Innovations in Modern Music, Volume 2? Stan Kenton

[Teasing the Korean]

I have seen Volume One frequently, but never Volume 2.  

I assume that early albums like Portraits or Encores served as de facto subsequent volumes?

[JSngry]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Kenton_Presents

That's the "real" Vol. 2.

[Teasing the Korean]

5 minutes ago, JSngry said:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Kenton_Presents

That's the "real" Vol. 2.

That's the one I was thinking of.  I thought it was called Portraits, but it is Presents.  

[JSngry]

Yeah, that's a full frontal Innovations record.

There's also some live bootlegs out there that are of interest, some more than others. 

[Teasing the Korean]

28 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Yeah, that's a full frontal Innovations record.

There's also some live bootlegs out there that are of interest, some more than others. 

I have the two-CD set and most (not all) of the LPs that include this stuff, so I'm probably set. 

I tend to enjoy this stuff in small doses, rather than a full album or CD.  

[JSngry]

There's one concert where "Trajectories" is on fire.

Some of that material was genetically incapable of catching fire, but it's good to have it affirmed that some of it was, and that the band would let it.

[Big Beat Steve]

4 hours ago, JSngry said:

There's one concert where "Trajectories" is on fire.

Which concert/release is this?

Bruyninckx only lists the studio recording of that title (Feb. 4, 1950) but no live performance. So it must be a comparatively recent release. 

[mhatta]

On 7/21/2024 at 3:06 PM, Big Beat Steve said:

Which concert/release is this?

Bruyninckx only lists the studio recording of that title (Feb. 4, 1950) but no live performance. So it must be a comparatively recent release. 

I am not sure what JSngry had in mind, but in Live From Sweets Ballroom 1950 they seem to play Trajectories live. It is certainly a fiery, surprisingly swinging performance.

 

[Big Beat Steve]

Thanks, Mhatta!