December 15th marks the centennial of one of the seminal figures of jazz, Stan Kenton, who died in 1979. Kenton, who was born in Wichita and raised in Bell, was a ceaseless innovator who was once ...

In honor of Thanksgiving, we produced a powerful hour of jazz affectionately called “Jazzgiving"--a carefully prepared hour of music with all the trimmings. We begin with Maynard Ferguson and move on ...

In May–June 1991 musicians and fans from around the world gathered in Newport Beach, California, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Stan Kenton Orchestra’s debut at the famed Rendezvous Ballroom.

Once part of a brassy and sassy pack of players that included the likes of Red Garland, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Chet Baker and Stan Getz, the soon-to-be 76-year-old Maynard Ferguson is the last ...