Stan Kenton stipulated in his will that he wanted no ghost band after his death. Mike Vax was once Kenton’s first trumpet and road manager, and now directs the Stan Kenton Alumni Band, 12 of whose 20 members played with Kenton. Still, Vax has respected Kenton’s wishes. Have Band Will Travel is only partly an immersion in nostalgia. It is more a dreamlike Kenton montage, a meditation on his music.
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