Straight ahead : the story of Stan Kenton.
by Easton, Carol, 1932- [subject: Kenton, Stan, 1911-1979]
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New York : Morrow, 1973, 1973. Good. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; xiv, 252 p. illus. 22 cm. ; ISBN: 0688001963; 9780688001964 LCCN: 73-9840 ; OCLC: 721734 ; LC: ML422.K35; Dewey: 785.4/1/0924; B ; worn black and white cloth with pictorial dustjacket ; "No yardstick can measure, no musicologist can trace the influence of Stan Kenton on the popular music of the mid-twentieth century..the dimensions of his contribution are staggering...his band has served as a training ground for a generation of musicians dedicated to keeping the flickering flame of jazz alive in an alien environment." ; Contents: Jazz orchestra in residence, 1971 -- The road -- Stella -- Violet -- Balboa -- Changes -- The war -- Paying dues -- Progressive jazz -- Innovations -- More changes -- Conquering Europe -- Intermission riff -- Ann -- Back to Balboa -- The beat goes on -- Devils -- Neophonic -- Jo Ann -- Keeping the faith. ; with a newspaper article about Kenton by Leonard Feather from the Los Angeles Times laid in ; G/G
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- Joseph Valles - Books (US)
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- Straight ahead : the story of Stan Kenton.
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- Easton, Carol, 1932- [subject: Kenton, Stan, 1911-1979]
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- Used - Good
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- Hardcover
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- New York : Morrow, 1973
- Date Published
- 1973
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