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's second self-titled album (the first one came out in 1956 on the independent
label
) was the idiosyncratic composer's first release in 12 years, and it shows how much
's already rich music had matured since 1957's
. Where
's '50s records were
-based,
showcases the composer's orchestral side; producer
assembled an orchestra of over 40 musicians from the
and
worlds (including flutist
and bassist
), and although the pieces are quite compact -- ranging from the expansive three-part ballet suite
to the eight-second spoken poem
--
uses the expanded range of tonal colors and dynamics impressively. For someone who spent most of his career performing solo on a street corner in Manhattan,
's arrangements on pieces like the
-canon's
are not only admirably complex, but also richly melodic. Although
is often thought of as a mere
, thanks to the composer's eccentricities, it is, in fact, one of the finest
albums of its era. The best-known track on this album,
was the uncredited basis for dance DJ
's
which was used in an extended series of minivan commercials in 2002. ~ Stewart Mason