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Also Known As Stanley Newcomb Kenton
Born December 15, 1911 • Wichita • Kansas
Died August 25, 1979 (aged 67) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors Grammy Award (1962) • Grammy Award (1961)
Movement / Style Modernism • big-band jazz • jazz

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