Conducts Robert Graettinger's City Of Glass And This Modern World
by Stan Kenton

Conducts Robert Graettinger's City Of Glass And This Modern World by Stan Kenton
(Compilation album)
Year: 1956
Overall rank: 11,512th   Overall chart history
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71/100 (from 38 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1956 (45th)
Award Top albums of of the 1950s (338th)
Award Best albums of all time (11,512th)

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Stan Kenton bestography

Conducts Robert Graettinger's City Of Glass And This Modern World is ranked 2nd best out of 11 albums by Stan Kenton on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Stan Kenton is New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm which is ranked number 10401 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 116.

Stan Kenton album bestography « Higher ranked (10,401st)
New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm
This album (11,512th)
Conducts Robert Graettinger's City Of Glass And This Modern World
Lower ranked (20,205th) »
This Modern World

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Overall rank: 11,512th | 1950s rank: 338th | 1956 rank: 45th  Overall chart history
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“1. Another great album. As others have noted, City Of Glass is an incredibly forward-thinking and avant-garde composition for the early 50s, and pioneering in its fusion of jazz with classical elements. What's more, Kenton and his team absolutely do Graettinger's work justice. It's less than 17…”
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From Anonymous 11/01/2016 21:41 in Favorite Album of Each Year
“think I might actually do this seriously now starting with... 1950: seriously invigorating Mexican folk music with a kind of lyrical delivery that sounds practically improvisational in its excitement. Production quality is non-existent, which really just kinda adds to the charm. 1951: Gorgeous…”
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From Anonymous 10/26/2013 19:15 in Promoting your favorite albums
“In this Third Stream masterpiece, Stan Kenton's jazz orchestra performs the work of composer Bob Graettinger. What's incredible is the way he uses dissonance to communicate the human condition. The order we create gives us an illusion of control, but chaos underlies it all. It's especially…”
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From 03/19/2019 22:18 | #233764
daring marriage of the avant-garde and contemporary, more sophisticated forms of jazz and classical at the time. essential.
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Interesting.
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From 07/02/2012 21:16 | #45801
Interesting, worth a listen.
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