Broadcast on 14-Jul-2014

Stan Kenton's Orchestra over the years covered just about every style of music imaginable. From simple dance music to the most complex semi-classical scores. This album called "Contemporary Concepts" is Kenton at his most swinging. It is serious Jazz and features a range of exciting soloists like alto saxophonists Lennie Niehaus and Charlie Mariano, to tenor saxophonist Bill Perkins, trombonists Carl Fontana and Kent Larsen to trumpeters Sam Noto and Stu Williamson and others. Stan's rhythm section couldn't help but swing hard....Ralph Blaze on guitar. Max Bennett on bass and Mel Lewis on drums plus the maestro Stan Kenton on piano. Bill Holman wrote the arrangements of six standards and turned each of them into mini symphonies. The seventh tune is the exciting Gerry Mulligan original based on "I've Got Rhythm" that he called "Limelight". This album is a favourite among Kenton fans and non-fans too. "Contemporaty Concepts" is a classic.