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Release Date: 1955Label: Capitol Records
German record w/ silver tri-centre inside imported US "hard cover" PS.KENTON PRESENTS JAZZ
The Al Belletto Quintet represents what's best and most exciting in modern jazz - not just because its members are talented, but because they've learned their music so well and know how to use their abilities so creatively. Three of the five perform skillfully on more than one instrument; four of the five compose and orchestrate; five of the five sing well. Most important, they're not simply individual talents; for several years they've played and worked together till, in their ensemble, they speak as one voice with a seemingly infinite variety of colors and shadings. This is the new jazz, and this is a group of its most refreshing purveyors. - Stan Kenton
Recorded in Chicago, December, 1954