A COLORFUL, FASCINATING AND DRAMATIC JOURNEY THROUGH THE MOMENTOUS FRONTIERS OPENED BY THE KENTON CARAVAN! EACH DECADE IS REPRESENTED BY ARGUABLY ITS MOST INFLUENTIAL KENTON ORCHESTRAS!

“…not just jazz, but eternal music with the great inner authority of a work of art.” - PC Newman

DISC 1
Feb. 22, 1948 - DownBeat Awards -Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL
Feb. 1, 1956 - Soldier's Club, Fort Ord, Monterey, CA

1. THEME INTRODUCTION
2. A THEME OF FOUR VALUES
3. LOVER
4. YOUNG BLOOD
5. JUNE CHRISTY AWARD
6. INTERMISSION RIFF
7. LONELY WOMAN
8. CHEROKEE
9. PETE RUGOLO AWARD
10. TAKE THE 'A' TRAIN
11. IMPRESSIONISM
12. POLKA DOTS AND MOONBEAMS
13. EDDIE SAFRANSKI AWARD
14. FEARLESS FINLAY
15. SAFRANSKI
16. I'M GLAD THERE IS YOU
17. SHELLY MANNE AWARD
18. KINGFISH
19. ARTISTRY IN PERCUSSION
20. OUT OF NOWHERE
21. STAN KENTON AWARD
22. LIMELIGHT
23. THE PEANUT VENDOR
24. THEME & SIGN-OFF

DISC 2
1961-62 Four Mellophonium Band Dates
1971 - Springfield, Ohio; 1973 - Bristol, Somerset, England

1. GONE WITH THE WIND
2. WHAT ARE YOU DOING THE REST OF MY LIFE
3. INTERMISSION RIFF
4. NO HARMFUL SLIDE EFFECTS
5. SOPHISTICATED LADY OF SPACE AND TIME
6. LULLABY OF BIRDLAND
7. FOR BETTER AND FOR WORSTER
8. IT'S A BIG WIDE WONDERFUL WORLD
9. STREET OF DREAMS
10. GIVE ME A SONG WITH A BEAUTIFUL MELODY
11. MALAGA
12. PROLOGUE –
13. WEST SIDE STORY
14. ARTISTRY IN RHYTHM
15. MARIA
16. MALAGUENA