Saturday, December 28, 2013

Early Stan Kenton on Film

Reprinted from http://jazzwax.com
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Back in the 1940s, when radio, record company and movie studio efforts began to merge, shorts were viewed as a highly strategic way to promote bands in movie theaters before feature films came on. Here's a series of short films made with Stan Kenton...
Jammin' in the Panoram (1942), with Howard Rumsey on bass...

Reed Rapture (1942)...


Eager Beaver (1945)...

It's Been a Long, Long Time with June Christy (1945)...

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