Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Prelude
1. Balboa Bandwagon (1941)
2. Hollywood Highs and Big Apple Blues (1941-1942)
3. Hanging On (1942-1943)
4. Dance Band Days (1944-1945)
5. A New Beginning (1945)
6. The Arrival of Rugolo (1946)
7. The Artistry Orchestra (1946)
8. Artistry off the Rails (1947)
9. Progressive Jazz (1947)
10. The Lost Years (1948-1949)
11. Innovations in Modern Music (1950-1951)
12. New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm (1952)
13. If It's Tuesday, It Must Be Belgium (1953)
14. "Kenton Presents Jazz" (1954-1955)
15. Stompin' at the Savoy (1955)
16. Fuego Cubano! (1956)
Photo Section
17. Back to Balboa (1957-1958)
18. Standards in Silhouette (1958-1959)
19. The Restless Searcher (1960)
20. Four of a Kind: The Mellophonium Orchestra (1961)
21. Adventures in Time (1962-1963)
22. Adventure in Emotion: The LA Neophonic (1964-1968)
23. Marking Time (1965-1966)
24. Delights and Disappointments (1967-1969)
25. The Creative World of Stan Kenton (1970)
26. Macumba! (1971)
27. Height of Ecstasy (1972-1973)
28. Kenton Goes Rock (1973-1974)
29. The Road to "No Where" (1975-1976)
30. Accident! (1977)
31. Wounded Warrior (1978)
32. The End of an Era (1979)
Postlude
Notes
Bibliography
Index