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
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