Stan Kenton - Artistry in Rhythm (9)

[MrJazzologist1]

I heard this arrangement at age fifteen, and it changed my life. I knew that there was life beyond the classics, mindless 'pop' music and even love songs.

[903willyboy]

2:03 The John Entwistle of double bass

[roger201288]

We're playing this in band class =3

[maggiepompeo]

I remember hearing this at Rainbow Gardens in Erie, Pa and standing about 5 feet from the orchestra all night. I don't even think I knew  my date was there. To be enveloped in that sound was just amazing.

[greytalli]

Way, way, way back when there was only the opening theme, I loved it and then this, the closing theme, just wipes me out. Can't hear it enough and will never tire of it. All these years later, I still get misty eyed.

[WineRedX]

Lovely :0 )

[jrb1376]

Fantastic Heard him in cinci and at Duke U in 1958

[jrb1376]

Fantastic

[M1GARRAND1]

He tried so hard at innovating Jazz, but the jazz critics tore him down. George Simon, Nat Hentoff, and Ralph Gleason. Did they even read music????? Thank God for people like Mr. Kenton.

[StephenHarpersNutsak]

This is frigging awesome.

[SuperBigdave11]

@StephenHarpersNutsak

No one no big band will ever compare to this eh.

[firefly09td]

Who is playing Bass Bone here?

[flylooper]

"Wall of Sound" indeed!

[skipfrancis]

Nailed it.

[musicislife32960]

I saw The Kenton Orchestra in Hershey, PA, before they demolished the Starlight Ballroom. I think Ferguson was featured. A few years later, I was studying in the library at Wittenberg University in Springfield, OH. The Kenton Orchestra was performing on the floor above the theology reading room- in the University chapel- when they exploded into "Artistry in Rhythm" directly above me. It was truly a religious experience!

[StephenHarpersNutsak]

@musicislife32960 Why were you studying in the library when you could have been at the actual performance?

[JAZZOLOGIST1]

A simp,y briliant arrangement of his classic.

[LLJtbone]

Wow... tbones, need I say more?

[golf101plus]

The first of the Artistries and you should have heard it on Balboa Is. CA. in 1948. A Kenton fan from the beginning and all thru his many variations. From

shelley Manne to this cat on the drums.

[HCICONS]

@golf101plus I was at the Balboa Bay Ballroom in '48 or '49 Maynard had just joined the band -- in fact I was there when they recorded Orange Colored Sky with Nat King Cole -- hitchiked there from Mpls -- slept and cleaned up in the bus station

You must be old like me (78)

[tomsinclairjr]

This man was phenomenal and a great artist!

[EarltheSquirrel73]

I have been a Kenton admirer for more 60 years.  I never get tired of listening to him.

[Dionysosable]

Great Track !! Love It. I think Kenton was critiziced to much !1 Not Fair. Great Band and arrangements

[longfade]

One of my favorite melody lines ever.

[humanist7117]

Brilliant!!

[hbcannon]

its really just the greatest

[mikeysax20]

brilliant stuff ;-)

[Markeygirl]

Ca me donne la chaire de poule!! Merveilleux!!!

[edgarbm95]

double bass player fuckin rocks

[jackszz]

Have you ever tried using that language and telling it to your Mother!

[AmosPressley]

@edgarbm95 I was in High school and had just had an accident that cut a tendon in my finger. I was considering quitting when I met the bass player here in a band clinc the Kenton orchestra gave at the University of SC. John Worster encouraged me to stick with it and taught me how to make my fingers stronger. I will never forget him.

[CarolinaNIM]

@AmosPressley I was also at the USC Clinic. I presume you mean South Carolina, not that imitation USC in California! I still remember all the trombone players by name. According to a post on another video only two of them are still alive. It's unforgettable the first time you hear a world class band like this.

[pcaindawg]

Went to Jazz Arts Group in Columbus, OH during the 80's. Always had a Stan Kenton night - the best - different guests. Clark Terry was one - even June Christie - and she was OLD! I heard this first in late 40's-early 50's. Saw him live at Nebraska U in '52-53. All just stood & watched-no dancing! I am old also - but still love good music - Adam Lambert now my fav vocalist! He will do for vocals now what Kenton did for jazz back then! Love these tracks!

[taskid]

Wonderful! Magic! No one today even begins to approach the talent of the great Stan Kenton.

[siLveRscOpe13x]

his orchestra is composed of rhythmical perfectionists! it's so awesome how rhythmically in tune they are! :D

[chucknm]

just plain gud stuff! tks

[JSUBassBone]

I am curious, who is the bass trombone player?

[nealbfinn]

Farthest on the left is Mike Wallace. On the other side is Phil Herring (Stan used 2 bass bones)

[firefly09td]

I HAVE LIVE AT THE TROPICANA!!!!!! OMG!!! BEST SHTUFF EVER!!!! I might give up listening to Perez Prado for a week, move over Buddy Rich, here comes Stan Kenton, Pat Matheny eat your heart out.

[rdangelo]

Lots of musicians.

[BarnabasFolk92]

Oh my god

[barlager77]

This song was used in the first cheddar scene involving "heartbreak," from Evil Dead II. - and was part of my junior year marching band endeavor.

[59763]

to day 19th Feb would have been Stans 97th birthday he is gone but his music and especially Artistry In Rhythm remain timeless.

[BoostedAsFuk954]

Happy Birthday Stan, you are well missed, and your music lives on with us forever!

Stan Kenton = Greatest band leader EVER!

[59763]

Amen to what you say about Stan-what a band and arent we fortunate there are so many cds of his amazing music for us to listen to and learn about him and his music.

[davidinfo13]

nice

[chuck90125]

This was the best big baND EVER. jUST AWESOME. bARRON jOHN vON OHLEN

[Babejuda]

Amazing! Wonderful orchestration and piece. Bravo!

[martinbeckthefirst]

this arrangement still makes the hair on the baack of my head stand out straight . It has such a driving rhythm it compeles you to ride it

[danishcheese7530]

it has such a bendy sound and odd feel. I lov it. its like plum pudding and arsenic sause.

[bshuker]

Speechless.

[Blinglover]

John Worster on bass....read the credits at the end.

I saw Kenton at a danceland in 1954 and nobody would dance......we just stood there gathered around the stage in awe. He kept saying....dance, dance, but no we were mesmerized. I adored him. Still do.

[litvak36]

I saw Stan at the Univ. of Alabama in April 1955. The band played in concert first,took their break and then played for dancing and we did,indeed dance.

[JarnBjorn72]

Very nice, litvak36! My grandmother was telling me a story on how she and my departed grandfather met him here in Salt Lake deceads ago. (She mentioned "Artistry in Rhythm", so I had to see if I could find it on here!)

[hasbren90]

i love the trombones in this song

[Rockabillystomper]

Fantastic, Kenton was my childhood.

[Rockabillystomper]

Fantastic, Kenton was my chilhood.

[bluetoad2001]

is the BASS player Safranski?? thanks for your reply  buzz

[bluetoad2001]

i have a fairly extensive collection KENTON LP's.

my uncle left them to me. check out the original OPUS IN PASTEL. buzz

[ambiw86]

hey, do you have a recording of stan kenton's "This is an Orchestra" or sometimes called "Prologue" ????

[wynthrop1]

The 2 albums live in london and live in europe were a revelation to an 18 year old! where can I get the CDs - Ye Gods this stuff is incredible - I can't help myself.....

[rjdorsch]

Great tune and arrangement. Kenton got me interested in jazz and I never went back.

rjdorsch

[59763]

On Aug 20th 1978 Stan Kentons Orchestra gave there last concert at Stern Grove San Francisco. 30 years later His band sounds as fresh to day as it was then do try to listen to recodinbg of that final concert on c.d. and of the last strains from the bandstand of"Artistery In Rythem."

[walyern]

GOD I LOVE DICK SHEARER!

[Sincopare]

Love that zoom into his hands. Nicely done.

[louwil65]

Wonderful!

[robertwbecker]

Great Stuff,, I remember hearing the Kenton band in the 60's at Chippewa park in the dance hall,,,, what a sound!!!!!

[scrooge381]

This guy couldn't carry a tune in a bucket!

[graycam]

What? You obviously have some sort of tone deafness. Or perhaps you've become bitter due to your gonorrhea.

[jenny6664]

This is what I would call, Classical Jazz - - and the best of the best! No one comes amywhere near Stan. . . jenny6664

[britrpt57]

Thank you so much

[blogda]

Dick Shearer ---

Finest.

Lead.

Trombonist.

Ever.

[bearman1210]

What a band, these guys were top flight. I challenge any one to show me a better sounding band. any time anywhere. Very powerful and straight up gangsta! not to mention the charts are the best ever!!!!

[bearman1210]

this group he had is really on it!~!

[plimbuff]

Wheres track 8?

[bazmo2401]

Stan Kenton - The Peanut Vendor should be

Stan Kenton - The Peanut Vendor (8)

[plimbuff]

Thank you sir!

[ber776]

The great Stan........................

[merickinhawaii]

Mahalo bazmo for great channel. Hope you keep adding!

[Tootlebug234]

This should be compulsory viewing for all youth and college bands in the world! What a band! Tootlebug 234

[TonyBurrell2]

One of my absolute favorite big bands, bar none! Saw them several times when they came through the Baltimore area in the 70's , especially at the Left bank Jazz Society. Killer tempo, especially for the 2nd trombone riff. Awesome to say the least. Thanks for posting these.

[melody789321]

mindblowing!!!!

[Evilmonkey1239]

shown once on the BBC,recording wipped of tape soon after , ihave a VHS recording of this concert like many in the uk. yes its great. someone in the beeb was good to copy this thanks to them we can enjoy this today.

[printerbrown]

This album has to rank at or near the top of alltime performances. It's marquee material and the arrangements and musicianship have perfectly held throughout the decades since. I cannot understand why it hasn't been issued on DVD. I would buy several for friends and family. It best illustrates how perfect Kenton's band was in the early 70's. Anyone, please let me know if this becomes available.

Wow, how nice that you have this for us who have the CD to finally see the group in action.

[deetman6]

I just enjoyed that so much! I watched all 9 parts...Kenton was THE best! Even later in his years. The band is in top form, as it always was! I'm a jazz trombonist, and I can echo what others have said: he had the best bone section all the time!

Thanks so much for posting these, truly great art!

[AwesomeoJude]

JUST AMAZING!

[goldingna]

Thank you so much for posting this!

[pepino68]

WOW

[Whitenotes]

I was at this recording in 1972 at the front of the circle, a position that was perfect for listening, equidistant from each of the sections. I have heard hundreds of big bands live, but the sound of this one in the Shepherds Bush TV theatre was the very best. Superb balance and spine-tinglingly loud. The Kenton band played a full length concert and these were the selections broadcast. One of the best musical evenings I ever had.

[shouldabeenacritic]

Back in the 50's and 60's....I always loved the BIG BANDS...but KENTON had the best TROMBONE section of them all. The best was his arrangement

of "CONCERTO TO END ALL CONCERTO'S" Dynamic ending to this MASTERPIECE.

[bearman1210]

His Trombone Section was always state of the Art!!!

Amen Brother!!!

[59763]

I love this music and it was one of the first peices of music I learned on the piano-still learning to play it. Its timeless.

[longfade]

Truly a song that's greater than the sum of its parts. Brilliant and so simple, right?

And I'd give one of my fingers for that ride cymbal.

[bearman1210]

Wow! My father was a jazz musician and dreamed of playing first chair trombone in his band!!! I have this live album it is smoking hot!!

One of the great innovators in modern jazz Period!!

always pushing the envelope!!!

[Joe1746]

What they use to call progressive Jazz--A Genius

[virgsimp]

Grew up in SF. Saw him perform. He was different and creative. One of the best.

[woodencabinetfilms]

What a genius! Kenton is the greatest!