The album is a class production, and musically a success to interpret the Kenton style in contemporary terms in a live setting.

[1] The transition from Capitol to Creative World Records in 1970 was fraught with difficulties during a time when the music business was changing rapidly.

As a viable jazz artist who was trying to keep a loyal but dwindling following, Kenton turned to arrangers such as Hank Levy and Bob Curnow to write material that appealed to a younger audience.

[1] The first release for the Creative World label were live concerts and Kenton had the control he wanted over content but lacked substantial resources to engineer, mix, and promote what Capitol underwrote in the past.

Kenton would take a big gamble to bypass the current record industry and rely far more on the direct mail lists of jazz fans which the newly formed Creative World label would need to sell records.