); this recording presents the talent of the alto saxophonist and former Kenton band member Gabe Baltazar.

He is backed up by a 17 piece big band on most cuts, a string section is added to one track.

[1] The band for this recording is an all-star cast of jazz musicians based in Los Angeles during that time.

Don Menza had a whole book of leftover compositions and arrangements from an aborted set of recording sessions for Frank Rosolino; the trombone player had suddenly died in November 1978.

[3] The other three compositions and arrangements for the recording dates were obtained from another Kenton alum Bill Holman and Ángel Peña who Baltazar had first met in June 1969 in Hawaii.

This out-of-print LP, his debut as a leader, features Baltazar's alto in front of a big band with strings, playing a program mostly arranged by Don Menza.

by Don Menza, #2 by Bill Holman, #3 and #4 by Ángel Peña, strings on #4 by Chuck Hoover