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  The all-time, classic saxophone section feature.
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Another terrific feature chart by Bill Holman.
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A true Kenton Classic.
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This is another one of those absolutely wonderful charts that Lennie did for Stan Kenton for what was known as the dance book.
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Here is a terrific medium swing chart, also written for Stan Kenton in the 50s.
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Stan Kenton had a certain touch in his arranging that stood out.
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This is one of Holman's best loved (and most often played) charts.
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Buddy Childers, that is! Willis wrote this for Buddy in 1954, and it is recorded on the Kenton Showcase album (This music is available from Mosaic Records in their Russo/Holman CD set.
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Recorded in 1954 for the recording Kenton Showcase this chart is an alto saxophone feature throughout.
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This chart has appeared on a couple of different albums over the years (Kenton Classics and Hits).
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This is one of those charts that can be played by any reasonably accomplished big band (including high school players).
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Mulligan's writing for the Kenton Band was fairly minimal in quantity but extraordinary in quality.
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Lennie wrote a magnificent dance book for Stan in the early '60's.
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There were a few Holman charts that were written for the Stan Kenton Orchestra which had disappeared over the years, seemingly lost forever.
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When Lennie arranged for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, he was able to capture the Kenton sound without a lot of high-range problems or difficult concerns for the players.
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This is one of the many wonderful charts arranged by Lennie for the Stan Kenton Orchestra.
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Mulligan contributed only a few charts to the Kenton Library,and they are all classics.
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Here is another chart written for Stan Kenton (in the mid-1950's), that was never recorded by the band.
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The Stan Kenton Orchestra was always an ideal showcase for the outstanding soloists within its ranks.
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This is one of the amazing stories of finding what was thought to be a long-lost chart.
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Exactly as recorded on the Kenton / Capitol Retrospective CD (and the original Milestones LP).
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This is another of the many wonderful charts arranged by Niehaus for the Stan Kenton Orchestra.
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Holman originally wrote this chart to feature Charlie Parker with the Kenton Band in the early '50's.
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Rarely does a piece turn up like this one.
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The album Stage Door Swings, by the Stan Kenton Band, was one of the most popular recordings done by Kenton.
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Here is a great, free-swingin' Opener, also written for Stan Kenton.
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This is a wonderful feature for baritone saxophone! It was recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on the Kenton '76 CD.
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As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Adventures In Standards, this is a medium-swing chart on a great tune.
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As performed by the Stan Kenton Orchestra, here is one of the hippest charts from the Kenton book.
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Finally, the up-to-date version that the Kenton Band played right up until the end.
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The publication of this piece is dedicated to the memory of Manny Albam, the composer.
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As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Adventures In Standards, this is a medium, swing chart on a great tune.
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This was recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Stage Door Swings, and it is one of Lennie's wonderful charts on a great Broadway standard tune.
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As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Stage Door Swings, this medium-up swing chart comes roaring out of the chute with a brass pop and leads into the piano stating the melody.
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There are a few charts from this library which are very playable by any reasonably well developed jazz ensemble.
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Recorded in 1953 on the Kenton Showcase album (This music is available from Mosaic Records in their Russo/Holman CD set.
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Once used in the Blackboard Jungle movie, this piece is one of Holman's earliest compositions to be recorded by Kenton.
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This great Kenton classic, as recorded on the album "Live from Redlands University," is a swinging, happy chart which allows for lots of blowing space and is combined with great ensemble sections.
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This is the original version of the tune recorded in 1946, and also included in the Milestones LP.
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Holman wrote this to feature (of course) Zoot Sims on tenor saxophone.
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This is one of those superb Holman charts written for Stan Kenton in the early '50's that just swings like crazy.
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Mulligan's writing for the Kenton Band was fairly minimal in quantity but extraordinary in quality.
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A great alto saxophone feature.
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A fun-filled, exciting chart on the old tune.
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Russo always created wonderfully interesting (and challenging) arrangements of standard tunes.
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Another terrific chart from Stan Kenton's Contemporary Concepts album. It features trombone throughout this fast-paced, Cool Bop chart in the unmistakable style of the late, great Gerry Mulligan.
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This is one of the many wonderful charts arranged by Lennie for the Stan Kenton Orchestra.
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This is another of the many wonderful charts arranged by Lennie for the Stan Kenton Orchestra.
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Mulligan contributed only a few charts to the Kenton Library, and they are all classics.
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This is NOT the Glenn Miller version of this tune.
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This is one of those marvelous "dance" charts that Lennie Niehaus wrote for the Stan Kenton Orchestra.
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Lennie Niehaus wrote a series of terrific arrangements for the Stan Kenton Orchestra (this was recorded on the "Stage Door Swings" CD).
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Lennie Niehaus wrote a series of terrific arrangements for the Stan Kenton Orchestra (this was recorded on the "Stage Door Swings" CD).
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This wonderful, medium-tempo, swinging version of this great classic is recorded on the Stan Kenton Orchestra "Sketches On Standards" CD.
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Arranged by Lennie Niehaus and performed by the Stan Kenton Orchestra, this great medium-swing chart has outstanding ensemble writing.
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Here is a slow, gutty, "down-home" type of blues written for and recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on the Adventures In Blues album.
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This is the original version composed by Bill Holman for the Stan Kenton Orchestra!
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Bill Holman wrote this arrangement for the Kenton Orchestra in the early '60's to feature Marvin Stamm on trumpet (of course). Kenton never recorded it, so this is a brand-new chart to most people. No guitar. 5-4-4-3
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When Bill Holman writes a feature for a player, especially in the Kenton Band, you know it will be wonderful.
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This is the bass trombone solo, as recorded (The Kenton Era) by George Roberts with the Stan Kenton Orchestra.
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As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on "Adventures In Standards" CD, this is a wonderful, swinging chart on a great tune.
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Here is another terrific chart as recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Adventures In Standards.
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This amazing chart was recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra and released on the By Request-Volume One album.
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This was recorded on the Stan Kenton Orchestra CD Live at the Tropicana.
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What a dynamic chart this is! It is included on the CD recording The Jazz Compositions of Dee Barton (1967).
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As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on "Adventures in Jazz" (and elsewhere), this may be the best thing Dee ever wrote for Stan.
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If there is one chart which seems to capture the essence of Stan's mid-fifties bands, this is the one! The chart swings like mad from downbeat to the end.
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This was recorded on the Stan Kenton Orchestra CD "Live at the Tropicana.
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As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on "Contemporary Concepts," this publication completes the goal of getting this entire watershed recording into print.
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This is a great chart to feature your drummer and the entire ensemble! Starting out with a bombastic Eastern-sounding introduction (ala Genghis Khan), it then launches into a hard-driving minor blues stated by the trombone, trumpet and tenor saxophone.
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Bill Holman wrote some of the best music played by the Stan Kenton Orchestra and "Boop Boo Be Doop" is surely one of those charts.
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This may be the all-time greatest jazz arrangement of a standard tune.
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Bill Holman's compositions in the library of the Stan Kenton Orchestra were some of the most exciting pieces ever conceived for jazz orchestra.
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As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra (Creative World CD) on " Live at Redlands University", this chart is a rip-roaring latin and swing chart that just flies along.
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This is one of the great "unrecorded" (or "missing") solo features written for the Stan Kenton Orchestra.
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As recorded on the CD "Back to Balboa" (and many other albums), this sensational piece moves along at a fast tempo, featuring solo space (the blues) for alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, trombone and drums.
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This is another of the many wonderful charts arranged by Holman for the Stan Kenton Orchestra.
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This may be the all-time greatest jazz arrangement of a standard tune.
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The Daily Dance was recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on the CD "Birthday in Britain.
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