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[Band Performing on Stage]
Photograph of the North Texas State College Laboratory Dance Band performing on stage. They are wearing shirts and ties. From left to right are: a man playing a tuba; a man with his back to the camera playing a piano with its strings exposed; a clarinetist; a banjo player; and trumpeter; a trombonist; and a partially obscured drummer. Handwritten text beneath the photo says "Group simulating old style dixieland - opening number for concert in 1954-"
Binger Männergesangverein und Frauenchor
"Binger Men's Singing Society and Women's Chorus. Choir Director & Music Director: Josef Knettel. Program order of the ceremony in the Bingen city hall on the 10th of October, 1954 at 10: 15 am, on the ocassion of the 50th anniversary of the directorship of Music Director Josf Knettel." Program includes "Der Erfolg" by Knettel.
[Frank Todd, Gene Hall, Art Davis, Phil Manning, and Bill Harrison Performing Together]
Photograph of Frank Todd, Gene Hall, Art Davis, Phil Manning, and Bill Harrison performing together on stage. Frank Todd stands behind two microphones to the far left. He's wearing black-rimmed glasses and plucking a double bass. Gene Hall stands next to Todd, wearing spectacles and a lighter colored suit while playing a clarinet. Art Davis plays a trumpet while standing in front of an unattended drum set and a piano player. Phil Manning and Bill Harrison stand close to each other on the right side of the photo, will Manning wearing glasses and playing a saxophone while Harrison plays a trombone.
Groggy's Mambo and other selections
A live recording of mambo selections. The title "Groggy's Mambo" appears to refer to Maurice "Groggy" Gervitsch, the proprietor of the Cairo Hotel in Washington, D.C., where Gervitsch organized mambo dances in 1954. The group may have been led by Buddy Rowell.
[Kenton and Sal Salvador at recording session]
Photograph of Stan Kenton and Sal Salvador at recording session for the Kenton Presents series, produced by Stan for Sal at Capitol Records.
[Kenton Presents recording session in Boston]
Photograph of recording the 'Kenton Presents' series with leader-saxophonist Boots Mussulli at Capitol Records in Boston, MA.
[Kenton Presents recording session in New York]
Photograph of several people recording the 'Kenton Presents' series. Stan Kenton is standing with Sal Salvador in the foreground; two other men are standing together in the background with instruments.
[Photograph of Laboratory Dance Band Performing on Stage]
Photograph of the Laboratory Dance Band performing on a stage with raised platforms. Behind the stage is a crude drawing of a trombonist, a drummer, and a moose to the left. Five of the dark suited men stand at their music stands, with one man in the middle playing a clarinet while the two on either side of him play saxophones. A guitarist sits at the far left seat. Trombonists can be seen performing in the background to the right.
Poem in Cycles and Bells
Recording of Otto Luening's Poem in Cycles and Bells.
[Recording session with Ken Hanna]
Photograph of a recording session with bandleader Ken Hanna. From left to right: Bill Jurney (tenor), Lennie Mitchell (baritone), Ken Hanna (arranger), Bob Hardaway (tenor), Bart Caldarell (soprano), Bobby Drasnin (alto).
School of Music Program Book 1953-1954
Fall/Spring performances program book from the 1953-1954 school year at the North Texas State College School of Music.
[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 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 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 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."
[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 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.
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