Conducts Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra

Stan Kenton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 28, 1998)
• Original Release Date: July 28, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B000009EA9
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,609 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings

1. Fanfare

2. Prelude And Fugue

3. Passacaglia And Fugue

4. Music For An Unwritten Play

5. Adventure In Emotion: Parts I-V

6. Piece For Soft Brass, Woodwinds And Percussion

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the wait, December 17, 1998

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David Williams (Long Beach, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Conducts Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra (Audio CD)

I have been waiting for this album for years. In my college days, I played 2nd trumpet on a program that opened with Fanfare (2nd trumpet plays the opening solo notes) and two other pieces on this CD to an audience including Stan Kenton himself, as a jazz festival judge. Scary. Afterward, many of us bought the album to see how close we came to doing it right. The album was one of the few reasons I kept a turntable. (Kenton's Cuban Fire was another.) The CD does the music more than justice.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding work by some top musicians., July 16, 1998

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John Maher ([e-mail]) (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Conducts Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra (Audio CD)

I've been waiting for years for this recording to come back into print. It's a beautiful piece by Stan Kenton and some of LA's top studio musicians. Recorded in an orchestral setting, the music strikes a balance between classical formality and some really swinging jazz lines. The best pieces, for me, were the Passacaglia and Fugue and Music for an Unwritten Play. In the Passacaglia, the orchestra adapts Bach's work in a sterling fashion, with improvisational work laying over the top of the familiar theme. In Music for an Unwritten Play the theme is long, majestic, and magical, with some wonderful improvisation work by musicians like Bud. Highly recommended for a change of pace from small group work and the big band swing style. For those who like both classical and jazz.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of Stan Kenton, January 1, 2002

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Christopher Fryman (Kyoto, Fushimi-ku Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Conducts Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra (Audio CD)

The neophonic concerts of the mid 1960`s represented the desires of Stan Kenton to present new and creative music with an orchestra specially created to deal with new music. The compositions are very beautiful, moody, almost classical but with space for some of Kentons great soloists, and still retaining the occasional `wall of sound` so famous in Kentons music. His commissioning of good composers needs to be emulated by more groups. This music might seem quite modern in todays world though it was creatived as long ago as the mid 60`s. It is historically important music and a joy to listen to. I would give it six stars.