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[Stan Kenton and company at the Schirmer opening]
Photograph of Stan Kenton and six other men at the November 1946 Schirmer opening in Brooklyn, N.Y. They are standing around a water cooler, from left to right: Murray Boykin, Walter Rivere, Lou Ferrara, John Cooney, Stan Kenton, and Al Levine.
Stan Kenton at Schirmer opening, Brooklyn
Photograph of Stan Kenton and five otehr men at the November 1946 Schirmer opening in Brooklyn, N.Y. From left to right: Murray Boykin, Walter Rivere, Lou Ferrara, John Cooney, Stan Kenton, and Al Levine. The men are wearing suits and holding up cups in a toast.
[Stan Kenton at Earl Carroll's Theatre]
Photograph of Stan Kenton with chorus girls at Earl Carroll's Theatre in Hollywood. They are seated on a flight of stairs, with Kenton in the center surrounded by the girls. On the back: Stan when he was conducting band at Erroll [sic] Carroll's nightclub in Hollywood; sometime in early '40's.
[Stan Kenton at Earl Carroll's Theatre]
Photograph of Stan Kenton with chorus girls at Earl Carroll's Theatre in Hollywood. Kenton is seating next to an upright piano and the girls are gathered around him; one of the girls has her foot on his lap. On the back: Stan and Erroll [sic] Carroll showgirls; Stan conducted orchestra; taken sometime in early '40's.
[Stan Kenton and unidentified Air Force officer]
Photograph of Stan Kenton shaking hands with unidentified Air Force officer at McChord Air Force Base near Seattle, Washington. Another man and an airplane wing are visible to their right, as well as vehicles and unidentified buildings in the background.
[Stan Kenton and Andy Mansfield]
Photograph of Stan Kenton being presented Gold Record award by DJ/host Andy Mansfield on KFI radio show in Hollywood, California. Kenton and Mansfield are shaking hands and Kenton is holding a framed record. To the left of the photo, there is a microphone with the initials "KFI."
[Stan Kenton and Don Ellis]
Photograph of Stan Kenton and Don Ellis, Capitol Records representative, at Eastland Center Music during a 1962 tour in Harper Woods, Michigan. The two men are standing in front of a glass display window full of Kenton's albums.
[Stan Kenton with bandleader Charlie Barnet]
Photograph of Stan Kenton with fellow bandleader Charlie Barnet in Hollywood. Barnet is seated at a desk and holding a sheet of paper while Kenton leans over to read it. Various objects are visible on the desk and there are windows behind them.
[Stan Kenton and unidentified woman]
Photograph of Stan Kenton sitting at the piano with an unidentified woman. Imprint on the back of the photograph: Photo by Francis Bayles, Chico State College 1959-1960.
Stan Kenton at the first annual Newport Jazz Festival
A photograph of Stan Kenton conversing with two men at the first annual Newport Jazz Festival (July 17 or 18, 1954). The man on the far right is Marshall Stearns, founder of the Institute of Jazz Studies. Behind them stands an unidentified man dressed in suit. On the back of the photograph is inscribed "Newport."
[Kenton and members of Lester Horton Dance Theater]
Photograph of Stan Kenton posing with members of the Lester Horton Dance Theatre in Hollywood. He is holding up what appears to be an antenna covered in string. The dancers are identified from left to right: Vida Solomon, Carmen De Lavallade, Eleanor Johnson.
[Kenton observing jewelry box]
Photograph of Stan Kenton at the Pennsylvania Lounge, observing a jewelry box. He is surrounded by other men who are watching him.
[Stan Kenton observing banner]
Photograph of Stan Kenton observing a banner with a second man who is pointing to it. A group of people at a table are watching from inside the lounge.
[Stan Kenton at Moonlight Gardens]
Photograph of Stan Kenton with a young man who may be Ed Head in the Moonlight Gardens, Cincinnati.
[Stan Kenton at Schirmer opening]
Photograph of Stan Kenton surrounded by fans at the Schirmer opening in Brooklyn, N.Y. In the photograph, Kenton is signing autographs and there are others visible in the background including Murray Boykin (Brooklyn salesman), someone hesitantly identified as John Cooney (N.Y. manager), and Al Levine (Newark manager).
[Kenton at Famous-Barr records store]
Photograph of Stan Kenton at the Famous-Barr record store in St. Louis, MO promoting Hopalong Cassidy records for children. He is sitting in a chair next to a woman and they are surrounded by children; Kenton appears to be reading to them.
[Kenton celebrating his 40th birthday]
Photograph of Stan Kenton celebrating his 40th birthday at radio station KSFO in San Francisco, CA. He is surrounded by people including the woman third from left (in plaid skirt) identified as band singer Jerri Winters.
[Stan Kenton and friends]
Photograph of Stan Kenton with two unidentified men.
[Stan Kenton with Benny Carter]
This sheet contains four square photographs. The upper photographs show Stan Kenton with a man at a piano (left) and sitting at a table with another man looking at paperwork (right); one of the men is composer and musician Benny Carter. The bottom phtographs show what appears to be a road in the country (left) and Stan Kenton with a pencil in his mouth, composing music at a piano (right). There is also a partially obscured photograph of an unidentified woman at the top of the sheet.
[Stan Kenton and friend]
Photograph of Stan Kenton and an unidentified man.
[Kenton with unknown]
Photograph of Stan Kenton leaning against a car and speaking with an unknown man who is sitting in the driver's seat. There's a street in the background lined with buildings and automobiles.
[Kenton signing autographs at Schirmer opening]
Photograph of Stan Kenton, surrounded by people, signing autographs at Schirmer opening, in Brooklyn, N.Y.
[Kenton at Hudson's Eastland]
Photograph of Stan Kenton at Hudson's Eastland in Harper Woods, MI. Pictured from left to right are: Mr. Fleming, Mary Fisher, Stan Kenton, John Lewis, Tom Gelardi, and Art Hill.
[Stan Kenton with Georgia Carr]
Photograph of Stan Kenton with singer Georgia Carr after a Detroit, MI performance of "The Biggest Show of '52".
[Stan Kenton at McChord Air Force Base]
Photograph of Stan Kenton and an unidentified Air Force officer at McChord Air Force Base in Seattle, WA. They are standing next to an airplane wing and there's another person and airplanes visible in the background.
[Stan Kenton and Jazz Clinic Students]
Large group photograph of Stan Kenton, staff, and students at the first jazz clinic at Redlands University, CA.
[Kenton and unidentified man]
Photograph of Stan Kenton sitting in a chair, talking with an unidentified man who is standing next to him, holding a record and leaning on speakers. There are posters hanging on the wall behind them.
[Kenton in crowning ceremony]
Photograph of Stan Kenton crowning an unidentified girl. They appear to be on a stage, next to a microphone.
[Kenton with band boys]
Photograph of Stan Kenton with band boys Leo Curran (left) and possibly Frankie DiOrio (right).
[Stan Kenton at a podium]
Photograph of Stan Kenton standing behind a large wooden podium with a microphone where he is emceeing at the first annual Newport Jazz Festival.
[Stan Kenton at the Newport Jazz Festival]
Photograph of Stan Kenton seated while chatting with trumpeter Bobby Hackett at the Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island; Kenton's friend Vern McCarthy looks on. Two unidentified men appear on the background.
[Stan Kenton at Sandia AFB]
Photograph of Stan Kenton standing next to Georgi Edwards (Miss New Mexico) and Jimmy Paul from station KOB (NBC) Albuquerque. The three are posing together behind a microphone on a stand; Miss Edwards is holding a large bouquet of flowers. Behind them, men holding instruments are sitting in rows. The photograph was most likely taken at the Officer's Club at Sandia A.F.B. in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
[Stan Kenton and others at Carnegie Hall]
Photograph of Stan Kenton with Harold Davison (British promoter) and Vic Lewis (British bandleader) backstage at Carnegie Hall. The three are sitting on a couch and two of the men (including Kenton) are smoking cigarettes.
[Stan Kenton with Barry Ulanov and Vic Lewis]
Photograph of Stan Kenton sitting on a couch with Barry Ulanov (editor of Metronome magazine) and Vic Lewis (British bandleader) at Carnegie Hall.
Stan Kenton and group of unidentified men
Photograph of Stan Kenton and group of unidentified men. Kenton is leaning over a grand piano and appears to be signing an autograph or writing something for a young man who is with him next to the piano. The other men are standing in a semi-circle, watching, including one man near the foreground who has a camera. There are drums and a microphone visible in the foreground and they appear to be on a stage with curtains and ropes visible behind the men.
[Stan Kenton with Benedict Gimbel, Jr. and Murray Arnold]
Photograph of Stan Kenton with two other men shown, from left to right: Stan Kenton; Mr. Benedict Gimbel, Jr., president and general manager of WIP (radio station) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Mr. Murray Arnold, project director. Kenton and Arnold are seated at a table with Gimbel standing behind them; Arnold is presenting Kenton with a plaque for the First Annual Showmanship award in a contest arranged by WIP.
Stan Kenton with unidentified woman and man
Photograph of Stan Kenton seated on a couch with an unidentified woman and man.
Stan Kenton at the Newport Jazz Festival
Photograph of Stan Kenton at the Newport Jazz Festival conversing with several unidentified men; there are two men standing next to him and two morein the background.
Stan Kenton at Newport Jazz Festival
Photograph of Stan Kenton interacting with reporters and attendees at the first annual Newport Jazz Festival. Kenton is in the middle of the photograph, crouching down to talk to someone; there are people standing around him and milling around behind him. Several of the men are carying cameras.
[Stan Kenton with Barry Ulanov and Vic Lewis]
Photograph of Stan Kenton with Barry Ulanov (editor of Metronome magazine) and Vic Lewis (British bandleader) on a couch at Carnegie Hall.
[Stan Kenton with Barry Ulanov]
Photograph of Stan Kenton with Barry Ulanov (editor of Metronome magazine), seated on a couch at Carnegie Hall. Kenton is smoking a cigarette.
[Stan Kenton with Barry Ulanov]
Photograph of Stan Kenton with Barry Ulanov (editor of Metronome magazine), seated on a couch at Carnegie Hall. Kenton is smoking a cigarette.
[Stan Kenton with Officers]
Photograph of Stan Kenton at the Civic Auditorium on Grove St. with two men, including Chief Warrant Officer Nathan A. [Cammack], leader of the Sixth Army Band in Presidio, San Francisco. Warrant Officer Jr. Grade Joseph H. [Trethewey] is standing to the left of Mr. Kenton.
[Stan Kenton at Earl Carroll's Theatre]
Photograph of Stan Kenton with unidentified man and chorus girls at Earl Carroll's theater in Hollywood Kenton is shaking hands with the other gentleman and the girls are standing behind them on a flight of stairs.
[Stan Kenton and Chuch Newton]
Photograph of Stan Kenton and Chuck Newton sitting together behind a table.
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