This Modern World
Studio album by
Stan Kenton
Released1953
RecordedDecember 5, 1951, March 20, 1952, February 11, 1953 and May 28, 1953
StudioCapitol, Hollywood
GenreJazz
LabelCapitol H 460
ProducerLee Gillette
Stan Kenton chronology
Sketches on Standards
(1953) 		This Modern World
(1953) 		Portraits on Standards
(1953)

This Modern World is an album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton featuring performances of compositions by Robert Graettinger recorded between 1951 and 1953 and originally released as a 10-inch LP on Capitol as well as a set of three 7 inch 45 rpm singles.[1][2][3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell calls it "the most complex, atonal, uncompromising, potentially alienating music that even the iconoclastic Stan Kenton band ever played" and said "This Modern World moves even further away from jazz into abstract contemporary classical music... A jazz pulse occasionally surfaces but more often instruments drift in atonal clusters past each other in differing meters or blast dissonant fanfares, creating a feeling of unease as they converse quizzically".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Robert Graettinger.

  1. "A Horn" – 4:04
  2. "Some Saxophones" – 3:13
  3. "A Cello" – 4:59
  4. "A Thought" – 4:52
  5. "A Trumpet" – 4:46
  6. "An Orchestra" – 4:03

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Vosbein, P. Stan Kenton Discography accessed April 11, 2016
  2. ^ Watts, R., Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M. Capitol Album Discography, Part 4: The 12" LPs: 450-599 accessed April 11, 2016
  3. ^ Maynard Ferguson Discography accessed April 11, 2016
  4. ^ a b Ginell, Richard S.. This Modern World – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
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