Gene Roland

Gene Roland (September 15, 1921 – August 11, 1982) Throughout his career, he contributed groundbreaking arrangements and compositions for many major bands, performing globally and working with Denmark's Radiohus Orchestra.

Life and work Roland, who gained a degree in music from the University of North Texas College of Music, first met Kenton in 1944, playing fifth trumpet and contributing arrangements.

Roland played piano and wrote for a group in 1946 that included Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Jimmy Giuffre and Herbie Steward and would lead to Woody Herman's Four Brothers Second Herd.

Discography As leader Jazzville Vol. 4 (Dawn, 1957)

As sideman With Stan Kenton Stan Kenton Classics (Capitol, 1952) The Kenton Era (Capitol, 1955) A Merry Christmas! (Capitol, 1961) Kenton's West Side Story (Capitol, 1961) The Romantic Approach in the Ballad Style of Stan Kenton (Capitol, 1961) Sophisticated Approach (Capitol, 1962) Stan Kenton! Tex Ritter! (Capitol, 1962) Adventures in Blues (Capitol, 1963) The Uncollected Stan Kenton and His Orchestra 1944-1945 Vol. 4 (Hindsight, 1979)

With others June Christy, June Time (Swing House, 1981) Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Paul Quinichette, Wardell Grey, Tenors Anyone? (Dawn, 1958) Jimmy Knepper, A Swinging Introduction to Jimmy Knepper (Bethlehem 1957) Lucky Millinder, Cab Calloway, Awful Natural (RCA, 1977) Rita Reys, Sylvia Pierce & Peggy Serra, New Voices (Dawn, 1957) Tom Talbert, 1946–1949 (Sea Breeze, 1995)