Innovations in Modern Music. Kenton '53-Concert in Wiesbaden. Stan Kenton at Fountain Street Church 1968, Vol. 1.

Calling his music "progressive jazz," Kenton sought to lead a concert orchestra as opposed to a. .In 1949 Kenton took a year off. In 1950 he put together his most advanced band, the 39-piece Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra that included 16 strings, a woodwind section, and two French horns.

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In 1950 and 1951 Stan Kenton assembled a 40-piece orchestra (his standard 19-piece big band supplemented by strings) and presented the first significant attempt at evolving the dance band into an ensemble more closely resembling the symphony orchestra. The resulting music was what later came to be known as "third stream," that is, combining the elements of big band jazz and symphonic music into a unique hybrid  . The Innovations Orchestra was quite capable of swinging and it did much of the time. But it was also capable of producing music of an extraordinarily high quality that makes one think in addition to making one's toes tap.

Stan Kenton Presents

2 Graettinger's music and the recordings of Stan Kenton. Thermopylae: Bob Graettinger's first recording with Kenton. Graettinger's vocal arranging and June Christy. Kenton's Innovation Orchestra and Graettinger's music. Graettinger's legacy and the Stan Kenton Orchestra. The work ends on a tranquil note like many other of his works. Original 10" cover for City of Glass.

Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though Kenton had several pop hits from the early 1940s into the 1960s, his music was always forward looking. Kenton was also a pioneer in the field of jazz education, creating the Stan Kenton Jazz Camp in 1959 at Indiana University. Stan Kenton's Cuban Fire! album featured the music of composer Johnny Richards. One of the standout projects and recordings for the mid-1950s band is the Cuban Fire! album released in 1956.