Intermission Riff

[@geraldfrieberg7921]

FABULOUS sting bass solo !! You go girl !!

[@deanchovan6604]

Looks like it is Jennifer Leitham

[@michaelbenedict5384]

Left handed upright player.

[@jwhodat1432]

Very tight group and a very interesting arrangement of a Kenton classic.

[@dignahuddleston9898]

I saw Stan band in the 70s play from a flat bed truck at a mall in Stl. How sad

[@jeremydano2842]

Great arrangement! Love the soli over Carl Fontana's solo!!

[@martinartale1999]

Saw them last night 4/17/18 at East Lyme High School in East Lyme, CT. Very dynamic band with intricate arranging. All top shelf musicians! Stan had to have been looking down and smiling!

[@kevintangney7907]

*looking up. You should read what he did to his daughter.

[@kentgrigg6889]

Kudos to the whole Orchestra! Who is that fantastic bass player?

[@thestankentonlegacyorchest4330]

Hi Kent, thanks for the kudos.....our Bass player is the fabulous Jennifer Leitham!

[@deanchovan6604]

That fantastic bass player looks like Jennifer Leitham to me

[@martinartale1999]

That's her! Just picked up her new CD called "Mood (S)wings)" at the Stan Kenton Legacy Orchestra show in East Lyme, Ct on 4/17/18!

[@JenniferLeitham]

Thank you Martin!

[@JenniferLeitham]

[@boomerang905]

Beautiful, swinging. ❤

[@ajbfwb]

Well, I don't agree with every choice made in this performance, but I love the fact they harmonized Fontana's classic 1956 solo for a full band soli.....and the band is crammed with a lot of top notch dudes (and at least one dudette)!

[@dalsegno10000]

Be honest. What single person could copy Carl? Notice they left the high parts to the trumpets. No one could touch Fontana.

[@walterbrown8694]

Had that number in our "Big Band" library when I played in an American Legion dance band decades ago - As I remember there were no major chords in the entire arrangement.

[@DLudwg42]

Would be nice to have a personnel listing. Mike ?

[@alanwitton5980]

Fantastic listening

[@mum-0217]

Dedicated to my loving father Joe who has been dead 20 year's to the day.

[@1jondee]

Drummer is da man.

[@restoredoutboards]

I believe that is Jon VonOhlen.

[@thebiggestbandgeek2206]

Has anyone written the tenor solo out?

[@mossmonaco9061]

'BOO WHAA !'

[@terencewong-lane4309]

Well, that was 'different'.

[@kenbuckley3294]

Fan-tas-tic

[@chewgumer]

About as good as the original. No cymbal crash at the end please.

[@claskew1]

Sorry, I couldn't find my cowbell for the ending:-)!

[@brycewalburn3926]

no petty self-important comments please

[@bblegacy]

I'm really surprised this band got away with calling themselves that because Kenton explicitly said in his will that no band would ever be permitted to use his name and that no Kenton "ghost" band would be permitted to exist.

[@thestankentonlegacyorchest4330]

Hi Kevin.....the SKLO has been around for almost 25 years and does have permission to exist. We have 7 albums out on Summit Records....

[@randytivens9244]

AND on top of that, it is NOT a "Ghost band." Kenton explicity said he didn't want a GHOST band. This is a legacy orchestra. Different. AND Mike V. did get permission to do this. And it has been around a long time. It features many of Kenton's old and older people as well. And of course, they are doing the name very proud.

[@davesax11]

@@randytivens9244 I don't know about the difference between Ghost & Legacy, but the Estate would get involved if there was unauthorized use of Kenton's name. Kenton was way ahead of his time, but the many of the recordings were lower fidelity. It's great to hear updated sound and extended arrangements.

[@KC9UDX]

@@davesax11 but also consider that without Kenton, how far behind Hi-Fi would've been

[@marcellomentasimonsennico5670]

They added some new unnecessary arranged choruses into true perfection.

[@jimshelton115]

Didn’t care for for arrangement but liked the. Bass player

[@GarenGarson]

No, no, no! First the piano solo at the start is just ....well....a bit lame.....then the solo sax....well also a bit lame and then the bass solo. There is no bass solo in the original version by Kenton! And what happened to the triobone solo? And the drummer doesn't hit the breaks aa he ahould! Come on guys! Just listen to the original! And there is no trumpet scream art the end.

[@vaxtrpts1]

Not sure what you think you know about the Kenton Orchestra, Garen. Whether you like the solos or not is your personal opinion, but you sure don't know the history of the band. First of all, Carl Fontana's trombone solo from Kenton in HiFi is voiced out for the whole band right in the middle of the arrangement. And yes, there is a bass solo on MANY recordings that Stan did of this tune. There has been a high note trumpet solo on the shout chorus since the 1960's. I played it every night in the early 70's and it is on many recordings, including a well known video from the European Tour in 1972 on U tube. Get your facts straight please, if you are going to put down the band.

[@restoredoutboards]

Love the voicing of Carl’s solo. Lovely tribute.

[@rkomada88]

I have to agree with you. Piano solo was too weird for this style. But, my biggest disappointment was with the pitch and intonation of the ensemble. A lot of the sax and trombone sections chords were just out of tune, like they can't hear where their notes fit into the orchestration. Or they just didn't even bother to tune before they performed. High school bands literally play more in tune than this. Are there guys still touring? Damn I hope not.