Stan Kenton had a grand ambition. He wanted to transform jazz into the modern equivalent of classical music. Over the years, Kenton wandered down one blind and tone-deaf alley after another in search of his new musical paradigm. Even before he had figured out what he wanted his new highbrow music to sound like, Kenton did know one thing for sure — it wouldn’t be for dancing. Who, after all, dances in the rarefied world of the concert hall?