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The type of Mellophonium used by Stan Kenton's orchestra, which variously used mellophone mouthpieces and a specially designed horn-trumpet hybrid mouthpiece for Stan Kenton's band. C.G. Conn developed its 16E "Mellophonium" and first marketed it in 1957. It is essentially a "classic" or "concert" mellophone that has figuratively been partially ...
Stan Kenton was born on December 15, 1911, in Wichita, Kansas; he had two sisters (Beulah and Erma Mae) born three and eight years after him, respectively.His parents, Floyd and Stella Kenton, moved the family to Colorado, and in 1924, to the Greater Los Angeles Area, settling in suburban Bell, California.
accomplished player of the euphonium, ophicleide and other brass instruments. He is credited with widening the bore of the euphonium to improve the tone. He was an expert player playing with many musical companies and wrote a tutor for the instrument. Joseph M. Raffayola Former euphonist with the Sousa Band from 1892 to 1903; teacher of Simone ...
The first public performance of the Kenton Mellophonium Band was sandwiched between the two Kenton West Wide Story recording sessions. The Mellophonium Band did not make its public debut until March 29, 1961 at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, almost 8 months after the mellophonium was introduced as part of the regular instrumentation. [1]
Saunders has said about the experience with the mellophonium band, "I was developing perfect pitch from playing the trumpet. However, once I joined Kenton to play the mellophone, my whole system got mixed up because the trumpet is in Bb and the mellophonium is in F, so needless to say my confidence in perfect pitch was shaken and I ended up ...
He attended North Texas State University, [1] where he was a member of the One O'Clock Lab Band. He was a member of Stan Kenton 's Mellophonium Orchestra from 1961 to 1963, then worked with Woody Herman from 1965 to 1966. [ 1 ]
The following is a list of Wikipedians who play or have played the mellophone. ... Pages in category "Wikipedian mellophone players"
On Adventures in Jazz the Kenton band plays at a mature, musical level due to the set of older players with much more diverse backgrounds than later personnel on the bands. The very talented younger players just out of school such as Dee Barton, Marvin Stamm, and Dwight Carver were trained by veteran players such as Bob Fitzpatrick and Gene Roland.