My father was in that orchestra playing the melloph. (Ray Starling) He was also an arranger for Kenton an recorded with him at Capital records in Hollywood in 1962 when they recorded the West Side Story catalog. The upright bass player was Bucky Calabrese, he was my Godfather and you will also see Joel Kaye on the Sax. I remember living in CA for about 6-9 months and swimming in the hotel pool everyday.
angelstarling5 9 months ago
kenton was a genius, too bad in this recording the sax solo gets drowned out at the end, he had something interesting ideas going
SCIDAVE 9 months ago
This was the song that introduced me to Kenton. I had a drumming hero while I was in Junior High..and he played drums in the High School and they played this..and just blew me away. While in College I was able to meet and perform for Bill Holman..What an honor.
pjones8404 10 months ago
2 people couldn't handle it.
agfreeds 10 months ago
Who's the bass bone here?
pedropedaltones 10 months ago
This was one of my all-time favorite records in the mid 60's! Even got to meet Kenton once. Great man, great band. A Bill Holman classic.
slickrecords1001 10 months ago
Love 2:40 with the trumpets
CluckJoe13 10 months ago
We played this in marching band this year! It's a great song
MegaMrShoes 10 months ago
Who does the solo? He's a monster!!! :)
pebblefrog196 10 months ago
Mellophoniums! FTW! Haha.
trumpetislife2792 11 months ago
Don't argue...just enjoy the music.
Boscom0m 11 months ago
so damn fantastic good
gerrykool 11 months ago
This is one of my Kenton favorites. My first record, a 78 RPM, was his "Intermission Riff" and he's been my all-time favorite jazz artist ever since. Thank you, bwbach, for your excellent upload. The video and sound are perfect and, of course, your taste is above reproach. Please, give us more! And if you like the mellophoniums as I do, may I suggest Kenton's "Adventures in Blues". It's a truly marvelous album.
Jazz4Joe 11 months ago
Thumbs up if you think it's sad that this has so many less views than the countless marching band versions of it. also, "mellophoniums"
nymets5019 11 months ago
Stan Kenton rocks.
donnieaveryfan17 1 year ago
Our college Jazz band played this arrangement. Problem was we did it after an all-university party! that was a fun gig!
wengy01 1 year ago
sounds kind of like the way billy may would do it, perhaps a hint of glen miller
Bob65001 1 year ago
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bmf187 1 year ago
@bmf187 your a faggot! its jazz, learn to speak English you retard!
bwvbach 1 year ago
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bmf187 1 year ago
Of course, some would rather listen to Lady Gaga... and that, dear friends, proves our delvolution.
geoped1 1 year ago 4
I really miss Stan Kenton and his unique arrangements. I remember when his records came out regularly, and then no more.
Leadpencil100 1 year ago
Wow, this is great! The hip hoppers ought to see this shit! Maybe they'll start playing real mucis. Who is the drummer?
ssbbwaffectionado 1 year ago
@ssbbwaffectionado
Hello,
The drummer was Dee Barton. He was also a trombone player and arranger for the band. Kenton recorded an entire album of Dee's music. Two of his well-known compositions are "Turtle Talk" and "Waltz of the Prophets." I saw this band at Fort Meade in MD in 60's.
Rich
richielee72 1 year ago
@richielee72
my high school band director was named after dee barton because his father and barton were college roommates.
loquaciousjd 1 year ago
I have 78 rpm vinyls of Stan Kenton
Halo56691 1 year ago
@Halo56691 My 1st Stan Kenton record was
"Intermission Riff". I got it in a used record store in New York in 1945 for 10 cents.
It wasn't a vinyl. I got his "Innovations in Modern Music" when it came out in 1949 and it wasnt on vinyl, either. I started out very, very young loving Kenton's
music. I bought everything he recorded at the time it came out. I love jazz but
Kenton dominated my musical life. San Jose Julie
369711623 1 year ago
Had an old Stan Kenton vinyl that had this arrangement on it. Wow, I never thought that I would get to see it performed. bwvbach, thanks so much for posting this. You really, really gave me back some old style joy!
heatray1 1 year ago
Haha I love this. My father is my director and wouldn't let us play this, pissed off our trumpets so much one bought the music, passed it out, and had us all learn it well enough that he couldn't refuse our demands to play it
Djd2011 1 year ago
Love this chart.layed this arrangement in college. Only problem was director had me learn the tuba part. Tough for a trumpet playing engineer. He did give me 3 weeks though.
wengy01 1 year ago
we play this exact arrangment and i get to play the trombone solo :D
12piez 1 year ago
Awesome. I love this song.
USASecretHistory 1 year ago
MR. STAN KENTON, (Wichita, 15 de diciembre de 1911 - Los Ángeles, 25 de agosto de 1979), This is a real cool 1962 moment in time
usuarioparticular 1 year ago
what is the name of the trombone soloist at around 1:13?
Trombonemaster88H 1 year ago
jon scott playing alto sax - wow, he hasn't aged in 47 years....
jstiamat 1 year ago
He used to do this piece at my old hight school! Awsome!
bgroovy2 1 year ago
L-O-V-E this song and vid thx!!!
skadoosher1 1 year ago
I played the Mellophone in Drum and Bugle Corps and it rocks!!!!
JAYHAWKER48 1 year ago
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Used to love Stanwhen he used to come to my high school!
bgroovy2 1 year ago
Thanks to whoever posted this
irthma 1 year ago 14
@irthma YOUR WELCOME! and yes i know i awesome!
bwvbach 1 year ago 8
@bwvbach totally awesome. thanks.
julianfernandez1 7 months ago
@irthma I was a student at the Stan Kenton Jazz Clinics in 1966 and 1967. A Kenton band concert every night fora week at Redlands University in CA. UNBELIEVABLE!!!
ktlofland 6 months ago
@ktlofland The drummer is Dee Barton. He was a trombone player/composer in the band. One night the drummer didn't show for a gig and Stan let him play. He was the drummer for the band at the 1967 Clinic. Ed Soph (now at North Texas Sate Univ.) was the drummer in 1966.
ktlofland 6 months ago
Love to know when the piece was written. It's virtually the same arrangement of the Scouts in '88
onewing22 1 year ago
@onewing22 I remember that year with the Scouts. This is a great reminder ot it!
rlhoope526 1 year ago
Ah...the classic Kenton V setup. My high school band director almost always used this setup. Not sure if Kenton invented it but we always referred to it as the Kenton V...with the saxes facing the brass with rhythm in between. Of course, we didn't have the m-phones at all.
theMoerster 1 year ago
Dig the bass sax on that one!
tttrinter 1 year ago
i wish the drummer didnt bang on the cymbal for so much of the piece as it covered so much of the rest of the band with simply eighth notes, especially during the tenor solo. even still, it is a great piece :]
MarineManiac002 1 year ago
@MarineManiac002 I think that is just the crummy recording/set up from back then. They probably recorded the thing on one mike!
mjbari3 1 year ago
This is from the same DVD that also has the Frank Rosolino Quartet. Yes, it's from 1962. The same year that Don recorded with Stan on Adventures In Time.
patrickwinslow 1 year ago
I think Stan Kenton looks a little funny when he conducts! Lol
CoD5number1fan 1 year ago
of course you disagree hepcat its obvious by the way kenton set up his later bands same brass sections minus mellophoniums he didnt need them certainly no adlib talent he just moved on kenton suffered from the fate of other big bands ie rock and roll ie so called pop music elvis etc what a shame what a sham
jazzmusic1937 1 year ago 2
RE jazzmusic1937: Kenton certainly wouldn't agree with you on that. In fact, throughout the '70s, it has been reported to me that one of Stan's great dissapointments was that he couldn't afford to revise the m-horns for his current bands, he loved them that much. It was foremost a matter of economics, although the horn certainly was despised by other band members for its intonation defects.
hepcat2009 1 year ago
this was by far the best variation of this song!
I loved playing the Bari sax in jazz band to this song! :D
TheGreatBunghole16 1 year ago
@TheGreatBunghole16
This isn't a variation. It's the original.
IOLTA 5 months ago
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@IOLTA Doesn't change the fact it is the best...
TheGreatBunghole16 5 months ago
Indicates over 6 minutes in duration, but now screams to a halt merely 1:06 into the video. Miserable offering.
Leeshore2 1 year ago
When I was 1 (1965), my trumpet teacher took met oh hear Kenton. We stood maybe 10 feet from the band. In those days, the only thing that went through the PA was the piano, string bass, and soloists. They opened with Malaguena. Holy Shit! What a wall of sound! Never heard anything like it, and not often since, even from Maynard's (smaller) bands. That's all it took - hooked on it ever since.
bluehorn50 1 year ago
mellophoniums had no business in this band kenton had enough brass 5 trumpets 5 trmbones bad experiment with meeophons he dropped them pretty quick again very bad judgement
jazzmusic1937 1 year ago
Stan dropped the mellophoniums for various reasons not least the cost of four extra men. The Mellophonium Orch., only lasted about three years.
the50sjazzfan 1 year ago
@jazzmusic1937 That's your opinion, and you are certainly entitled to it. Johnny Richards put them to excellent use in Kenton's "West Side Story" album. The mellophones apparently had intonation issues--this and other factors led Kenton to eventually drop them. However, what else did you expect from Stan Kenton? One of the most progressive guys in jazz, who probably did more for jazz than anybody?
1948BigCy 1 year ago
I played this in high school jazz band and it was SOOOOOO much fun. That lead trombone solo is the best!
getalife04 2 years ago
You know what grinds my gears he said pay attention to the mellophoniums in that selection.But the mellophones didnt do anything.I swear Mellophones dont get any good parts in any music.
HornHead305 2 years ago
@HornHead305 Mellophones get some of the best music, especially in DCI.
budwayz 1 year ago
search: 1983 elizabeth high school marching band.
fun to see this in motion. :o.
fendergasm11 2 years ago
@fendergasm11 Search half the marching bands in this country since this song was written.
ryan82scott 2 years ago
Superb, wonderful Jazz. Kenton was the greatest influence on modern Jazz than any other bandleader. Forget all the other claims - however brilliant in their own way.
JAZZOLOGIST1 2 years ago
Anybody out there ever play a mellophonium? I taught a drumline at a school that had them in their instrument room. I took one out and we looked at it, but no one played it. I know you could put an attachment to change the keys. I bet they were a bitch!
It is fun to listen to the Kenton arrangements go from high trumpet, to adding French horns, adding the mellophonium, and then getting rid of them. I think his best sound came with them in his band.
mjbari3 2 years ago
@mjbari3 : Don't forget Stan had great arrangers, e.g., Holman, Richards, etc., and top flight musicians.
The old mellophones could be changed from F to Eb with different tubing. Stick a French Horn mouthpiece in there and guess what it sounds like...? But I'm one of those who like the Mellophonium band. I've got all the albums.
1948BigCy 1 year ago
FANTASTIC!
AudiophileTubes 2 years ago
bwvba: stan kenton playing malaguena on jazz scene U.S.A in 1968 i think
I think this version of Malaguena would have been performed a bit earlier than '68. Given the mellophoniums, I think it may have been more like '61 or '62.
DJCtrumpet 2 years ago 13
@DJCtrumpet According to Don Menza (the tenor sax soloist), this was recorded in the summer of '62.
This is a great arrangement - thanks for posting it!
mafatu69 1 year ago 2
I recognize the tune they're playing under the credits, but can't remember the name - anyone know it?
MoGreensEye 2 years ago
woboy88.7 Thanks for this great Kenton video. I have goose bumps just listening and watching.
wigggaer 2 years ago 21
man i freaken love this
1Andrade22 2 years ago 4
God bless YouTube! I have been a Kenton fan for about 20 years, and I have never seen a clip of them before!
Cool...a bass sax! I would have never thought that Kenton's drummer looked like that cat! The years of listening to those London Phase 4 LPs...and finally putting faces to the sounds! How square everybody looks! Kenton is so skinny!
mjbari3 2 years ago
wow that bass sax is huge lol
thel0ne0ne 2 years ago
AWESOME! Stan Kenton's "WALL OF SOUND" in all its exhilarating glory! GOD BLESS YOU for posting this masterpiece!
kingcyberklutz 2 years ago 4
i have this song in my band ,im in 8th grade clarinet player
chrisAKAcoffe 2 years ago
best bet lead trumpet was pete candoli lead bone wa bob fitzpatrick pete may not have done the screech part remembermaynard didnt play lead buthe played screech childers played lead
jazzmusic1937 2 years ago
Who's playing the scream trumpet part?
sernnd 2 years ago
If you are referring to the solo trumpet player who stands to play the high notes just before the end, I am positive that player is Dalton Smith. He was my first cousin. A native Mississippian, he was a graduate of University of Southern Mississppi.
mkhone 2 years ago 3
@mkhone Hi, I'm from Forest MS, same as Dalton. He was a friend of my father's. Dalton was in our house many times, for parties, etc. I agree with you that's he in the video. We knew his first wife Vi, also.
bkbreakerbk 1 year ago
best band EVER.... God Bless Stan Kenton...
666fred313 2 years ago 2
Man, those Mellophoniums definitely make this piece unique!!!!
matthewharris065 2 years ago
One of the best charts ever!
PPGAddict 2 years ago 2
Mr. Class and Quality! :)
TheJazzthusiast 2 years ago 2
Damn that ride cymbal....so LOUD in this recording!!! It's louder than the lead trumpet!
benontheboat 2 years ago
The correct date of this ABC-TV show is Oct. 1, 1962, not July as posted earlier. This was one of the band's longest lasting charts, from 1961 right up to the last Stern Grove gig in August '78. I was fortunate to see that last Kenton band play Malaguena at Disneyland in March '78 and still have the cassette I made. Dalton Smith once told me in an interview that his section mates often passed out near the close of this monster chart -- it was just too much on their chops. I can believe that!
hepcat2009 2 years ago
I'm in the Brigham Young University marching band and we're doing this song as part of an exhibition show.
ekcutchen 2 years ago
Has a really talented marching band tried to tackle this arrangement, or a simplified version? It would knock their socks off at halftime.
MiscPolClips 2 years ago
This is a very common piece on the marching field. For what's pretty much the definitive version, look for Madison Scouts 1988 or 1996.
innercitybigdog 2 years ago
The Cadets did something using part of this arrangement. Look it up, I know it's on YouTube.
johnmcnally7 2 years ago
Yeah, the madison scouts did an arrangement that was derived from this one in their "A Drum Corps Fan's Dream" Show.
matthewharris065 2 years ago
Boy did I screw the last post up-it IS Malagueña NOT La Virgin de la Macarena. Brain cramp you know...
WunderCor 2 years ago
damn right maynard wasnt on this band try maybe pete candoli doing the screech stuff
jazzmusic1937 2 years ago
Dad, this is for you. Thanks for bringing me to see & hear Stan's orchestra live. Hope those angels of music are still knocking your socks off. I miss you.
MarthaMartian 2 years ago
I love the old school guys. Today people play this and they are jumping around, their backs bent in half, eyes bulging and when their "big" note is done they swing the instrument away wildly like they they've been punched in the gut.
Not these guys, they LIVED the music. They put their heart and soul into into it and when their "big" note was over, they didn't move, because they felt it rude to the audience to scream out "look at me!" and demean the purity and beauty of the chart.
starstarstar42 2 years ago 2
Whayyy!! He used front facing Mellophones :)
Shaneybob324 2 years ago
Viva Kenton! I cherish forever the time I saw him in concert
MrLeefan 2 years ago 2
anybody notice that Maynard Ferguson stood up at the end to play octave up lines? I got to hear Stan Kenton play Malaguena two different times. I was in he front row both times! Man! Talk about a rush!! I miss him.....
gjones7777 2 years ago
Maynard Ferguson wasn't there!!!
Tuka68 2 years ago 3
yeah pretty sure MF was in Britain at this time..
papersimon 2 years ago
come on people the reason the sax soso seemed covered was because no mike was set up for the solo blame the damn producer for that not the drummer or the rest of the band
jazzmusic1937 2 years ago
too bad the cymbal and rest of the band cover up that amazing sax solo, i love this arrangement
FLsaxman007 2 years ago
ride cymbal is a little overbearing at times lol.. i love this chart!
DasBullWy 2 years ago
You would think he would pronounce "Malaguena" correctly, but he didn't.
iluminatiytu 2 years ago
I was surprised to see a black host of this show. Today's black leaders have us believing that could not be possible before Michael Jackson.
bobsaxophone 2 years ago
they clearly have no idea who louis armstrong or cab calloway are.
darknipple 2 years ago
Our jazz band did a great rendition of this song.
pgdrums12 2 years ago
by the way philly south why does somebody who digs cugat listen tokenton cugat was like a duchin or lombardo he catered to the rich and dumb i/e simple sh for simple people
jazzmusic1937 2 years ago
lead bone bob fitzpatrick open solo de barton is indeed the drummer kenton called him a very talented chap yes he did write waltz of the profit
jazzmusic1937 2 years ago
This is an interesting version, but I prefer
Xavier Cugat's version, which is not missing the tenderness that Kenton's arrangement manages to avoid; this is
love song, after all.
PhillySouth 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this. Is that Rosalino taking the opening solo?
benben03 2 years ago
Kenton looks stoned to the gills on this clip.
triptripperson 2 years ago
eso de "malaconha" le quedó fatal al gringo :)))))
ergibaf 2 years ago
man i have the University of North Texas recording of this and it is awesome. everybody should look them up its the One O' Clock Lab Band. They are amazing best jazz band in the country.
slipknotpwnz666 2 years ago
Is that Dee Barton on drums? If so, this is the bunch that did Waltz of the Prophets, which I'd love to see again. First time I saw it was at a high school football field in Michigan; the band was roughly at the track finish line, and a train blew through behind them in the middle of the concert.
jazzyndn 2 years ago
This is the first time I've ever seen the Stan Kenton Band play this tune. I love the intensity of this piece. Awesome!!! The "melophoniums" look soo much different from today's melophones.
triptripperson 2 years ago
yup,they were the originals made by Conn™.
They were made exclusively for Stan Kentons band.
They were made to "Bridge the gap" between the Trombones and the Trumpets. =D
I play all 3.
mdrocklee 2 years ago
played it with Bishop Kenrick dance band in Philadelphia Bands of Renown contest -- can't remember the exact year -- 1964 0r 65. We won the all catholic contest - came in 3rd here. Played melophone in version of Waltz of the Profits.
marconiman2000 2 years ago
man if you cats out there like solos on the kenton band just check out the 5 choruses by carl fontana on intermission riff a classic
jazzmusic1937 2 years ago
love the sax solo!
latinartist94 2 years ago
jazz scene was produced by steve allen the first half of this tape was frank rosolino then came kenton i suggest you cats check out the rosolino stuff also
jazzmusic1937 2 years ago
BEST SONG EVER!!! played it in jazz band for my 8th grade year....
want to play original version (this)
timothylugo 2 years ago