This is one terrific CD . It was originally recorded in March of 1961 and released on CD sometime in the late 80’s .A combination of Lenord Bernsteins orginal music , Jhonny Richards jazz adaptation and Kenton’s Mellophonium period orchestra make this music brilliant! The liner notes say that of all the success Kenton’s West Side Story obtained, one event tops everything. During the mixing of the album the producers of the almost complete Film West Side Story paid a visit to see what was going on. They were astonished with this material saying “if we had only known “ As well as having a 28 week run on the Billboard charts in November of 1961 , this album won a Grammy award for Best Big Band Jazz recording of the year! IT has to be one of Kenton’s greatest recordings!
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Isn't that Stan Kenton running with the group in the picture?...guy in the back on the right?
I always thought it was the cast of the movie HMMMMMM?!?
I tellsya, after looking at photos of Kenton on the web, I'm more convinced than ever that it's him. This is just the sort of thing that interests me,and makes me want to go research it.
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