Stan Kenton - Contemporary Concepts [Bonus Tracks]
Stan Kenton - Contemporary Concepts [Bonus Tracks]

Stan Kenton - Contemporary Concepts [Bonus Tracks]
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Product NameStan Kenton - Contemporary Concepts [Bonus Tracks]
ManufacturerBlue Note
Product Number MPN724354231025
Retail Price $12.98
EAN-130724354231025
EAN-1400724354231025
UPC724354231025
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Release Date2003-05-20
FormatAudio CD, CD
Artist(s)Stan Kenton
AlbumCapitol Jazz, Contemporary Concepts, Contemporary Concepts [Bonus Tracks]
Tracks
  1. What's New
  2. Stella By Starlight
  3. I've Got You Under My Skin
  4. Cherokee
  5. Stompin At The Savoy
  6. Yesterdays
  7. Limelight
  8. Sunset Tower
  9. Opus In Chartreuse
  10. Opus In Turquoise
  11. Opus In Beige, What's New?
  12. Stella by Starlight
  13. I've Got You Under My Skin
  14. Cherokee
  15. Stompin' at the Savoy
  16. Yesterdays
  17. Limelight
  18. Sunset Tower [*]
  19. Opus in Turquoise
  20. Opus in Turquoise
  21. Opus in Beige
Num. of Items1
Record LabelBlue Note Records, Capitol Jazz
GenreBig Band
Deal first added on:19-January-2004
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5 Star Rating  "A Truly Contemporary Set of Standards Featuring ......."2007-12-07
- Reviewed By papacoolbreeze
six arrangements by the renowned Bill Holman who still makes recordings with his own big band. This is big band bop at its best, playing standards that vary into themes within themes featuring excellent sidemen. From an earlier Kenton review I reiterate that you get your money's worth with Kenton with the full band sound featuring 5 trumpets, 5 saxes and 5 trombones. Over the history of the band, personnel came and went but the Kenton alumni reads like a Who's Who in Jazz. This band is no exception with such fine soloists as alto saxists Charlie Mariano and Lennie Niehaus, the tenor work of Bill Perkins, trombonist Carl Fontana and trumpeters Sam Noto and Stu Williamson..........and not the least of all the drumming of Mel Lewis pushing the band throughout the whole set.

I forgot to mention the seventh tune of the original album, "Limelight" was arranged by its composer, Gerry Mulligan. There are four bonus tracks on this cd, one composed by Kenton and the other three by Johnny Roland, another great Kenton arranger, are opuses devoted to the color spectrum.

Truly, it's hard to pick favorites and I can only give you a few impressions. "I've Got You Under My Skin" is totally different from the one on "Portraits On Standards" (1953). I was thrilled (no other adjective is sufficient) to have been fortunate to hear tenor man Bill Perkins perform live "Yesterdays", one of his best and most poignant solos. Finally, Capitol Records back in 1956, had a number of big bands under contract (contrarian to the times) including Les Brown, Stan Kenton, Billy May, Harry James, Ray Anthony and Woody Herman. They turned out a double LP titled, appropriately enough, "Dance To The Bands". That has never been re-released!.....but a number of the selections have surfaced as bonus tracks on other releases.

Johnny Roland's "Opus In Turquoise" is one of those tracks and its on this album......to me a real bonus! It does appear in another release of this year on an unfamiliar label.

Kenton's music still sounds great after all these years which is a tribute to the man's creativity and really, negates all of his critics back at that time. He was well ahead of his time and I'm glad that the popularity of his recordings at this time reflect this!
 
5 Star Rating  "The Holy Grail of Kenton Albums"2005-06-10
- Reviewed By lowejazz2
I've worn out two LPs of this classic album, and now I get to buy the CD version for my Kenton collection. Does it get any better? This is without a doubt the most swinging Kenton album of all, with the best arrangements every played by Stan's band. To own the recording of Bill Holman's arrangement of "Stompin' at the Savoy" is more than worth the price of the entire album. Throw in Holman's arrangement of "I've Got You Under My Skin" and you have, what many musicians believe, the two very best charts ever written for ANY big band! If you don't own this album you have GOT to get it. You will treasure it for the rest of your life. This album is truly the Holy Grail of Stan Kenton's Orchestra and perhaps of any big band that has ever played jazz!!!!!!
 
5 Star Rating  "Bill Holman at his Best"2004-05-13
- Reviewed By toppy44
At last the CD from this wonderfull 50 album. Great arrangements by my good friend Bill Holman. I met him last year and was surprised of his quality after 55 years working.He gave a splendid concert with the Metropole Orchestra.
Also Mel Lewis was in great shape with these recordings. The whole band is a beauty!
 
5 Star Rating  "What a band"2004-04-01
- Reviewed By User: A1WSQIK2CKAYUW
This album is a classic. When I first heard the original LP 50 years ago, the arrangements blew me away. I was just a teenager but knew Kenton was a one of a kind leader. When I heard 'Yesterdays", I knew I heard something awesome. A friend of mine who didn't like Kenton admitted that Perkins solo on this was the best he had ever heard. It still is a classic. The whole album is intriguing and it doesn't get old. Holman and Mulligan were greats then and are giants now. What awesome jazz minds they were. I'm thrilled to have this on CD, even if it is MONO. The reproduction is excellent. It's worth buying and exploring the legendary Stan Kenton.
 
5 Star Rating  "more Kenton"2003-09-29
- Reviewed By Anonymous
KENTON FANS! If you liked this album, check out Pete Rugulo, Stephanie Nakasian and the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, together on one stage!
Columbus' resident big band, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra presents a Kenton tribute with a different flair, with a nod to legendary vocalist June Christy, starring Stephanie Nakasian and featuring Kenton collaborator Pete Rugulo. Performances are March 24-28, 2004 at the Southern Theatre, 21 East Main Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215. For more information, call 614-294-5200 or check out our website: www.columbusjazzorchestra.com. Tickets are $29-$38. You can order tickets online at ticketmaster.com.
 
5 Star Rating  "Kenton Swings!"2003-05-28
- Reviewed By jajtapscott
As Michael Sparke points out in his excellent notes to the CD reissue of Contemporary Concepts, "every Kenton orchestra swung, but not all the time, and some more than others. By common consent, the swingingest of all was the band of 1955..."

It's hard to imagine how this band couldn't swing hard. Al Porcino was leading the trumpets, the rhythm section consisted of Ralph Blaze on guitar, Max Bennett on bass, and the incomparable Mel Lewis on drums, who simply wouldn't play if the music wasn't swinging. Plus there were heavyweight swinging soloists in every section - all the saxes, including Chsrlie Mariano, Lennie Niehaus and Bill Perkins; trombonist Carl Fontana (one of the all time trombone greats); plus trumpeters Sam Noto and Stu Williamson. This was a great band, one of Kenton's finest.

But the biggest factor in the swinging success of this album was the writing of Bill Holman (6 charts) and Gerry Mulligan (1 chart). Holman was on the Kenton arranging staff in the early to mid '50's and this music represents a creative peak in his career. What Holman does with the six standards he arranged for this album is not only swinging, but exceptionally creative and memorable. These charts are now considered classics of big band arranging. Three of them, "Stella by Starlight" (featuring Mariano), "Stompin' at the Savoy", and "Yesterdays" (featuring Perkins), remained in the book for the rest of Kenton's band leading career which ended in 1978. These charts, along with "What's New" are still performed by Kenton Alumni and Tribute bands. In addition Lennie Niehaus burns through "Cherokee", taking a back seat to no one in his interpretation of this tune. "I've Got You Under My Skin" is another intriguing Holman chart which features a parade of five soloists, beginning with baritonist Don Davidson. "Limelight" is a typical Mulligan swinger, featuring the flowing trombone lines of Fontana.

The bonus tracks included on this 44 minute CD are Kenton's own "Sunset Tower" which featues Kenton's lovely saxophone scoring and powerhouse brass writing, along with a strong Fontana solo. The three "Opus's" come from Gene Roland's "Colors Suite" and feature strong, distinctive themes, along with some great brass playing and very interesting saxophone voicings. "Opus in Charteruse" became a favorite at Kenton concerts for years.

"Contemporary Concepts" is a truly magnificent and most enjoyable CD which I listened to 3 times on the day I received it and several times since then. Of course, I have had this music for years on a Creative World LP, but it is great to have it in clear, remastered sound on CD. It's not enough to say this CD is one of Kenton's best. I believe it is one of the best 10 big band jazz recordings ever made. Recommended without reservation.

 
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