All the Things You

Are

Stan Kenton

Stan Kenton

• Last major jazz band leader to emerge from the “Big Band era”

• Pianist• Famous for ending every selection

with upstretched arms and ecstatic expression

• Big personality

http://youtu.be/gPYgmUGymTY

Dynamics

• “variation and gradation in the volume of musical sound.”

Dynamic Levels- Soft

• ppp• pp • p• mp

Dynamic Levels- Loud

• mf• f• ff• fff

Changing dynamics

Resources

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPYgmUGymTY&feature=em-share_video_user “All The Things You Are”

• http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0219.html “Stan Kenton Obituary”

• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dynamics?s=t