Resource Type
Collection
Serial/Series Title
Photographs of Stan Kenton
115
Publicity Photographs (1950's)
82
Publicity/Promotional Photographs (1940-1950's)
72
Innovations in Modern Music (1950-1951)
70
Kenton with celebrities and musicians
46
Capitol Records Recording Sessions (1960's)
44
Action shots of Kenton
39
Kenton at home
26
Mellophonium Orchestra
22
Artistry in Rhythm Orchestra (1941-1946)
21
6 More
States
Month
Language
[Kenton recording session]
Photographs of various rehearsal shots from a recording session at Capitol Records, Hollywood. Proof sheet with 12 images includes: Stan with Bill Russo, George Roberts, Keith Moon, Ernie Royal and Capitol's producer Lee Gillette.
Date:
February 11, 1953
Creator:
Howard, Gene
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Kenton Orchestra at Steel Pier]
Photographs of Kenton Orchestra members at Steel Pier, Atlantic City. Proof sheet with 12 images includes: #79 Stan Levey, #82 Bill Holman, #83 Conte Candoli, #76 Maynard Ferguson, #78 in trumpets: Maynard Ferguson, Conte Candoli, Buddy Childers.
Date:
1952-07-25/1952-08-04
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Stan Kenton and unidentified woman]
Photograph of Stan Kenton sitting at the piano with an unidentified woman. Imprint on the back of the photograph: Photo by Francis Bayles, Chico State College 1959-1960.
Date:
1959/1960
Creator:
Bayles, Francis
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Stan Kenton and "Lindy"]
An undated photograph of Stan Kenton and "Lindy" seated behind what appears to be a council desk. There are name plates in front of them as well as microphones and other objects on the desk.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Stan Kenton and members of Recruiting Service]
Stan Kenton standing with two unidentified members of the U.S. Recruiting Services and holding a plaque with mounted pictures and a certificate for outstanding services.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Stan Kenton and unknown]
Stan Kenton shaking hands with an unknown man, who is sitting in the driver's seat of a dark-colored convertible. There is a street in the background lined with buildings and cars.
Date:
1952
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Stan Kenton at the first annual Newport Jazz Festival
A photograph of Stan Kenton conversing with two men at the first annual Newport Jazz Festival (July 17 or 18, 1954). The man on the far right is Marshall Stearns, founder of the Institute of Jazz Studies. Behind them stands an unidentified man dressed in suit. On the back of the photograph is inscribed "Newport."
Date:
1954
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Stan Kenton and Al Jarvis
Photograph of two men in suits (identified as Stan Kenton and Al Jarvis) sitting together in a booth behind a table. There are dishes on the table and the man on the left (Jarvis) is pouring something into a cup. Information on the back of the photograph identifies Al Jarvis as a disc jockey and states that the photograph was taken in the late 1940s.
Date:
[1944..1949]
Creator:
Howard, Gene
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Kenton and members of Lester Horton Dance Theater]
Photograph of Stan Kenton posing with members of the Lester Horton Dance Theatre in Hollywood. He is holding up what appears to be an antenna covered in string. The dancers are identified from left to right: Vida Solomon, Carmen De Lavallade, Eleanor Johnson.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Capitol Records
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Stan Kenton with members of the U.S. Air Force]
Photograph of a man (possibly Sgt. John Deales) presenting Stan Kenton with Air Force Recruiting brassard for recording a radio show for U.S. Air Force Recruiting Service as Lt. Dean Sanders, USAF, looks on. On the back of the photograph dated: 29 Feb 56.
Date:
February 29, 1956
Creator:
Clarke, Charles H.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Stan Kenton and Lt. Dean Sanders of the U.S. Air Force]
Official U.S. Army photograph of Lt. Dean Sanders showing to Stan Kenton a replica of the U.S. Air Force Lockheed F-94C Starfire at a radio show for the Air Force Recruiting Service.
Date:
February 17, 1956
Creator:
Clarke, Charles H.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Stan Kenton and young people]
Photograph of Stan Kenton greeted by a young unidentified woman and six young unidentified men, and shaking hands with one of the young men. Imprint on the back of the photograph: Photo by Harriet Ferguson, Bloomington, Ind., Phone 7466.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Ferguson, Harriet
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Kenton observing jewelry box]
Photograph of Stan Kenton at the Pennsylvania Lounge, observing a jewelry box. He is surrounded by other men who are watching him.
Date:
1952-05-20/1952-05-25
Creator:
Scibilia, James
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Stan Kenton observing banner]
Photograph of Stan Kenton observing a banner with a second man who is pointing to it. A group of people at a table are watching from inside the lounge.
Date:
1952-05-20/1952-05-25
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Stan Kenton at Moonlight Gardens]
Photograph of Stan Kenton with a young man who may be Ed Head in the Moonlight Gardens, Cincinnati.
Date:
August 26, 1952
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Stan Kenton at Schirmer opening]
Photograph of Stan Kenton surrounded by fans at the Schirmer opening in Brooklyn, N.Y. In the photograph, Kenton is signing autographs and there are others visible in the background including Murray Boykin (Brooklyn salesman), someone hesitantly identified as John Cooney (N.Y. manager), and Al Levine (Newark manager).
Date:
November 1946
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Kenton with group of men]
Photograph of Stan Kenton posing with an unidentified group of people.
Date:
1946?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Kenton at Famous-Barr records store]
Photograph of Stan Kenton at the Famous-Barr record store in St. Louis, MO promoting Hopalong Cassidy records for children. He is sitting in a chair next to a woman and they are surrounded by children; Kenton appears to be reading to them.
Date:
March 11, 1950
Creator:
Arteaga Photos
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Kenton celebrating his 40th birthday]
Photograph of Stan Kenton celebrating his 40th birthday at radio station KSFO in San Francisco, CA. He is surrounded by people including the woman third from left (in plaid skirt) identified as band singer Jerri Winters.
Date:
February 19, 1952
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Stan Kenton and friends]
Photograph of Stan Kenton with two unidentified men.
Date:
1955~
Creator:
Malschick, Allen
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Stan Kenton with Benny Carter]
This sheet contains four square photographs. The upper photographs show Stan Kenton with a man at a piano (left) and sitting at a table with another man looking at paperwork (right); one of the men is composer and musician Benny Carter. The bottom phtographs show what appears to be a road in the country (left) and Stan Kenton with a pencil in his mouth, composing music at a piano (right). There is also a partially obscured photograph of an unidentified woman at the top of the sheet.
Date:
1940~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Stan Kenton and friend]
Photograph of Stan Kenton and an unidentified man.
Date:
1955~
Creator:
Courtenay, Walt
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Kenton with unknown]
Photograph of Stan Kenton leaning against a car and speaking with an unknown man who is sitting in the driver's seat. There's a street in the background lined with buildings and automobiles.
Date:
1952~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Kenton signing autographs at Schirmer opening]
Photograph of Stan Kenton, surrounded by people, signing autographs at Schirmer opening, in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Date:
November 1946
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library