New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm explained
New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm |
Type: | Album |
Artist: | Stan Kenton |
Cover: | Stan Kenton-New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm (album cover).jpg |
Released: | 1953 |
Recorded: | September 8–16, 1952 |
Genre: | Jazz |
Length: | 47:36 |
Label: | Capitol |
Producer: | ? |
Prev Title: | City of Glass |
Prev Year: | 1952 |
Next Title: | Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton |
Next Year: | 1953 |
New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm is an album by Stan Kenton. "Invention for Guitar and Trumpet" features guitarist Sal Salvador.[1] A New York Times writer commented in 2003 that composer Bill Russo's "Improvisation" piece was "among the highest achievements in orchestral jazz".[2]
Track listing
Original 1953 LP
Side A
- "23°N — 82°W" (Bill Russo)
- "Portrait of a Count" (Russo)
- "Invention for Guitar and Trumpet" (Bill Holman)
- "My Lady" (Russo)
- "Young Blood" (Gerry Mulligan)
- "Frank Speaking" (Russo)
Side B
- "Prologue (This Is an Orchestra!)" (Credited to Stan Kenton, Johnny Richards)
- "Improvisation" (Russo)
1989 CD reissue
- "Prologue (This Is an Orchestra!)" (Credited to Bill Russo) - 9:57
- "Portrait of a Count" (Russo) -
- "Young Blood" (Gerry Mulligan)
- "Frank Speaking" (Russo)
- "23°N — 82°W" (Russo)
- "Taboo"* (Margarita Lecuona, S.K. Russell)
- "Lonesome Train"* (Gene Roland)
- "Invention for Guitar and Trumpet" (Bill Holman)
- "My Lady" (Russo)
- "Swing House"* (Mulligan)
- "Improvisation" (Russo)
- "You Go to My Head"* (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
* Tracks 6, 7, 10 and 12 on CD were not part of the original LP but were recorded at the same sessions[3]
Personnel
Further reading
- Stan Kenton: This Is an Orchestra! (University of North Texas Press, 2010) Chapter 12.
Notes and References
- News: Ratliff . Ben . October 2, 1999 . Sal Salvador, 73, Teacher, Be-Bop Guitarist and Kenton Protege . . August 22, 2020.
- News: Ratliff . Ben . January 14, 2003 . William Russo, 74, Composer and a Leader in Jazz Repertory . . August 22, 2020.
- "https://www.discogs.com/Kenton-New-Concepts-Of-Artistry-In-Rhythm/release/7085954", Original CD packaging scan at Discogs.com