Volume One - "Innovations in Modern Music"

by Stan Kenton

Volume One - "Innovations in Modern Music" cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1950
  • Label: Capitol
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 34:50
  • Community rating: 3.4/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Utilizing a massive 39-piece orchestra complete with a string section, the bandleader pushed the boundaries of large-ensemble jazz toward modern symphonic structures. The heavily dissonant and intellectual arrangements polarized critics but undeniably cemented his reputation as a driving force in the progressive West Coast movement.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, complex, progressive, acoustic, avant-garde

Tracklist

  1. Trajectories (3:32)
  2. Theme For Sunday (5:00)
  3. Conflict (4:23)
  4. Incident In Jazz (3:29)
  5. Lonesome Road (4:27)
  6. Mirage (4:58)
  7. Solitaire (4:13)
  8. Cuban Episode (4:44)

Credits

  • Stan Kenton And His Orchestra - primary artist
  • Franklyn Marks - written-by
  • Stan Kenton - soloist, piano, written-by
  • June Christy - vocals
  • Pete Rugolo - written-by
  • Bob Graettinger - written-by
  • Gene Austin - written-by
  • Nathaniel Shilkret - written-by

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