Arranger
Gene Roland composed nine blues-based originals for this LP, featuring himself on soprano and mellophonium along with altoist
Gabe Baltazar and trumpeter
Marvin Stamm. This is one of the finer recordings by the Mellophonium Band, arguably
Stan Kenton's last great orchestra. With the use of 20 horns,
Roland was able to get a surprising amount of variety out of the material, making this a
Kenton recording well worth investigating.