History:
- Latin tune first arranged for jazz big band by Bill Holman
- Stan Kenton Orchestra's 1961 album "Adventures in Jazz"
- Stan Kenton is known for usng alternative instruments in his band
- This recording, Kenton even mentions the use of the "mellophoniums"
- it was used to "bridge the gap" between the trombone and trumpet sections
- He used a 4 man mellophonium section between the years 1961-1963 to create 11 albums
- Upon his death in 1979, he donated his entire music collection to the music department of The University of North Texas (A collegiate jazz powerhouse)
- There is a recital hall in the University of North Texas named after Stan Kenton
- Listen to the intensity that his band plays with
- all of the phrases use a contant air stream with energy
- The complexity of the Latin rhythms
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