Louie Bellson Smithsonian Interview Block 717 (Q11513)

Stan Kenton, to me, was - I don't know how to classify him. He always had a good band. But to me, Stan Kenton's band - the trumpet players, like Buddy Childers, developed hernia at an early age from playing all those high notes. Shelly Manne used to come home rubbing his hands like a boxer, because he had to roll on a big cymbal as loud as he could, and that wasn't loud enough. He had to play ...