KENTON/Wagner

Kenton/Wagner

What more could anyone want? Stan Kenton and Richard Vagner

This unique album is a surprising artistic success. Stan Kenton and a large studio orchestra filled with many of his alumni perform his adaptations of eight themes from the classical works of Richard Wagner. Somehow Kenton turns Wagner's music into jazz, capturing the intense emotion, pomposity and drama with daring ideas. Not for all tastes, this LP was one of Stan Kenton's last innovative recordings.
-AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow-

Alto sax
Gabe Baltazar (16) Lennie Niehaus (17-24)

Tenor sax
Bill Perkins Buddy Collette (16, 17) Bob Hardaway (18, 24)

Bari sax
Jack Nimitz

Bass sax
Chuck Gentry

Trumpet
Bud Brisbois. Dalton Smith, Conte Candoli (17), Pete Candoli (18-24),Ronnie Ossa, Bobby Bryant (16, 17),Cappy Lewis (18, 24)

French horn
Vince DeRosa, John Cave, Bill Hinshaw, Richard Perissi, Arthur Maebe

Trombone
Bob Fitzpatrick, Kent Larsen, Tom Shepard (16), John Halliburton (17-24), Jim Amlotte (b-tb)

Tuba
Clive Acker

Piano
Stan Kenton
Bass
Don Bagley (16, 8), Joe Comfort (17-24)
Drums
Irv Cotler
Timpani Frank Carlson