Stan Kenton: This Is an Orchestra!

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309 Notes Quotations by Stan Kenton and alumni are an essential feature of this work: they speak from first-hand knowledge that the author could never possess. At the same time, memories can be tainted and facts misrepresented. For this reason, some quotes have been slightly adjusted to ensure accuracy and clarity, without ever changing the speaker’s intent. Occasionally, two quotations by a musician on the same subject have been amalgamated, in which case the primary source is given in the notes. Note that though not continually repeated below, Pete Venudor co-conducted with the author the Stan Kenton interview on February 22, 1973, and Tony Cox was present at many of the alumni interviews held during Murray Patterson’s “Rendezvous in Britain” conventions held between l992 and 2000. Unless noted, direct quotations are from personal interviews or correspondence with the author as listed alphabetically below: Jim Amlotte, personal interview with author, April 23, 2000, Savill Court Hotel, Egham, Surrey, England. Chet Ball, letter to author, May 22, 1972. Gabe Baltazar, personal interview with author, April 22, 2000, Savill Court Hotel, Egham, Surrey, England. Dick Bank, phone conversation with author, June 3, 2002. Bob Behrendt, letter to author, December 16, 1997. Conte Candoli, personal interview with author, May 3, 1998, Savill Court Hotel, Egham, Surrey, England. June Christy, letter to author, November 23, 1972. Bob Curnow, personal interview with author, May 27, 1996, Daventry Hotel, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England. Peter Erskine, letter to author, October 19, 2005. Ray Florian, letter to author, May 9, 1997. Howard Hedges, letter to author, March 7, 1981. Bill Holman, personal interview with author, April 12, 1999, Savill Court Hotel, Egham, Surrey, England. Lee Konitz, personal interview with author, May 26, 1996, Daventry Hotel, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England. 310 Stan Kenton: This Is an Orchestra! Dave Lambert, letter to author, September 4, 1967. Kent Larsen, letter to author, June 1, 1973. Hank Levy, letter to author, April 9, 1972. Ramon Lopez, personal interview with author, February 6, 1975, London, England. Mark Masters, letter to author, December 7, 1981. Dick Meldonian, letter to author, July 10, 1972. Bill Miller, letter to author, February 13, 1974. Jack Ordean, letter to author, March 4, 1972. Bill Perkins, personal interview with author, May 3, 1998, Savill Court Hotel, Egham, Surrey, England. Roy Reynolds, letter to author, April 15, 1981. Johnny Richards, letter to author, July 1964. Pete Rugolo, letter to author, April 3, 1989. Howard Rumsey, letter to author, April 3, 1972. Bill Russo, personal interview with author, May 26, 1996, Daventry Hotel, Daventry , Northamptonshire, England. Tony Scodwell, letter to author, November 1997. Dick Shearer, personal interview with author, February 18, 1975, London, England. Bob Snell, letter to author, August 19, 1966. Mark Taylor, letter to author, September 12, 2002. Bill Trujillo, personal interview with author, April 23, 2000, Savill Court Hotel, Egham, Surrey, England. Mike Vax, personal interview with author, April 24, 2000, Savill Court Hotel, Egham, Surrey, England. Bill Wagner, letter to author, May 18, 1997. Jiggs Whigham, personal interview with author, May 26, 1996, Daventry Hotel, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England. Tom Wirtel, letter to author, November 18, 1997. Prelude 1. Audree Coke, letter to Jack Hartley, August 26, 1980. 2. Stan Kenton, “Jazz at Its Best,” Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio, recorded June 1969. 3. Stan Kenton, CBC radio, 1969. 4. George Avakian, Down Beat, October 15, 1939. 5. Buddy Hayes, undated letter to Pete Venudor. 6. Stan Kenton, CBC radio, 1969. 7. Buddy Hayes, undated letter to Pete Venudor. Notes 311 Chapter 1: Balboa Bandwagon 1. Clinton Roemer, letter to author, June 1982. 2. Audree Kenton, personal interview with author, February 1975, London, England. 3. Stan Kenton, CBC radio, 1969. 4. Stan Kenton, AFRS “Jazz Book,” ca. late 1961. 5. Bob Gioga, letter to author, December 15, 1965. 6. Audree Kenton interview, February 1975. 7. Milt Bernhart to Steven Harris in The Kenton Kronicles (Pasadena, CA: Dynaflow Publications, 2000), 63. 8. Howard Rumsey to Tony Agostinelli, May 5, 1997. 9. Stan Kenton, Band Leaders magazine, January 1946. 10. Stan Kenton, personal interview with author, February 17, 1973, London, England. 11. Ralph Yaw, Metronome, April 1941. 12. Stan Kenton, CBC radio, 1969. 13. Stan Kenton, CBC radio. 14. Charles Emge, Down Beat, September 15, 1941. 15. Stan Kenton, CBC radio. 16. Milt Bernhart, personal interview with author, April 23, 2000, London, England. Chapter 2: Hollywood Highs and Big Apple Blues (1941–1942) 1. Audree Kenton to...