Mr. Alvarez was a soloist with the Kenton band from 1941 to 1943 and rejoined the band after Army service in World War II.

Miss Christy's first recording with the Kenton band, "Tampico," was released in May 1945 and sold a million copies.

In the late 1950's, Miss Christy toured with Ted Heath and with the Kenton band.

In the late 1960's, she went into semi-retirement and in 1972 reunited once more with the Kenton band at the Newport Jazz Festival in New York City.

In late 1952, Christy returned to the Kenton band for some sporadic engagements.

She abruptly left the Kenton band; and, by fall of 1953, she was back in New York.

Saunders played off and on with the Kenton band for many years and taught at Kenton clinics.

After three years with the brass-heavy Kenton band, he did studio work and then, in 1956, formed his own band, which he led for a decade.

The controversial Kenton band, on the other hand, with its "progressive jazz", presented obstacles, and many of the complex, overwrought arrangements made it harder to swing.

The Kenton band was augmented by Ivan Lopez on bongos and Eugenio Reyes on maracas.