Sanatçının Albümleri
Swing Fever
1993 · albüm
The Best Of The Liberty Years
1992 · derleme
All-American Scramble
2018 · albüm
Right Here! Right Now!
1967 · albüm
Warning Shot
1967 · albüm
A Thinking Man's Band
1959 · albüm
Suddenly It's Swing
1960 · albüm
The Swingin’ Eye
1960 · albüm
Big Band Plays The Big Hits, Vol. 1
1961 · albüm
Exotica Suite
1962 · albüm
Si Zentner And His Orchestra Play Desafinado
1962 · albüm
More (Theme From "Mondo Cane")
1963 · albüm
Rhythm Plus Blues
1963 · albüm
Waltz In Jazz Time
1963 · albüm
From Russia With Love
1964 · albüm
It's Nice to Go Trav'ling
1965 · albüm
My Cup of Tea
1965 · albüm
Put Your Head on My Shoulder
1965 · albüm
Swingin' Country
1966 · albüm
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Biyografi
While big bands seemed to be fading fast during the late '50s and early '60s, bandleader Si Zentner was one of the few to front a successful big band -- enjoying both critical and commercial acclaim. Born Simon H. Zentner on June 13, 1917 in New York City, the future bandleader picked up a violin at the age of four before switching over to trombone, and earned a music college scholarship. Originally studying to be a classical musician, Zentner became interested in more commercial styles of music after lending his skills to a recording session with composer/bandleader Andre Kostelanetz. Throughout the '40s, Zentner learned the tricks of the trade by playing in bands led by such notables as Les Brown, Harry James, and Jimmy Dorsey. Zentner then relocated to Los Angeles, where he worked regularly as a studio musician -- and from 1949 through 1955, was on the MGM staff (working on such hit movies as Singing in the Rain and A Star Is Born). But Zentner's desire to front his own big band peaked at this time. Signing a recording contract with Liberty Records in 1959, Zentner assembled a large swing outfit, and toured steadily (he once claimed that his band played 178 consecutive one-night stands). While several popular releases came out around this time (1959's Thinking Man's Band, 1960s Suddenly It's Swing, 1963's Waltz in Jazz Time), Zentner's band won a staggering 13 straight Downbeat polls for 'Best Big Band,' as Zentner himself was recognized as 'Best Trombonist' in Playboy's Jazz Reader's Poll. Zentner's band scored their biggest hit in 1961, with a Bob Florence-arranged twist version of Hoagy Carmichael's "Up a Lazy River," which managed to cross over into the Top 40 of the pop charts. Eventually however, the public's interest in big bands had dwindled to the point that even Zentner's fine band found it increasingly hard to attract a substantial audience on tour. Zentner landed back on his feet in 1965, when he moved to Las Vegas and opened the Tropicana Hotel's lounge, the Blue Room, accompanying Mel Tormé. Three years later, Zentner was named musical director for one of Las Vegas' longest-running floor shows, Folies Bergere. But once more, Zentner couldn't turn his back completely on taking a big band on the road, as he assembled another touring group. The '90s saw such new releases as Road Band, Country Blues, and Blue Eyes Plays Ol' Blue Eyes, but later in the decade, Zentner was diagnosed with leukemia. Admirably, Zentner kept performing up until six months prior to his passing, on January 31, 2000 in Las Vegas. ~ Greg Prato, Rovi