Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton
Stanley Newcomb "Stan" Kentonwas an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger who led an innovative, influential, and often controversial progressive jazz orchestra. In later years he was active as an educator...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth15 December 1911
CityWichita, KS
CountryUnited States of America
bandstand blatant boys driven ecstasy faces front hundred kids miles music stand
Some of the wise boys who say my music is loud, blatant and that's all should see the faces of the kids who have driven a hundred miles through the snow to see the band... to stand in front of the bandstand in an ecstasy all their own.