Word: kenton
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...California in 1951, Brubeck's newly formed quartet found itself in an area bursting into musical blossom. About that time, Progressive Bandleader Stan Kenton passed through Los Angeles, and some of his crew, e.g., Trumpeter Shorty Rogers, Arranger Pete Rugolo, Drummer Shelly Manne, French Hornist John Graas, settled there and became famous. A hollow-eyed trumpeter named Chet Baker and an underweight baritone saxophonist named Gerry Mulligan made themselves fast killings among the cats. By 1952, the West Coast was the U.S.'s newest, biggest stomping ground for jazz. Brubeck felt right at home, shuttled between such clubs...
...Prado's head as long ago as 1942. and he wrote them into arrangements for local bands. Six years later in Mexico, he formed his own band, and the mambo beat began to catch on. Prado's flair for the wild style-something like that of Stan Kenton's modernist crew -sold him with the jazz buffs and his insistent rhythm with the dancers...
...lots of local Government bonds, worth $9,283,784, only 98 lots were bid for, and some offers ran as low as 50? on the dollar. Bids for only 39 lots were accepted, netting RFC $1,492,982, about 93% of their face value. Said RFC Boss Kenton Cravens: "No assets will be disposed of at undue sacrifice. There will be no rummage sales...
...Kenton and his progressives had thoughtfully scheduled Paris as the climax of a triumphant month's tour of the Continent. Earlier, from Scandinavia to Switzerland, they had given 27 concerts in 27 days. In Copenhagen some 10,000 fans stomped their approval so hard that Kenton & Co. began to fear for the floor. Amsterdam fans called them mieters (current Dutch slang for terrific). In Miinster admirers rioted for autographs...
Progressive Britons felt frustrated. Because of a long-standing squabble between Petrillo's A.F.M. and the British Musicians Union, Kenton was not allowed to play in England. Not to be thwarted, 200 British fans flew in chartered planes to catch the show in Brussels, and at week's end, 3,000 more traveled to Dublin to catch Kenton's au revoir to Europe. "Over here," said Stan, "our music seems to be taken more seriously than back home...