City of Glass
by Stan Kenton
- Type: Album
- Released: 1952
- Label: Capitol
- Country: United States
- Community rating: 4.09/5 from 6 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Composed entirely by the brilliant and eccentric Bob Graettinger, 'City of Glass' represents the absolute avant-garde extreme of the progressive jazz movement. The arrangements push a massive brass and string ensemble through terrifyingly dense, atonal soundscapes that completely abandon traditional swing rhythms. The record stands as a polarizing, incredibly ambitious monument to mid-century big band experimentation.
Genres
Descriptors: Avant Garde, Complex, Instrumental, Dissonant, Scary, experimental, orchestral, progressive, conceptual, instrumental
Tracklist
Credits
- Bob Graettinger - primary artist, liner notes, written-by
- Stan Kenton - primary artist, conductor
- Stan Kenton And His Orchestra - orchestra [augmented]