Some of the wise boys who say my music is loud, blatant and that's all should see the faces of the kids who have driven a hundred miles through the snow to see the band... to stand in front of the bandstand in an ecstasy all their own.

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Back To Balboa - Capitol No. By 1945 the band had evolved quite a bit.  1621 (1961)
West Side Story - Capitol No.

Stanley Newcomb "Stan" Kenton (December 15 1911 – August 25 1979) was a pianist composer and arranger who led an innovative influential and often controversial American jazz orchestra.