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American jazz saxophonist (baritone and tenor), clarinetist, bassist, bassoonist.

Born : May 19, 1905 in California.
Died : February 24, 1999 in Santa Ana, California.

Bob played with (among others) Stan Kenton, Gerry Mulligan, Art Pepper, Maynard Ferguson, Shorty Rogers, Nat King Cole, Anita O’Day, June Christy, Chris Connor.

ALBUMS


Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
AFRS Jubilee Recordings
2011, CD, Sounds Of Yester Year, ,
Swing/Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
1950
2001, CD, Comp, Classics (11), ,
Big Band/Contemporary/Cool Jazz
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
The Formative Years: 1941
1999, CD, Comp, Status, Status, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Transcription Performances Vol. 2
1999, CD, Album, Mono, RM, Hep Records (3), ,
Big Band/Swing
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Live From The Pasadena Civic Auditorium And Other Venues 1943-1944
1998, CD, Album, Status, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
The Transcription Performances 1945-46
1997, CD, Mono, RE, RM, Hep Records (3), ,
Swing/Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
On The Air
1997, CD, Comp, Status, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
The Uncollected 1945-1947 Vol. 5
1997, CD, Comp, RE, Hindsight Records (2), ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Innovations Live 1951
1992, CD, Album, Bandstand, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
23 Degrees North, 82 Degrees West (Concert In Miniature Encores 1952-53)
1992, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Carnegie
1981, LP, Album, First Heard Records, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Concert in Miniature No. 13 & 14
1981, LP, Joyce, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Concert Encores
1981
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
The Uncollected Stan Kenton, Vol. 5, 1945-47
1980, ,
Big Band/Swing
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
The Uncollected Stan Kenton, Vol. 3, 1943-44
1979, ,
Big Band/Swing
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
The Uncollected Stan Kenton, Vol. 4, 1944-45
1979, ,
Big Band/Swing
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
The Uncollected Stan Kenton, Vol. 2, 1941
1978, ,
Big Band/Swing
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
The Uncollected Stan Kenton And His Orchestra 1941
1978, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Live Sessions 1942/1945
1977, ,
Big Band/Swing
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Artistry In Jazz
1972,
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
The Great Big Band
1960, ,
Big Band/Jazz-Funk
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Portraits On Standards
1954, ,
Big Band/Easy Listening/Swing
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Bags And Baggage / Delicado
1952, ,
Latin Jazz/Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Yes / Mambo Rhapsody (Mambo On My Mind)
1952, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Laura / Jump For Joe
1951, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Francesca / Night Watch
1951, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Mardi Gras / Blues In Riff
1950, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Evening In Pakistan / Jolly Rogers
1950, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Viva Prado / I'm So In The Mood
1950, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Love For Sale / Be Easy, Be Tender
1950, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Come Back To Sorrento / Artistry In Percussion
1949, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
His Feet's Too Big For De Bed
1948, Shellac, 10", Scr, Capitol Records, ,
Vocal
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
The Peanut Vendor / Thermopolae
1948, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Don't Want That Man Around / Harlem Holiday
1948, ,
Big Band/Vocal
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Soothe Me / Lover
1948, ,
Big Band/Vocal
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
A Presentation Of Progressive Jazz
1948, ,
Big Band
Metronome All Stars
Leap Here / Metronome Riff
1948, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
His Feet Too Big For De Bed / After You
1947, Shellac, 10", Scr, Capitol Records,
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
There Is No Greater Love / Across The Alley From The Alamo
1947, ,
Big Band/Vocal
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Concerto For Doghouse (A Setting In Motion) / Reed Rapture
1947, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Machito / Collaboration
1947, ,
Theme/Easy Listening
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Rika Jika Jack / Artistry In Boogie
1946, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Artistry In Rhythm
1946, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Painted Rhythm / Four Months, Three Weeks, Two Days, One Hour Blues
1946, ,
Big Band/Vocal
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye / Are You Livin' Old Man
1945, ,
Big Band/Vocal
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Eager Beaver / Artistry In Rhythm (Production On Theme)
1944, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Reed Rapture / El Choclo
1942
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Every Time We Say Goodbye / Four Months, Three Weeks, Two Days, One Hour Blues
7", Single, Mono, Capitol Records, ,
Big Band/Vocal
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
One Night Stand With Stan Kenton's Concert In Miniature # 3 Plus The Meadowbrook , July 7 1942
LP, Album, Unofficial, Joyce, ,
Big Band

APPEARANCES +


Various
Jazz 100年 Part3 Jazz Vocal Collection 39 Big Band Jazz Vocal
2017, CD, Comp, Mono, Universal Music,
Art Pepper
Over The Rainbow (Rare And Unissued Art Pepper 1949-1960)
2015, CDr, Club, RM, Lighthouse Records (4), ,
Bop/Cool Jazz
Stan Kenton
This Is An Orchestra!
2010, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Tantara (4), ,
Big Band
Gerry Mulligan
The Golden Years
2009, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz
Art Pepper
Pepper Pot
2009, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz
J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding
Jay & Kai
2007, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, ,
Bop
Various
Jazz In The Charts 94/100 (Red Sails In The Sunset 1951)
2006, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Dig, Documents, Documents,
Various
The Ultimate Jazz Archive - Set 29/42
2005, 4xCD, Comp, Membran Music Ltd., ,
Swing/Bop/Cool Jazz
Stan Kenton
Cuban Episodes
2005, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz
Stan Kenton
Swing House
2005, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Quadromania, ,
Big Band/Swing/Contemporary Jazz
Maynard Ferguson, His Orchestra* And Octet*
Band Ain't Draggin'
2005, CD, Comp, Fresh Sound Records, ,
Post Bop/Big Band
Stan Kenton
The Progressive Years 1941-1947
2005, CD, Comp, Jazz Legends, ,
Swing/Big Band
Stan Kenton
Painted Rhythm - The Complete MacGregor Transcriptions Vol. 5 1944-1945
2004, CD, RE, Naxos Jazz Legends, ,
Big Band
Shorty Rogers
The Sweetheart Of Sigmund Freud
2004, ,
Cool Jazz/Big Band
Various
The President's Men (Lester Young's Disciples)
2003, CD, Comp, Saga, ,
Bop/Swing
Metronome All Stars / Esquire All Stars
Summit Meetings 1939-1950
2003, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés, ,
Swing/Big Band/Bop/Cool Jazz
Stan Kenton
Reed Rapture - The Complete MacGregor Transcriptions Vol. 3 1941-1943
2003, CD, RE, Naxos Jazz Legends
Stan Kenton
Eager Beaver - The Complete MacGregor Transcriptions Vol. 4 1944
2003, CD, RE, Naxos Jazz Legends
Anita O'Day
Volume 5 - 1944-1945 (Complete Edition)
2002, CD, Comp, Masters Of Jazz (2), ,
Swing
Stan Kenton
Sketches On Standards
2002, ,
Big Band/Easy Listening
Various
Classic Jazz: The Forties
2001, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, Universal Music Special Markets,
Stan Kenton
Etude For Saxophones 1941-1942 (The Complete MacGregor Transcriptions Vol. 2)
2001, CD, RE, Naxos Jazz Legends,
Stan Kenton
Easy Go
2001, ,
Big Band
Various
Changes: L'Arrangiamento Per Big Band
2000, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, ,
Big Band/Dixieland
Kenton*
Odyssey 1951-1968
2000, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Astral Jazz, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And The Innovations Orchestra
Carnegie Hall ~ Oct. '51
2000, CD, Album, Mono, RM, HEP Records (3), ,
Big Band/Swing
Stan Kenton
Artistry In Rhythm
2000, CD, Comp, RE, RM, Proper Records (2)
Stan Kenton
The Stan Kenton Story
2000
Stan Kenton
Kenton Showcase
2000, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton
"From Coast To Coast" (Live At The Cafe Rouge & Hollywood Palladium 1945)
1998, CD, Jazz Unlimited
Stan Kenton's Innovations Orchestra* With June Christy
Live From Sweets Ballroom 1950
1997, CD, Album, Jazz Band Records, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton
The Innovations Orchestra
1997, ,
Big Band/Contemporary/Cool Jazz
Various
Rhythm Of The Islands - Music Of Hawaii 1913 - 1952
1996, CD, Album, Comp, RM, Harlequin, ,
Hawaiian/Swing
Various
Blue Notables Vol. 10 : Blue Divas - Legendary Femme Fatales And Broadway Swingers
1996, ,
Vocal/Swing
Various
On The Beach At Waikiki (1914-52)
1995, CD, Comp, RM, Harlequin, ,
Hawaiian
Stan Kenton
The Complete Capitol Studio Recordings Of Stan Kenton 1943-47
1995, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton Plays Bob Graettinger
City Of Glass
1995, ,
Big Band/Modern/Cool Jazz
Stan Kenton
The Best Of Stan Kenton
1995, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton
Live! Spotlight On Lee Konitz, Chris Conner And Bill Russo
1993, CD, Comp, Natasha Imports, ,
Big Band
Various
1951-1952 (I Grandi Successi)
1993, CD, Comp, DeAgostini, ,
Bop/Cool Jazz/Chicago Blues/Delta Blues/Big Band
Kenton*
Kenton '51 (Concert At Cornell University)
1993, ,
Big Band
Various
Swing Time! The Fabulous Big Band Era 1925-1955
1993, ,
Big Band/Swing/Dixieland
Stan Kenton
Innovations - Live 1951
1992, CD, Album, Bandstand, ,
Big Band
Nat King Cole Featuring Stan Kenton, Jo Stafford, Woody Herman, Johnny Mercer
Jazz Encounters
1992, ,
Swing
Various
Capitol Jazz 50th Anniversary Collection
1992, ,
Big Band/Latin Jazz/Swing/Post Bop/Vocal
Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
1992, ,
Big Band/Swing
Stan Kenton And The Innovations Orchestra
Stan Kenton And His Innovations Orchestra
1992,
Stan Kenton
50th Anniversary Celebration - Back To Balboa
1991, Box + 5xCD, Comp, MAMA Foundation
The Nat King Cole Trio
The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat King Cole Trio
1991, ,
Swing/Bop/Big Band/Vocal
Nat King Cole
Big Band Cole
1991, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Stan Kenton
Live In 1951 At The Hollywood Palladium, Volume 1
1989, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton
1987, LP, Comp, Musica Jazz, ,
Big Band
Paul Cacia Conducted By Pete Rugolo & William Russo*
The Alumni Tribute To Stan Kenton
1987
Stan Kenton And His Greatest Orchestra* Featuring: Art Pepper, Shelley Manne*, Milt Bernhart, Maynard Ferguson
Summer Of '51
1987, ,
Big Band
Maynard Ferguson / Dizzy Gillespie / Miles Davis & The Metronome All Stars*
Trumpets On High!
1984, LP, Comp, Tall Tree Records,
Various
Way To The West
1984, LP, Comp, RE, Capitol Records, ,
Big Band/Cool Jazz/Vocal
Stan Kenton
Innovations In Modern Music Concert / Seattle, November 25, 1951
1984, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton
Big Bands: Stan Kenton
1984
Stan Kenton
One Night Stand With Stan Kenton In 1948
1983, LP, Album, Joyce, ,
Swing
Shorty Rogers With Stan Kenton, June Christy, The Giants* Featuring Art Pepper & Shelly Manne
14 Historic Arrangements & Performances
1983, LP, Comp, Pausa Records, ,
Big Band/Cool Jazz
Stan Kenton
One Night Stand With Stan Kenton Back At The Steel Pier
1983, LP, Mono, Joyce, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra With June Christy
Hollywood Bowl - 1948 - Part One
1983
Various
Le Favolose Big Bands
1982, LP, Comp, Queen-disc, Musica Jazz, ,
Bop/Big Band/Swing
Stan Kenton
1947
1982, LP, Comp, Queen-disc, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton
One Night Stand With Stan Kenton's Encores #1 & #2
1982, LP, Mono, Joyce, ,
Big Band
Various
The Great Big Bands
1982, ,
Big Band/Swing
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra With Charlie Parker And Dizzy Gillespie
Kenton And Bird
1981, LP, Comp, Mono, Jazz Supreme
Stan Kenton
1944
1981, LP, Mono, Queen-disc,
Stan Kenton
V.I.P.-Jazz 34 Stan Kenton
1981, LP, Club, Capitol Records
Stan Kenton
One Night Stand With Stan Kenton's Concert In Miniature No. 11 & 12
1981, 12", Album, Joyce, ,
Big Band
Nat King Cole, Stan Kenton
One Night Stand With Nat King Cole & Stan Kenton
1980, LP, Joyce
Stan Kenton
One Night Stand With Stan Kenton At Carnegie Hall
1980, LP, Joyce
Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton's Concert In Miniature No. 1 & 2
1980, LP, Album, Joyce, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton
One Night Stand With Stan Kenton In 1951
1979, LP, Joyce, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton
Rendezvous Ballroom 1941, Volume Two
1978, LP, Mark56 Records
Stan Kenton
One Night Stand With Stan Kenton In 1950 Cavalcade Of Bands
1978, LP, Album, Joyce, ,
Big Band/Swing
Stan Kenton
Painted Rhythm
1978, ,
Big Band/Swing
Various
Mirage: Avant-Garde And Third-Stream Jazz
1977, LP, Comp, Mono, Gat, New World Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Big Band
Stan Kenton
One Night Stand with Stan Kenton at the Click
1977, LP, Album, Mono, Joyce, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton
One Night Stand with Stan Kenton at the Cafe Rouge
1977, LP, Album, Joyce, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton
One Night Stand With Stan Kenton At The Commodore
1976, LP, Album, Mono, Joyce
Stan Kenton
One Night Stand With Stan Kenton (Volume 2)
1975, LP, Joyce, ,
Big Band
Vido Musso
One Night Stand With Vido Musso
1975, LP, Album, Joyce
Stan Kenton
One Night Stand With Stan Kenton
1974
Various
Encyclopedia Of Jazz On Records - Vol. 3 The Forties / Vol. 4 The Fifties
1974, ,
Bop/Hard Bop/Big Band/Post Bop/Swing
Various
All Star Sessions
1973, LP, Comp, Mono, Capitol Records
Stan Kenton
By Request, Volume III
1973,
Various
All Star Sessions
1972, ,
Bop
Stan Kenton
Balboa / Summer 1941
1972
Stan Kenton
By Request
1971, ,
Big Band
Various
Die Entwicklung Des Jazz I: Vom Spiritual Zum Modern Jazz
1965, ,
Dixieland/Swing
Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton's Greatest Hits
1965,
Stan Kenton
The Kenton Era Part 1: Balboa Bandwagon
1958, LP, Album, Comp, Mono, Capitol Records
Stan Kenton
The Formative Years
1956
Stan Kenton / Buddy DeFranco / Miles Davis / Maynard Ferguson
The Modern Idiom - Part 1
1956
Kenton*
New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm
1953
Various
The Modern Idiom
1952, ,
Cool Jazz/Bop/Swing/Big Band
Frankie Trumbauer, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Vido Musso, Murray McEachern, Les Robinson
Sax Stylists
1952, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra Presenting Vido Musso
Pagliacci / Santa Lucia
1950, ,
Big Band
Nat "King" Cole And His Trio* And Stan Kenton And His Orchestra / Stan Kenton And His Orchestra With Nat "King" Cole*
Orange Colored Sky / Jam-Bo
1950
Stan Kenton
Encores
1949, ,
Big Band/Vocal
Various
Collectors' Items
1948, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Various
The History Of Jazz Vol. 4 - This Modern Age
1945, ,
Swing
Stanley Kenton And His Orchestra*
Adios / Taboo
1941
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra*
Nineteen Fifty-One
LP, Album, Mono, First Heard Records, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton
The Jazz Compositions Of Stan Kenton
LP, Comp, Creative World,
Stan Kenton
Opus In Pastels
2xCD, Comp, RM, History, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton
The Kenton Era Part 2
LP, Comp, Mono, Capitol Records, Capitol Records, Capitol Records, ,
Big Band
Various
The Great Big Band On V-Disc
LP, Comp, Mono, DAN, V Disc, ,
Big Band
Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton And Jazz Club U.S.A. - June, 1952 Plus Saturday Night Dance Party, June 15, 1952
LP, Mono, JRC Inc.
Stan Kenton
Five Classic Albums
2xCD, Comp, Enh, RE, RM, Real Gone Jazz, ,
Big Band/Avant-garde Jazz/Fusion
Frankie Trumbauer, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Vido Musso, Murray McEachern, Les Robinson
Classics In Jazz Sax Stylists
10", Comp, Capitol Records, ,
Big Band/Swing
Nat King Cole
Big Band Cole
CD, Comp, Mono, RE, Capitol Jazz, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Anita O'Day / June Christy
Easy Street
Stan Kenton
The Stan Kenton Story
Stan Kenton
Collector's Choice
,
Big Band
Stan Kenton
By Request - Volume IV
,
Big Band
Stan Kenton
By Request - Volume V
,
Big Band/Contemporary Jazz/Latin Jazz/Swing
Stan Kenton Featuring Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
Stan Kenton Presents
,
Cool Jazz/Bop
Stan Kenton
The Christy Years
,
Swing/Big Band
Stan Kenton
The Creative World Of Stan Kenton: Milestones
Stan Kenton
Innovations In Modern Music
Stan Kenton
The Lighter Side
,
Big Band
Stan Kenton
One Night Stand With Stan Kenton's Concert In Miniature No. 9 And 10
1980, LP, Album, Unofficial, Joyce, ,
Big Band