STAN KENTON ORCHESTRA (disc 1)
THE 1961 STAN KENTON MELLOPHONIUM BAND INTERPRETS AN APPEALING COLLECTION OF TUNES DURING STOPS IN OHIO AND CALIFORNIA. OF SPECIAL INTEREST ARE THREE CHARTS PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED BY ANY KENTON BAND AND TWO NEVER ISSUED BY THE MELLOPHONIUM ORCHESTRA.

1. BUT BEAUTIFUL
2. LOVE WALKED IN
3. THE NIGHT WE CALLED IT A DAY
4. I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN
5. YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME
6. TICO TICO
7. TIME AFTER TIME
8. I REMEMBER YOU
9. GIGI
10. STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY
11. CARESS THE SEA
12. YESTERDAYS
13. FOUR OF A KIND
14. I’M GLAD THERE IS YOU
15. MALAGUENA

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS NEOPHONIC (disc 2)
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS NEOPHONIC ORCHESTRA IN AN HISTORIC 1965 CONCERT CONDUCTED BY STAN KENTON. AN ELECTRIFYING READING OF VERY DEMANDING COMPOSITIONS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR KENTON’S LOS ANGELES NEOPHONIC ORCHESTRA. THIS IS THE DEBUT RELEASE OF THE PERFORMANCE!!

1. FANFARE FOR THE NEW
2. PRELUDE AND FUGUE
3. HERE AND NOW, Part 1 – Sonato Allegro, Part 2 – Slow Song, Part 3 – Jazz Waltz Fugue
4. MUSIC FOR AN UNWRITTEN PLAY
5. PASSACAGLIA AND FUGUE
6. NEOPHONIC IMPRESSIONS
7. STAN KENTON’S COMMENTS
8. THE THREE B’s FOR PERCUSSION Van Alexander, Part 1 – Bangkok, Part – 2 – Brazil