DISC ONE - STAN KENTON TRIBUTE BAND
A TOP DRAWER ORCHESTRA FEATURING MANY NOTABLE KENTON GRADUATES PERFORMS AS PART OF A CENTRUM - BUD SHANK JAZZ WORKSHOP AT A JULY 1993 KENTON TRIBUTE CONCERT IN PORT TOWNSEND WASHINGTON. A LIVELY, HEART-FELT AND PASSIONATE READING OF CLASSIC COMPOSITIONS THAT WERE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL RECORDED. MILT BERNHART WITH HIS SPECIAL BRAND OF HUMOR ACTS AS MASTER OF CEREMONIES.

1. OPENING REMARKS
   
2. BOBBY SHEW INTRO
3. ARKANSAS TRAVELER
4. MAYNARD FERGUSON
5. EAGER BEAVER
6. BILL PERKINS INTRO
7. PETE RUGOLO INTRO
8. YESTERDAYS
9. COLLABORATION
10. BUD SHANK INTRO
11. MACHITO INTRO
12. STELLA BY STARLIGHT
13. MACHITO
14. BILL HOLMAN INTRO
15. BOB COOPER INTRO
16. THE TALL GUY
17. COOP'S SOLO
18. CLOSING REMARKS
19. CONTE CANDOLI INTRO
20. ARTISTRY IN RHYTHM
21. PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
22. STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY
23. BAND INTRODUCTION

DISC TWO - McGill JAZZ ORCHESTRA I
A GLORIOUS STAN KENTON PROGRAM OF RARE NEVER BEFORE STUDIO-RECORDED COMPOSITIONS FROM THE LATE FORTIES AND EARLY FIFTIES, MAGNIFICENTLY PERFORMED AND PRESENTED IN EXCEPTIONAL AUDIO. A THOROUGHLY REHEARSED AND AGILE BAND DELIVERS A TREASURE TROVE OF HISTORICAL KENTON SELECTIONS WITH ATTENTIVE CARE AND PRECISION.

By Bill Holman:

• THE OPENING
• TENOR PIECE
• CUBA JAZZ

By Bill Russo:

• AN ESTHETE ON CLARK STREET,
• VIGNETTE,
• IT'S THE TALK OF THE TOWN
• ALTONALITY,

By Shorty Rogers:

• AUTUMN LEAVES

By Manny Albam:

• GUANE

By Ken Hanna:

• DURANGO

By Pete Rugolo:

• SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES
• ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE
• ARTISTRY IN GILLESPIE,
• YARDBIRD SUITE
• THREE BOP