Stan Kenton Conducts The Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra

 

Prelude & Fugue

Stan Kenton Conducts The Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra

Producers: David Axelrod & John Palladino

Recording Engineer: Carson Taylor

Creative World Records ST 1013

Stan Kenton Conducts The Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra

Producers: David Axelrod & John Palladino

Recording Engineer: Carson Taylor

Text and Program Notes by Noel Redder

Capitol Records SMAS 2424

1966

Personnel

Trumpets

Dalton Smith

Gary Barone

Ron Ossa

Frank Huggins

Ollie Mitchell

Trombones

Bob Fitzpatrick

Gil Falco

Vernon Friley

Jim Amlotte

Tuba

Jon Bambridge

Saxophones and Woodwings

Bud Shank

Bob Cooper

Don Lodice

Bill Perkins

John Lowe

Piano 

Claude Williamson

Bass

John Worster

Guitar

Dennis Budimer

Drums

Nick Ceroli

Vibes

Emil Richards

Percussion

Frank Carlson

French Horns

Vince De Rosa

Richard Perissi

Bill Hinshaw

John Cave

Arthur Maebo

Personnel notes (from inside the Capitol jacket):

Dalton Smith - Lead Trumpet

Born in Forest, Mississippi in 1936, Dalton has recorded over 15 albums with the Kenton Orchestra. A high-note specialist, he is in constant demand for movie, television and recording work and has worked with Nelson Riddle, Charlie Barnet, Judy Garland and Johnny Mathis.

Gary Barone - Jazz Trumpet

Following his graduation from Michigan State with aBA degree in Economics, Gary went to Cleveland to play in a television studio orchestra. However, after three months of playing nothing more exciting than entrance and exit music, he came to the West coast determined to join Kenton and the Neophonic Orchestra.

Ron Ossa - Trumpet

Ron joined the Orchestra in 1963, just in time to make the European Tour. Born 30 years ago in San Francisco, he's bolted with Del Courtney, Liberace, Ralph Carmichael, Jane Powell, Leighton Noble and Will Osborne. He's also worked with small groups and big bands in Las Vegas and Reno.

Frank Huggins - Trumpet

Not content to rest on his laurels as a top trumpet player with the bands or Woody Herman, Terry Gibb, Les Brown, Benny Goodman and Stan Kenton – to name only a few – Frank began studying piano and composition last Spring in order to write original music for television and the Neophonic Orchestra.

Bob Fitzpatrick - Lead Trombone

Fitz's lead trombone work with Kenton spans 15 years and 21 albums. Largely responsible for the distinctive choral sound of Kenton's trombone section, he is known throughout contemporary music as a master technician. His recorded solos are widely used as teaching aids in many of the major universities.

Gil Falco - Jazz Trombone

As far as Gil is concerned the opportunity he had to work with Tommy Dorsey was one of the most meaningful experiences of his career. "Tommy was not only a fine musician, but also a gifted and dedicated teacher. The things I learned from him made it possible for me to break into television recording work."

Jim Amlotte - Bass Trombone

Jim not only holds down the bass trombone chair; he's also the road manager for the Kenton Orchestra. when on tour he averages about four hours sleep a night; less if he's signing the band into a foreign country. With the Orchestra since 1956, Jim has also recorded with June Christy and The Four Freshmen.

John Bambridge - Tuba 

John climaxed his musical education in St. Louis by playing with tat city's symphony orchestra. In addition to recording with Shelly Manne, Johnny Williams, Peggy Lee and Nat Cole, John has worked on a number of television series and movies for Warner Bros., Universal and MGM Studios.

Bud Shank - Alto Saxophone and Woodwinds

Bud played lead alto and flute on Stan's "Innovations In Modern Music" Orchestra until 1951. Upon returning to Los Angeles, bud became part of that unofficial group responsible for "West Coast Jazz." In addition to recording with his own group, Shank has written original music for three motion pictures.

Bob Copper - Tenor Saxophone and Woodwinds

An alumnus of Stan's "Artistry In Rhythm" and "Innovations In Modern Music" Orchestras, Coop – together with Bud Shank – is credited with establishing the sax sound for "West Coast Jazz." Bob has recorded a number of albums for Capitol Records and scored a series of documentary films of our space program.

Don Lodice - Tenor Saxophone and Woodwinds

Don considers the yers he spent o the Tommy Dorsey, Bubby Berigan and Gus Bivona Orchards, and the 18 years he's worked at MGM, Desilu, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox and Paramount Studios "almost as important – but not quite in the same league – as the love songs I wrote with vocalist Matt Dennis."

Bill Perkins - Tenor Saxophone

"Perk" first worked with Stan in 1954, and was a member of the band Kenton took to Europe in 1956. After touring with the Woody Herman, Louis Bellson, Terry Biggs and Benny Goodman Orchestras for five years, Bill settled down in Hollywood where he is now firmly stabled as a top recording and studio musician.

John Lowe - Bariton Saxophone and Woodwinds

John always clarifies what instrument he should bring to the date. "Otherwise, I'd feel pretty foolish showing up with my flutes, clarinets and saxes the the part called for just a piccolo. During the years I was on the road with Ray Anthony, Les Elgart and Ray Conic my nine instrument cases mad quite a hit with the bus drivers!"

John Foster - Bass

John first worked with small groups up and down the West Coast, and then throughout the country with they big bands of Les Elgart, Ralph Marterie, Ray McKenley and Sam Donahue, "mentally and physically preparing myself for Stan's 1963 tour of the United States, Canada and England."

Dennis Budimer - Guitar

Dennis spent the early part of his career touring with Harry James, Chico Hamilton, Peggy Lee and Julie London. After an endless succession of lonely hotel rooms bromoseltzers before and after meals, and hassles with laundries to deliver his shirts on time, he became a free-lance Hollywood studio musician.

Nick Creole - Drums

Although Nick Calis Niles, Ohio home he hasn't seen much of the Buckeye State since he came West. Successive tours with the big bands of Gerald Wilson, Les Brown, Ray Anthony, Ralph Marterie and Lionel Hampton have taken him to almost every major city, town and hamlet in the United States and Canada.

Emil Richards - Vibes

Since leaving Hartford, Connecticut, Emil has played with George Shearing, Don Ellis, Paul Horn and Shorty Rogers; worked with many of Hollywood's movie and television studios; and written a book of jazz compositions based upon the unusual time signatures – 5 1/2 / 4, 10 1/2 / 4, 19 / 4, 13 /4, 11 /4 – used in India.

Frank Carlson - Percussion 

Remembered by jazz fans as long-time drummer with the first of the great Woody Herman bands, Carlson has in recent years broadened his range of instruments to became a leading percussionist. He has played frequently with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and has recored with most of the notables.

Vince De Rosa - French Horn

Noted critic Alfred Frankenstein said of his playing on a recording of Bach with guitarist Laurindo Almeida, "the most astonishing example of virtuosity on the horn I have ever heard on records." Whenever French horns are heard on a West Coast recording session, Vince De Rosa is likely to be on the date.

Bill Hinshaw - French Horn

Like his four colleagues on this recording, Hinshaw is one of the few iron players whose versatility and skill make it possible for him to excel for both the jazz an d symphony conductor. His past assignments include nearly every orchestra of prominence to use a horn section on a Los Angeles recording.

Richard Perissi - French Horn

Dick is one of those rare players who's equally at home in any style of music. He's played with Arthuro Toscanini and the New York Philharmonic, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, The Surfers, The Lettermen, The Rolling Stones, and made innumerable movies and television shows for Universal Studios.

John Cave - French Horn

John holds the distinction of having been with Artie Shaw when he recorded "Frenesi" and "Begin The Beguine." Born in Spokane, Washington, John came to Los Angeles after he finished school and joined the MGM Studio Orchestra, where for the past 30 years he has worked with some of the greatest stars of all time.

Arthur Maebo - French Horn

Arthur decided to become a French horn player while attending school in Detroit, Michigan. "As a youngster I had a difficult time making up my mind what instrument to play, but after learning how much in demand the horn players were in Hollywood I quickly made my decision and haven't regretted it since."

Ollie Mitchell - Trumpet

When he is not recording for the movies and television studios – Cleopatra, Music Man, Gypsy, Burke's Law, Branded, Honey West, Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, and 10 O'Clock High are listed among his many credits – Ollie spends his "free" time teaching and helping young musicians to develop their careers.

From the back cover (Creative World): This rare album contains the highlights of the four concerts presented by Stan Kenton's Neophonic Orchestra in 1965. Originally recorded by Capitol, it is being re-released because hundreds of Kenton Collectors have requested it.

the Neophonic ("New Sounds") concerts were Stan Kenton's ambitious attempt to gather the finest composers of contemporary music, to let them express their own originality and tasted, and to present their work through the new Neophonic Orchestra. The five compositions included in this album were selected from 31 which received their world premieres during the four Neophonic concerts. In 1965, the was considered revolutionary music. Now part of musical history, it is still modern, still a "new sound."

Fanfare: Hugo Montenegro

Prelude & Fugue: John Williams

Soloist: Bud Shank, Alto Saxophone

Passacaglia & Fugue: Allyn Ferguson

Solists: Gary Barone, Trumpet

Bud Shank: Alto Saxophonist

Emil Richards: Vibes

Bill Perkins: Tenor Saxophone

Music For An Unwritten Play: Jim Knight

Soloist: Bud Shank , Alto Saxophonist

Adventure In Emotion: Russ Garcia

Part I: Pathos

Soloist: Bud Shank, Alto Saxophone

Part II: Anger

Soloist: Gil Falco, Trombone

Part III: Tranquility 

Solosist Gary Barone, Trumpet

Part IV: Joy

Soloist: Bob Cooper, Oboe

Part V: Love-Hate-Love

Soloist: Bud Shank, Alto Saxophone