Stan Kenton TV Interview

[John P. Cooper]

From 1974 - channel 56 KDOC Anaheim CA ran a one hour interview they did with Stan Kenton in studio back in 1974. Black and white!

I only caught the last few minutes of it and maybe they will run it again.

The interviewer was present for the rebroadcast.

The only thing that I came away with was that Kenton was fairly jolly, but somewhat elitist about jazz in general - it was not for the public at large, just for the thinking people. true or not, I just hate to hear things like that.

[VIBEr]

Originally Posted by John P. Cooper

The only thing that I came away with was that Kenton was fairly jolly, but somewhat elitist about jazz in general - it was not for the public at large, just for the thinking people. true or not, I just hate to hear things like that.

I find that observation by Kenton somewhat hypocritical, since 1974 was around the time he made that gawd-awful Kenton Plays Chicago album (referring to Chicago the band, not the city). I always liked the Kenton band prior to that period.

[John P. Cooper]

The interviewer that Kenton was now doing 'new' things as well as 'old' things. Also mentioned that the band now spent a lot of time playing colleges and high schools.

TV station KVCR is located out in San Bernardino which isn't too far from the University of Redlands....where SK recorded a live performance for relese on LP.

The whole interview show was rather cheap-jack and in black and white even though it was done in 1974. The interview was somewhat off the cuff with an interviewer who seemed a little less than Kenton-versed.

I saw 10 minutes at best with SK twisting around in his chair deaing with some observations and comments from the dude in the opposite chair.

[bigtiny]

Originally Posted by VIBEr

I find that observation by Kenton somewhat hypocritical, since 1974 was around the time he made that gawd-awful Kenton Plays Chicago album (referring to Chicago the band, not the city). I always liked the Kenton band prior to that period.

that's a GREAT album!!!! Curnow did excellent arrangements and his tune "Rise and Fall of a Short Fugue" really crackled.....btw for those who are interested, the drummer is a young 20-something Peter Erskine....

bigtiny

[VIBEr]

Originally Posted by bigtiny

that's a GREAT album!!!! Curnow did excellent arrangements and his tune "Rise and Fall of a Short Fugue" really crackled.....

My apologies if I was too harsh in my recollection of the Kenton Plays Chicago album. I do recall a decent version of the Larry Willis tune "Inner Crisis."