Stan Kenton - The Peanut Vendor

Stan Kenton and his Orchestra recorded in London 6 February 1972.

Stan Kenton, Mike Vax, Dennis Noday, Jay Saunders, Ray Brown, Joe Marcinkiewicz, Dick Shearer, Mike Jamieson, Fred Carter, Mike Wallace, Phil Herring, Quin Davis, Richard Torres, Kim Frizell, Willie Maiden, Chuck Carter, Ramon Lopez, John Worster, John Von Ohlen.

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• stan
• kenton
• orchestra
• big
• band
• jazz
• blues

[sirdaniel1975]

"Jazz artists don't compete, they're artists." ~ Maynard Ferguson

Little History

3 degrees of Kenton: Maynard played for Kenton (5th solo trumpet), Chase played in Maynard's band (was let go for having chops problems, later straightened that out and played for Herman) Bill Chase forms his own group after playing with Herman.

[73parman]

I love the comments about the hater. But this just isn't a band my friends, it's an orchestra. Big difference. This was when Jazz emerged as the single most magical musical genre born within the United States. It was an art form that is in danger of being lost due to School budget cuts & electric pianos. Support the Arts!

[jackthehatuk]

My father in law came round for Xmas dinner today. He asked me to find this. I am so glad he came to dinner! :-)

[DelMkVI]

Seen John Von Ohlen PLAYING LIVE in the 70s in London. My favourite drummer. Has the rare knack of cuttting through a roaring brass section - very few drummers can do that, And if you like sax players check out Sal Nisticco on Sister Sadie with Woody Herman. Thought then he was the best player I'd seen -.and I'd seen many of the 'greats'. So fast, so powerful. Awesome. I grew up on rock music so the Herds were just up my street!!! Would love a CD compilation of him playing.

[savagetunes1]

@xxjewledxxromance Von Ohlen plays drums. I played & recorded with him in the Indianapolis/Cincinnati area in the 1980s. He still lives/gigs in that area. One of the best musicians I've ever worked with.

[RRaquello]

All this talk about whether Kenton was "racist" because he had few black musicians. Let's face it. Music was racially segregated then and it's racially segregated now. How many segregated acts are there in any type of music nowadays? How many have there ever been? Generally speaking, white folks listen to music made by white musicians, even if the music is of black origin, like Jazz. Black folks listen to black musicians. There are exceptions, but generally speaking music was and is segregated.

[xxjewledxxromance]

What instrument is John Von Ohlen playing here?

[34Packardphaeton]

Interesting in that the recording that I have of his band doing this number,

probably some years earlier, lasted almost nine minutes long!

[geoffrey377]

@xZippy38 You are telling Stan kenton that his song, is going too fast?

[CarolinaNIM]

@saxuallyadequate On the posts to another video there is one saying that Mike Wallace is living in Dallas, Phil Herring, bass trombone/tuba, is in Seattle I think, and the other trombonists are deceased.

[bibz555]

i shall dis like this piece just because we are playing it in band .hey you would 2 if u knew our conductor