Audience favorite Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra returns to celebrate the music of Grammy Award-winning jazz bandleader, composer, and pianist Stan Kenton. Known for his innovative and brassy approach to ...

The Würzburg Jazz Orchestra, formed only two years ago by trombonist Markus Geiselhart, hit the ground running with a tribute to the late trumpeter Don Ellis and within a year had recorded its first ...

For many fans of Stan Kenton, his New Concept of Artistry in Rhythm album (recorded in 1952) is their listening starting point. More intensive fans like to dip into his 1940s discography, which ...

“If they ever turn professional,” said Bandleader Stan Kenton, “I know a lot of guys who aren’t going to like it.” He was standing in Notre Dame’s sprawling field house, where 200 cats had all but ...