{"id":5781,"date":"2018-08-22T21:46:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T03:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/?p=5781"},"modified":"2026-02-23T20:09:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T03:09:44","slug":"live-at-lagoon-1956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/live-at-lagoon-1956\/","title":{"rendered":"Live At Lagoon, 1956!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Out of the hundreds of concerts at Lagoon&#8217;s Patio Gardens, some might assume there are many recordings of those concerts available. But in reality, they are extremely rare. For a long time, I thought Stan Kenton&#8217;s 1962 concert was the only one. But I was pleasantly surprised recently when a visitor to the website left a comment about a live recording of Woody Herman from 1956.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"349\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1-06-Opus-De-Funk-mp3-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1-06-Opus-De-Funk-mp3-image.jpg 349w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1-06-Opus-De-Funk-mp3-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1-06-Opus-De-Funk-mp3-image-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This CD features the concerts from the 27th and 28th of July, 1956. It was the second of three visits Woody Herman made to Lagoon over the years. The recording apparently originated as a live broadcast by the old Utah radio station, KDYL. It begins with an announcer stating his location at &#8220;New Lagoon&#8221; &#8211; which is how the park was marketed for a few years after being rebuilt from the large fire of 1953.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-01-Blue-Flame-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Woody Herman had a few different bands that played with him during his long career. After his first band was nicknamed &#8220;Herman&#8217;s Herd&#8221;, the usage continued with the Second Herd and Third Herd. The latter group recorded music and toured together from 1950 to 1956.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A notable member of the Third Herd is piano player Vince Guaraldi who later became a well-known jazz artist on his own. Now his name is almost synonymous with Charlie Brown television specials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-6010\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"971\" height=\"585\" src=\"http:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/19560727-Woody-Herman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/19560727-Woody-Herman.jpg 971w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/19560727-Woody-Herman-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/19560727-Woody-Herman-768x463.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1956 newspaper ad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Without today&#8217;s sophisticated soundboard technology, the piano wasn&#8217;t picked up very well on microphones, but Guaraldi&#8217;s distinct piano work can still be clearly recognized, like in &#8220;Opus de Funk&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1-06-Opus-De-Funk.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These concerts have been made available by Storyville Records &#8211; a Danish record label that started out by reissuing US jazz albums for fans in northern Europe and has since accumulated and released a staggering amount of jazz performances that are often hard to find in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-primary-color has-background-background-color has-text-color has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/sell\/release\/5858763\" style=\"border-radius:50px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the CD on Discogs<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-primary-color has-background-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/storyvillerecords.com\/product\/woody-herman-and-his-orch-1956\/\" style=\"border-radius:100px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the digital album<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy.png 468w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy-300x21.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MORE LAGOON HISTORY<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/live-at-lagoon-1957\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/live1957button.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/live1957button.jpg 640w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/live1957button-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/attractions\/patio-gardens\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/patiogardensbutton.jpg\" alt=\"Patio Gardens\" class=\"wp-image-20111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/patiogardensbutton.jpg 400w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/patiogardensbutton-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/the-monkees-at-lagoon\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/monkeesatlagoonbutton.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19087\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy.png 468w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy-300x21.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-custom-grey-color has-text-color\">REFERENCES<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-grey-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-ce54ca6b08cd0121b7d647033751c979\">Bang, Derrick. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fivecentsplease.org\/dpb\/vincecd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vince Guaraldi on LP and CD<\/a>. <em>FiveCentsPlease.org<\/em>, accessed 13 Jun 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-grey-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-bb1bc1c2b1557b19f05abaa7c0f6bfec\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.storyvillerecords.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">About Storyville<\/a>. <em>StoryvilleRecords.com<\/em>, accessed 13 Jun 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-grey-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-34c2341d632549fe145767048108b8b4\">Neilson, Craig. Comment on <a href=\"http:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/attractions\/patio-gardens\/chronological-list-of-performers-at-lagoon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Chronological List Of Performers At Lagoon<\/em><\/a>. 5 Apr 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy.png 468w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy-300x21.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Out of the hundreds of concerts at Lagoon&#8217;s Patio Gardens, some might assume there are many recordings of those concerts available. But in reality, they are extremely rare. For a long time, I thought Stan Kenton&#8217;s 1962 concert was the only one. But I was pleasantly surprised recently when a visitor to the website left [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,275,3,37,127],"tags":[189,111,187,188,186],"class_list":["post-5781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1950s","category-articles","category-dancing","category-entertainment","category-film-television-music","tag-music","tag-patio-gardens","tag-radio","tag-vince-guaraldi","tag-woody-herman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5781"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19875,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5781\/revisions\/19875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}