Stan Kenton - New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm (1952)
Fantastically groovy title aside, Stan Kenton’s New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm (certainly beats ‘Razorlight’) seems to be fairly standard big band jazz. This album is of note, however, because Kenton’s band featured Art Pepper, who wrote one of the great ‘my crazy drug-fuelled life in music’ autobiographies, Straight Life. Here’s Pepper on life on the road with the Kenton Krew:
“Bart was a sex freak, and he had an enormous joint, one of the biggest I’ve ever seen. Occasionally on the road he’d invite some of the guys down to his room, where he’d have some real tall showgirl-hustler. He’d haul out his joint and slam it on the table top, and then he’d have the chick do a backbend or something and give her head while we smoked pot and drank and watched.”
Oh you crazy jazz guys.
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