Stan Kenton

Stan Kenton
Kenton in January 1947
Background information
Birth name	Stanley Newcomb Kenton
Born	(1911-12-15)December 15, 1911 Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Died	August 25, 1979(1979-08-25) (aged 67) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Progressive jazz West Coast jazz swing orchestral jazz[1]
Occupations	Bandleader musician composer arranger
Instrument	Piano
Years active	1930–1978
Labels	Capitol Decca Creative World
Formerly of	Maynard Ferguson Zoot Sims Gerry Mulligan Nat King Cole Anita O'Day Lucky Thompson June Christy Chris Connor Art Pepper Pete Rugolo Peter Erskine Eddie Safranski

Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though Kenton had several pop hits from the early 1940s into the 1960s, his music was always forward-looking. Kenton was also a pioneer in the field of jazz education, creating the Stan Kenton Jazz Camp in 1959 at Indiana University.^[2]