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Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton
American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader
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Pete Rugolo
Pete Rugolo
American jazz composer, arranger, and record producer (1915-2011)
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June Christy
June Christy
American singer
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Robert Graettinger
Robert Graettinger
American composer
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Frank Rosolino
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
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Bud Brisbois
Bud Brisbois
American trumpeter (1937-1978)
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Jack Nimitz
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
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Carl Fontana
Carl Fontana
American musician
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Bob Cooper
Bob Cooper
West Coast jazz musician
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Don Sebesky
Don Sebesky
American jazz musician
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Milt Bernhart
Milt Bernhart
American musician
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Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
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Bill Holman
Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
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Ann Richards
Ann Richards
American singer
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Laurindo Almeida
Laurindo Almeida
Brazilian virtuoso guitarist and composer
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Kai Winding
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
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Max Bennett
Max Bennett
Jazz bassist
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Bob Curnow
Bob Curnow
musician
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Buddy Childers
Buddy Childers
American musician
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Don Menza
Don Menza
American saxophonist
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Al Porcino
Al Porcino
American musician
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Marvin Stamm
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
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Gene Roland
Gene Roland
American composer
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Harry Betts
Harry Betts
American jazz trombonist (1922-2012)
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Victor Feldman
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
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Irv Kluger
Irv Kluger
Irv is a Past Vice President of Las Vegas Local 369 of the American Federation of Musicians. Irv played a key role in developing a pension plan for union musicians in Las Vegas.
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
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Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
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Shorty Rogers
Shorty Rogers
American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger (1924-1994)
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The Four Freshmen
The Four Freshmen
American band
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George Roberts
George Roberts
American trombonist
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Larry Bunker
Larry Bunker
American musician
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William Russo
William Russo
American musician
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Rolf Ericson
Rolf Ericson
Swedish musician
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Art Pepper
Art Pepper
American musician
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Lennie Niehaus
Lennie Niehaus
American saxophonist and composer (1929-2020)
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Don Bagley
Don Bagley
American jazz bassist
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Frank Capp
Frank Capp
American musician
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Bill Perkins
Bill Perkins
American jazz musician
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Franklyn Marks
Franklyn Marks
composer (1911-1976)
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Milt Holland
Milt Holland
American drummer, percussionist, musicologist and writer
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Dee Barton
Dee Barton
composer, arranger
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Herbie Harper
Herbie Harper
American musician
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Bobby Troup
Bobby Troup
American actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter (1918-1999)
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Steve Marcus
Steve Marcus
American musician
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Vincent DeRosa
Vincent DeRosa
American musician
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Bill Chase
Bill Chase
American trumpeter
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Bobby Hackett
Bobby Hackett
American jazz musician
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John Graas
John Graas
American musician
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Eddie Safranski
Eddie Safranski
American musician
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Emil Richards
Emil Richards
American musician
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Charlie Mariano
Charlie Mariano
American alto saxophonist
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Woody Herman
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
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Dick Nash
Dick Nash
American musician
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Thom Bell
Thom Bell
Jamaican-born American singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer
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Paul Humphrey
Paul Humphrey
American musician
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Al Viola
Al Viola
American musician
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Dick Haymes
Dick Haymes
American actor and singer (1918-1980)
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Bobby Bryant
Bobby Bryant
American trumpeter
Ken Hanna
American musician

Ken Hanna

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American musician
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Ken Hanna was the first guy I ever met, even before Rugolo, who had the same feeling as me. Ken came to a rehearsal and we hadn’t played more than 16 bars when I realized he wrote exactly as I did, and I couldn’t believe it.

Stan Kenton, Steven D. Harris "The Kenton Chronicles" p. 233.

Kenneth Lucien Hanna (July 8, 1921 - December 10, 1982) was an American jazz trumpeter, arranger, composer, and bandleader, best known for his work with Stan Kenton. Hired in 1942 by Kenton to add commercial arrangements to the library, he also played trumpet in the band before taking a break for military service. He returned to the trumpet section after the war and continued to contribute compositions and arrangements until 1951. He wrote almost 40 forward thinking compositions and arrangements between 1942 and 1951. He returned to the Kenton writing staff in the late 1960s, contributing over 70 more titles between 1968 and 1977.

Hanna was born in Baltimore. He married Margaret Lee Voorhess (1919–1968), with whom he had a son, Donald Voorhess Hanna (1942–2019),and Stephen Charles Hanna (1947-2020),in 1942.