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Stan Kenton - This Is An Orchestra

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Format: CD
Catalog: 1125
Rel. Date: 06/22/2010
UPC: 780291112520

This Is An Orchestra
Artist: Stan Kenton
Format: CD
New: Available $19.99
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DISC: 1

1. Theme & Introduction
2. Lover
3. Downbeat Award To June Christy By Editor Ned Williams
4. Lonely Woman
5. Downbeat Award To Pete Rugolo
6. Impressionism
7. Downbeat Award To Eddie Safranski
8. Safranski
9. Downbeat Award To Shelly Manne
10. Artistry In Percussion
11. Downbeat Award To Stan Kenton
12. Peanut Vendor, The
13. Theme & Sign-Off
14. Theme of Four Values, A
15. Young Blood
16. Intermission Riff
17. Cherokee
18. Take the 'a' Train
19. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
20. Fearless Finlay
21. I'm Glad There is You
22. Kingfish
23. Out of Nowhere
24. Limelight

DISC: 2

1. Gone With the Wind
2. Intermission Riff
3. Sophisticated Lady
4. Lullaby of Birdland
5. It's a Big Wide Wonderful World
6. Give Me a Song With a Beautiful Melody
7. Prologue: West Side Story
8. Maria
9. Malaguena
10. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life
11. No Harmful Slide Effects
12. Of Space and Time
13. For Better and For Worster
14. Street of Dreams
15. Malaga
16. Artistry In Rhythm

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2 cd

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This fascinating flip through the Kenton story brings you prime performances by his most influential orchestra of each decade. Join him in '48 in Chicago (Lover; Impressionism; Safranski), in '56 in Monterey, CA (Cherokee; Young Blood; Intermission Riff), in '61 and '62 with his Mellophonium Band (Maria; Malaguena; Gone with the Wind) and in '71 and '73 in Ohio and England (Malaga; of Space and Time; Artistry in Rhythm). 40 tracks!
        
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