The studio sessions made use of a variety of drummers – Pastorius played the kit on two tracks and further contributions came from Tony Williams, Steve Gadd, and Peter Erskine ( the latter an ex-Stan Kenton / Maynard Ferguson drummer recruited to the project by Pastorius ).

Throughout his career, he played with renowned bands, including Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Stan Kenton, and Buddy Rich.

Chase played lead trumpet with Maynard Ferguson in 1958 and Stan Kenton in 1959, and most notably during the 1960s in Woody Herman's Thundering Herd.

In 1974, Hagans joined the Stan Kenton band., with whom he played until 1977, when he toured with Woody Herman.

* Gunther Hessenheffer, a fictional character from Disney's TV series Shake It Up, played by Kenton Duty.

After leaving Kenton, Harrell played with Woody Herman's big band ( 1970 – 1971 ), Azteca ( 1972 ), the Horace Silver Quintet ( 1973 – 1977 ), with whom he made five albums, the Sam Jones-Tom Harrell Big Band, the Lee Konitz Nonet ( 1979 – 1981 ), George Russell, and the Mel Lewis Orchestra ( 1981 ).

He has played lead and solo trumpet with the Stan Kenton Orchestra, the Clark Terry Big Bad Band, and the U. S. Navy Show Band.

He left that band for Stan Kenton, where he played in the touring ' mellophonium ' band in 1963, then settled in New York to play commercially.

Jamie Kenton Kane ( played by Simon Bailey ) is a pop star and former member of boy band Boy * d Upp.

He played with one of the Stan Kenton big bands, Toshiko Akiyoshi ( his then wife ), Charles Mingus, Eberhard Weber, the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble, Embryo and numerous other notable bands and musicians.

He has played with the Stan Kenton big band, and various other jazz bands on the West Coast of the U. S. Niehaus has arranged and composed for motion pictures, including several produced by Clint Eastwood.

The family moved to California in 1945, and Ronka attended North Hollywood High School, where he played trombone in a dance-band workshop that studied music ranging from the big-band sound of the early 1930s to the progressive jazz of Stan Kenton.

When the Krupa band broke up in 1949, George played freelance in Reno for a year before being hired into the Stan Kenton Orchestra from 1950 until 1953, to replace Bart Varsalona, who had left the band during its 1949-50 hiatus.

For a time he also played Kenton Archer in the BBC radio serial The Archers.

The Kenton Giants played in the Inter-City League with three other teams.

In the 1930s and 1940s, the Grove was a popular spot for major big band acts, including Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton and Tommy Dorsey.

While most of Mulligan's work for Kenton were pedestrian arrangements that Kenton needed to fill out money-making dance performances, Mulligan was able to throw in some more substantial original works along the way.

Calling his music " progressive jazz ," Kenton sought to lead a concert orchestra as opposed to a dance band at a time when most big bands were starting to break up.

Manne rose to stardom when he became part of the working bands of Woody Herman and, especially, Stan Kenton in the late 1940s and early 1950s, winning awards and developing a following at a time when jazz was the most popular music in the United States.

In addition, Kenton made his charts available to college and high-school stage bands.

The " Kenton Style " continues to permeate big bands at the high school and collegiate level, and the framework he designed for the " jazz clinic " is still widely in use today.

During these years Rosolino was also performing with the big bands of Bob Chester, Glen Gray, Tony Pastor, Herbie Fields, and perhaps most notably Gene Krupa and Stan Kenton.

He was once a very prominent jazz percussionist playing in several big bands with the likes of Stan Kenton and Woody Herman.

While many Los Angeles area jazz musicians, particularly the former members of the Herman and Kenton bands, found regular employment in broadcast and motion picture studios, most of these musicians were white, leading to accusations that the studios deliberately excluded African Americans.

The next month, the bands of both Kenton and Machito shared the stage at The Town Hall, setting off a surging interest in Cubop.

After WWII, Rugolo worked for Stan Kenton, who headed one of the most musically ' progressive ' big bands of the era.

Pete Rugolo became the chief arranger ( extending Kenton's ideas ), Bob Cooper and Vido Musso offered very different tenor styles, and June Christy was Kenton's new singer ; her hits ( including " Tampico " and " Across the Alley From the Alamo ") made it possible for Kenton to finance his more ambitious projects.

The Kilmers had five children: Kenton Sinclair Kilmer ( 1909 – 1995 ), Michael Barry Kilmer ( 1916 – 1927 ), Deborah (" Sister Michael ") Clanton Kilmer ( 1914 – 1999 ) who was a Catholic nun at the Saint Benedict ’ s Monastery, Rose Kilburn Kilmer ( 1912 – 1917 ), and Christopher Kilmer ( 1917 – 1984 ).

According to Kilmer's oldest son, Kenton, the poem was written on 2 February 1913 when the family resided in Mahwah, New Jersey.

A bullet struck Boone's leg, shattering his kneecap, but he was carried back inside the fort amid a flurry of bullets by Simon Kenton, a recent arrival at Boonesborough.

In 2000, McFarlane was the subject of a National Film Board of Canada documentary Devil You Know: Inside the Mind of Todd McFarlane, directed by Kenton Vaughan.

Before the 20th century, the tiny settlement was concentrated around in what was Kenton Lane ( the easternmost part of which remains as Old Kenton Lane to the east of Kingsbury station ) and is now part of the present day Woodgrange Avenue and Kenton Road.

Kenton station was opened by the London and North Western Railway on 15 June 1912.

The coming of the railways was soon followed by suburban development, most of Kenton being built between the Wars.

It is said that " Kenton Kev " refers in fact to Kevin Jones, the US-based property magnate, who was actually born in Kenton.

That location was the site of the largest frontier battle in Clermont County, the Battle of Grassy Run, where pioneer Simon Kenton clashed with Native American warrior, Tecumseh, on April 10, 1792.

The Bullskin Trail ( once a major pathway for Native Americans ) runs north and south through the county along State Route 133, and was also used by frontiersmen Simon Kenton and Daniel Boone on hunting and warfare expeditions.

It was, until November 24, 2010, the only county in Kentucky to have two legally recognized county seats ; Campbell County now joins Kenton County in that distinction.

In 1840, Kenton County, Kentucky was created, primarily out of a significant portion of Campbell County.

When the Kentucky General Assembly formed Kenton County from part of Campbell County in 1840, they designated Alexandria as the county seat of Campbell County because it was closer to the center of the redrawn county.

In 1840, Kenton County, Kentucky was formed from a large portion of Campbell County as well as a small portion of Boone County, named after pioneer Simon Kenton, who had helped explore the territory.

The city of Independence was incorporated in 1842 to be the county seat of Kenton County, having been determined to be the geographical center of the newly formed county, and was named to mark the independence of Kenton County from Campbell County.