Stan Kenton(1911-1979)
- Music Department
- Actor
- Composer
Stan Kenton is regarded in the history of jazz as one of the pioneers
of progressive jazz, with his orchestra and arranger Pete Rugolo. He
started leading his own bands in the late 1930s and become famous in
the mid-'40s with songs like "Painted Rhytmm", "Intermission Riff" and
"Eager Beaver". He was leading his band until his death in 1979. In the
1970s he started his own record company, Creative Sounds, after
finishing his contract with Capitol Records in the late
1960s.
