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Contemporary Concepts
| Recorded | Jul 1955 |
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| Label | Capitol Records |
| Released | 1955 |
| Personnel | 19 credited players |
| Discogs | master 341172 |
The record
Bill Holman's arrangements drive this mid-'50s Kenton date, trading orchestral bombast for sharp, swinging counterpoint tailored to a saxophone section stacked with Perkins, Mariano, and Niehaus. Mel Lewis's crisp timekeeping anchors a band leaning into modern big-band writing rather than the leader's earlier progressive-jazz grandeur.
Session personnel
- Max Bennett — bass
- Mel Lewis — drums
- Ralph Blaze — guitar
- Stan Kenton — piano
- Bill Perkins — saxophone
- Charlie Mariano — saxophone
- Dave Van Kriedt — saxophone
- Don Davidson — saxophone
- Lennie Niehaus — saxophone
- Carl Fontana — trombone
- Don Kelly — trombone
- Gus Chappell — trombone
- Kent Larsen — trombone
- Bob Fitzpatrick — trombone [lead]
- Bobby Clark — trumpet
- Sam Noto — trumpet
- Stu Williamson — trumpet
- Al Porcino — trumpet [lead]
- Ed Leddy — trumpet [lead]
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 15 pressings on file.
| 1955 | Capitol Records · T666 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Scranton pressing earliest on file |
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| 1955 | Capitol Records — MONO |
| 1955 | Capitol Records · T666 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1955 | Capitol Records · T666 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1955 | Capitol Records · T666 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1957 | Capitol Records · 2LP-34 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1959 | Capitol Records · T666 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1975 | Capitol Records · ECJ-40003 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 2003 | Capitol Jazz · 724354231025 — CD, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2003 | Capitol Jazz · 7243 5 42310 2 5 — CD, Reissue, Remastered |
| — | Creative World · ST-1003 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Duophonic |
| — | Creative World · ST-1003 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| — | Capitol Records · T666 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| — | Capitol Records · T666 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
Follow the players
Max Bennett also plays on
Mel Lewis also plays on
Ralph Blaze also plays on
Stan Kenton also plays on