MusicDFW: Artist Showcase: Fall 2011

Stanley Newcomb Kenton was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades

Kenton had several pop hits from the early 1940s into the 1960s, his music was always forward-looking. Kenton was also a pioneer in the field of jazz education, creating the Stan Kenton Jazz Camp in 1959 at Indiana University

Orange Colored Sky - Orange Colored Sky

Tampico - Stan Kenton Classic

Decoupage - Kenton'76

Best Jazz Performance - Large Group (Instrumental) - Grammy Awards - 1963

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