| Instrumentation: |
Total Individual Parts = 19
Woodwinds - Alto Sax 1,2; Tenor Sax 1,2;
Baritone Sax
Brass - Trumpet 1,2,3,4,5; Trombone 1,2,3,4,5
Rhythm - Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums
Other - None |
| Description: |
Calling his music "progressive
jazz," Kenton sought to lead a concert orchestra as opposed to a
dance band at a time when most big bands were starting to break up. By
1947 Kai Winding was greatly influencing the sound of Kenton's
trombonists, the trumpet section included such screamers as Buddy
Childers, Ray Wetzel, and Al Porcino, Jack Costanzo's bongos were bringing
Latin rhythms into Kenton's sound, and a riotous version of "The
Peanut Vendor" contrasted with the somber "Elegy for Alto".
Kenton had succeeded in forming a radical and very original band that
gained its own audience. |
