The
Stan Kenton Orchestra of the 1970s featured high-level musicianship, dramatic arrangements, forceful ensembles and workmanlike solos. The 19-piece band heard on this album is mostly filled with forgotten youngsters; the exceptions are veteran saxophonist
Willie Maiden, trombonist
Dick Shearer and the then-unknown drummer
Peter Erskine. The arrangements are by
Hank Levy,
Bill Holman (one of his two is "Happy Birthday to You") and
Maiden. Well-played and sometimes exciting, this music is rarely memorable.