Ken came to a rehearsal and we hadn’t played more than 16 bars when I realized he wrote exactly as I did, and I couldn’t believe it.
Kenneth Lucien Hanna (July 8, 1921 - December 10, 1982) was an American jazz trumpeter, arranger, composer, and bandleader, best known for his work with Stan Kenton.
Hired in 1942 by Kenton to add commercial arrangements to the library, he also played trumpet in the band before taking a break for military service.
He returned to the trumpet section after the war and continued to contribute compositions and arrangements until 1951.
He returned to the Kenton writing staff in the late 1960s, contributing over 70 more titles between 1968 and 1977.