Word: kenton
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...remaining two months, radio is concentrating on music and drama. NBC is ready with half a dozen musical programs, ranging from an Armed Forces talent show called Stars in Khaki & Blue to the Stan Kenton Concerts, a weekly series of "revolutionary jazz" broadcast from different cities in the U.S. and Canada. CBS, aiming at the beach and auto trade, will broadcast 2½ hours of music, news, weather reports and baseball scores each Sunday afternoon...
This formula has made Les & Co. a stand-by on Bob Hope shows since 1946. It has also won the approval of the jazz fans: in Down Beat's latest band popularity poll, Brown's outfit ran second only to "Progressive" Jazzman Stan Kenton's. Last week the band packed Los Angeles' Trianon ballroom on Saturday night, and also appeared in a local TV show...
Inquiring around, Hélian also found that "in general the American public isn't much interested in bop and progressive jazz . . . The famous Bop City on Broadway is closed up ... I met Stan Kenton and listened to him one whole night . . . Kenton has abandoned his own style* and is playing dance music to keep his orchestra together and alive ... He said, 'You're lucky [in France], You can play jazz. The public understands...
...permanently. Kenton plans to return to his "Innovations" concerts next fall...
...taste in jazz bands had changed a bit, if only slightly: up into first place, nosing out last year's favorite, Woody Herman, went Progressive Jazzman Stan Kenton. For the second time in Down Beat, blind British Pianist George Shearing and his Quintet won the "best instrumental combo" title. For the ninth time, Spike Jones was elected "King of Corn." Runner-up: Guy Lombardo...