Search results for "Carl Fontana"

Carl Fontana: I Thought About You (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 24, 09

Carl Fontana's unique post-bop personality is on full display on this track, one of the signature songs of his career...

Stan Kenton: Fuego Cubano (Cuban Fire) (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

This is the title track from the Cuban Fire Suite, an album that is perhaps Kenton’s masterpiece. Stan was determined...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL STAN KENTON PERFORMANCES

Stanley Newcomb Kenton led one of the most controversial big bands in the history of American music. People either lo...

Stan Kenton: La Guera Baila (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 27, 08

I love the entire Cuban Fire Suite. In fact, I love all of the music that Johnny Richards wrote for the Kenton band. ...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: PETER ERSKINE

In the music world, but especially in the jazz world, everyone wants to know what everybody else is listening to. So ...

Fontana, Carl (Carl Charles Fontana) posted in Encyclopedia August 18, 09

Few trombonists have been able to convey the air of effortlessness in improvisation that was Carl Fontana's signatu...

Stan Kenton: Recuerdos (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

Composer-arranger Johnny Richards’ seven-part suite (the original LP omitted one part for space reasons) for an expan...

Boudreaux, Jeff (Jeffrey Lynn) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Boudreaux, Jeff (Jeffrey Lynn), jazz drummer; b. Baton Rouge, LA, 26 January 1959. His parents are Ruth and Buddy Bou...

Barash, Jeffrey (Samuel) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Barash, Jeffrey (Samuel), saxophone, clarinet, flute, educator; b. Los Angeles, CA, 5 July  1955. While he was a...

Boudreaux, Buddy posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Boudreaux, Buddy, alto sax, tenor sax, soprano sax and clarinet; b. Donaldsonville, LA, 1917. He grew up in Baton Rou...

Bruning, Dale posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Bruning, Dale, guitar; b. Carbondale, PA, 8 November 1934. He mainly grew up in Mahwah, NJ. His parents are Homer and...

Kelly, Bev (Beverly Wolfe Kelly) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Kelly, Bev (Beverly Wolfe Kelly), vocalist, composer, vocal coach; b. Rittman, Ohio, 18 June 1934. She grew up in Tro...

Bill Holman: You Go to My Head (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music March 30, 08

By 1958, Bill Holman was a composing/arranging heavyweight, and the second album of big band music under his own name...

Stan Kenton: Eager Beaver (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music April 04, 08

In 1943, Stan Kenton vied for personnel with the military draft. Kenton was a formidable presence, but no match for U...

Winding, Kai (Chresten) posted in Encyclopedia May 20, 09

Trombonist Kai Winding adapted the bebop language to his instrument, and in doing so expanded its harmonic function...

Teagarden, Jack (Weldon Leo) posted in Encyclopedia May 21, 09

Trombonist and singer Jack Teagarden may have been at ease in the tailgate style of his generation, but he was the fi...

Stan Kenton: The Thrill Is Gone (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music January 27, 08

Married to Kenton for a few years, Ann Richards has her fans and detractors as a singer. Many listeners feel that her...

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