Pianist Stan Kenton
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Stan Kenton
Living place: Wichita
Birthday: 15-12-1911
Population of US 1911: 93,863,000
Global rank: #48837
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Who is Pianist Stan Kenton?
Controversial jazz orchestra leader who pioneered progressive jazz and jazz clinics. He is known for the Kenton style.
His experiments with a mellophonium band from 1960 until 1963 were both bold and dangerous, as it was extremely difficult to keep four mellophoniums in tune. He still won two Grammy Awards for adventure in Jazz and West Side Story, both products of these experiments.
Controversial jazz orchestra leader who pioneered progressive jazz and jazz clinics. He is known for the Kenton style.
His experiments with a mellophonium band from 1960 until 1963 were both bold and dangerous, as it was extremely difficult to keep four mellophoniums in tune. He still won two Grammy Awards for adventure in Jazz and West Side Story, both products of these experiments.
He toured as a pianist with several major bands while he was in his late teens. His band and his style became known as The Wall of Sound in the mid-1940s, a term that music showman Phil Spector would later adapt for his production methods.
He married Ann Richards on October 18, 1955, but the couple divorced in 1961. His daughter, Leslie, later wrote of her traumatic relationship with her father in Love Affair, the book My book from 2010.
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He was frequently accused of racial prejudice despite being close friends with Count Basie and Duke Ellington and his many collaborations with African-American artists.
He was frequently accused of racial prejudice despite being close friends with Count Basie and Duke Ellington and his many collaborations with African-American artists.
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When was Pianist Stan Kenton born?
Stan Kenton was born in 15-12-1911, death year is , at the age of 113.
Where is Pianist Stan Kenton's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Stan Kenton was born in Wichita, Kansas- United States. is a Pianist, whose Zodiac is Sagittarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Pig. Stan Kenton's global rank is 48837 and whose rank is 122 in list of famous Pianist. Population of US in 1911 is about 93,863,000 persons.
Stan Kenton was born in 15-12-1911, death year is , at the age of 113.
Where is Pianist Stan Kenton's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Stan Kenton was born in Wichita, Kansas- United States. is a Pianist, whose Zodiac is Sagittarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Pig. Stan Kenton's global rank is 48837 and whose rank is 122 in list of famous Pianist. Population of US in 1911 is about 93,863,000 persons.
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Events in 1911 and 15-12
Events in US in the birth year of Stan Kenton
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Birthday Stan Kenton (15-12) in history
- Day 15-12 year 1791: The Bill of Rights took effect with Virginia's ratification of it.
- Day 15-12 year 1890: Sioux Indian chief Sitting Bull was killed by Native American police.
- Day 15-12 year 1916: The French defeated the Germans in the Battle of Verdun.
- Day 15-12 year 1939: The movie Gone With the Wind premiered in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Day 15-12 year 1944: Band leader Glenn Miller disappeared in a plane crash over the English Channel.
- Day 15-12 year 1961: Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death by an Israeli court for organizing the deportation of Jews to concentration camps.
- Day 15-12 year 1964: Canada adopted its national flag, a red maple leaf on a white background.
- Day 15-12 year 1966: Animated-cartoon pioneer and movie producer Walt Disney died in Los Angeles.
- Day 15-12 year 1989: A demonstration that turned into a popular uprising in Romania began the downfall of Nicolae Ceausescu.
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