Posted on 01/16/2019 7:32:27 PM PST by real saxophonist
watch Or listen.
Wake y'all up...
Got this on tape as well as the reel to reel recorder player.
I must say-I am a Drum and Bugle Corps fan from way back in the day, and played myself...of all the tunes that I both heard and played, there was none-NONE-that I liked more than Malaguena.
That.
Is.
A.
Smoking.
Hot.
Piece.
Just wow. I was with a band that played as close to this version as we could get it, and it was a kicking tune. Just made you hot.
I have never heard this live version before...just loved it! Had a big grin on my face listening to it.
Thank you. Made my night!
Malaguena is a great song. I have versions by Charo (she is actually a talented guitarist), Gypsy Queens, Ritchie Valens and “Flamenco Guitar: Spanish Tapas Bar, Vol. 2” which I bought in Spain some years ago.
This Kenton brass version leaves me cold, however.
I’m a bit of an Art Pepper fan. He was with Kenton for a bit, but he (in his autobiography admitted this) left the band because he was starting to slide, being addicted to heroin. He said it would not be fair to Kenton, being the great band that he was.
But Art Pepper, greatest alto sax that ever lived, gave his very best when in that band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiVMOLjXbdU
Bump
Jazz Ping.
thanks for posting this.
One of my long time favorites!
Awesome, and I hate using that word. Merci.
I was just looking for other performers on YouTube and found Jim Stafford playing both Malaguena and Classical Gas at the Branson Music Factory -- AND telling a hilarious joke in the middle between tunes.
Ahh, memories of high school jazz band. Thanks for the post.
Saw Kenton and his orchestra three times in the early 70s, including a memorable Spring Prom my senior year in college. Love Kenton’s lush style of music and play his albums often.
I know the whole routine!
The Hawthorne Muchachos did it well too...:)
I LOVE STAN KENTON AND ALL THE WONDERFUL JAZZ PEOPLE WHO SURROUND HIM.
Today’s music lovers have no idea how great music was back then.
The sound and video quality is not good but the raw energy of their version still shines through!
He was so great and the sad thing is...our young people will never give him a listen.
Except my daughter, whom I taught to appreciate the music, ant is grateful to me for doing so.
Became friends with John Wackerman. Still am.
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