Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Stan Kenton

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Stan Kenton.

Last updated on September 18, 2024.

Stanley Newcomb Kenton was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though Kenton had several pop hits from the early 1940s into the 1960s, his music was always forward-looking. Kenton was also a pioneer in the field of jazz education, creating the Stan Kenton Jazz Camp in 1959 at Indiana University.

American - Musician | December 15, 1911 - August 25, 1979

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Some of the wise boys who say my music is loud, blatant and that's all should see the faces of the kids who have driven a hundred miles through the snow to see the band... to stand in front of the bandstand in an ecstasy all their own.

Stan Kenton

Whenever you play dance music, it serves a function. It becomes a utility; you have to worry about the tempos and what you're going to play for people. But when you're playing for listening, you're free.

Stan Kenton

I don't think you can replaces great themes. But I think people do want to hear fresh arrangements of them. They don't want to hear them played the same way all the time.

Stan Kenton

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

Stan Kenton

When you get to the top, don't forget to send the elevator down for the next guy.

Stan Kenton