Title: A Nightmare
Product review: I saw the Kenton band over half-a-dozen times from the mid-seventies till the mid-eighties, and never heard them sound half this bad. If it were just the abysmal sound quality, I would persist; however, the ensemble work is out-of-tune and sloppy, the solos uninspired, the rhythm section like someone building a garage.My guess is that someone hired a few 'ringers' for this show who simply didn't know the book. That, or half the band was soused, which I doubt Kenton would've allowed.I profoundly agree with the above reviewer: save your money. If you want something approximating what Kenton actually sounded like, buy the "Stan Kenton Today" live CD, which is a reissue of the double-album vinyl "Live in London" first released in 1972: it coos and screams.
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