Stan Kenton - Chiapas (2)

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

Chiapas

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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Music

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• stan
• kenton
• big
• band
• jazz

[AgainstConsistence]

I'm a 19 year old trombone player and whenever I listen to this song, it kicks my ass in a very good way.

[aussiejazzbo]

Why the BBC doesn't make a DVD of this concert beats me,there's little good vision of this great band of all eras available.

[carification]

Performed this piece in 1971 at a Jazz Band Camp as an 11th grader. Had an

alto sax solo. I loved that piece better than Kenton's.

[trptmbalmer]

I've got a copy of the chart itself (the original manuscript). This chart absolutely ROCKS. It's also hard as hell to play - you have to be INCREDIBLY solid in your time to negotiate the time changes from 5/4 to 7/4 to 8/4 later in the piece.

If you have the sheet music, the bass player plays his lick over and over at the same tempo against the cued brass - which is what makes the beginning of this chart so hard to figure out if you've never played it.

Absolutely MONSTER chart.

[CarolinaNIM]

This was made just a month or two before I first saw the Kenton Band at a clinic at the University of South Carolina. I was an aspiring trombonist at the time. I remember all the trombonists by name. Sorry to read below that Dick, Mike J, and Fred have passed on. History proved that my true calling was choral music but at times like these I do take some nostalgic looks back at Kenton.

[NanBayKid1]

Thanks for making this outstanding group`s music available.

[Boscom0m]

This is why my son chose the trombone as his instrument..steered in that direction by his grandfather, Chuck Lamendola.

[kentonjazz3]

The Bass player is John Worster, had been with Kenton for many years. The BBC wiped the tapes many years ago, there are vhs tapes floating about !! i'am lucky to have a copy.

[mirks74]

Who is the bass player ?

[investprofessor]

This is fabulous...this man and his orchestra was the best music in it's day...there is nothing like it now and never will be again...which is sad since so many of us loved it then and would love to here it again today....perhaps we can get some musicians who care about that sound to put something together today....Disney has a great music dept. and maybe we could all send them ideas about putting this sound together again....