Adventures in Standards

Adventures in Standards
Adventures in Standards
Studio album by Stan Kenton
Released	1975
Recorded	December 5, 6, 7, 14 1961
Studio	Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre	Jazz
Label	Creative World ST 1025
Producer	Lee Gillette
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Adventures in Standards is an album of Broadway show tunes by the Stan Kenton Mellophonium Orchestra recorded in 1961 for Capitol Records but not released until 1975 on Kenton's Creative World label.^[1]^[2]

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Track listing

"Some Enchanted Evening" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 3:36
"Begin the Beguine" (Cole Porter) - 3:37
"It's All Right With Me" (Porter) - 2:31
"Make Someone Happy" (Jule Styne, Adolph Green, Betty Comden) - 3:17
"Old Devil Moon" (Burton Lane, Yip Harburg) - 3:02
"Gigi" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) - 3:07
"Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 2:35
"Almost Like Being in Love" (Loewe, Lerner) - 2:32
"Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Comden, Green) - 2:03
"If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) - 2:12
"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:38
"I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (Loewe, Lerner) - 2:35

Recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, CA on December 5, 1961 (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 7), December 6, 1961 (tracks 3, 11 & 12), December 7, 1961 (tracks 2, 5, 9 & 10) and December 14, 1961 (track 8).

Personnel

Stan Kenton - piano, conductor
Bob Behrendt, Norman Baltazar, Bob Rolfe, Dalton Smith, Marvin Stamm - trumpet
Dee Barton, Bob Fitzpatrick, Bud Parker - trombone
Jim Amlotte, - bass trombone
Dave Wheeler - bass trombone, tuba
Dwight Carver, Keith LaMotte, Carl Saunders, Ray Starling - mellophone
Gabe Baltazar - alto saxophone
Buddy Arnold, Paul Renzi - tenor saxophone
Allan Beutler - baritone saxophone
Joel Kaye - baritone saxophone, bass saxophone
Pat Senatore - bass
Jerry McKenzie - drums
Lennie Niehaus - arranger

References

^ Vosbein, P. Stan Kenton Discography accessed June 8, 2016
^ Discogs album entry accessed June 8, 2016
^ Adventures in Standards Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 8, 2016.

[Kenton_discography-1] Vosbein, P. Stan Kenton Discography accessed June 8, 2016

[2] Discogs album entry accessed June 8, 2016

[Allmusic-3] Adventures in Standards Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 8, 2016.

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Studio albums	Artistry in Rhythm (1946) Encores (1947) A Presentation of Progressive Jazz (1947) Innovations in Modern Music (1950) Stan Kenton Presents (1950) City of Glass (1951) New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm (1952) Sketches on Standards (1953) This Modern World (1953) Portraits on Standards (1953) Kenton Showcase (1954) Duet (1955) Contemporary Concepts (1955) Kenton in Hi-Fi (1956) Cuban Fire! (1956) Kenton with Voices (1957) Rendezvous with Kenton (1957) Back to Balboa (1958) The Ballad Style of Stan Kenton (1958) Lush Interlude (1958) The Stage Door Swings (1958) The Kenton Touch (1958) Viva Kenton! (1959) Standards in Silhouette (1959) Two Much! (1960) The Romantic Approach (1961) Kenton's West Side Story (1961) A Merry Christmas! (1961) Sophisticated Approach (1961) Adventures in Jazz (1961) Adventures in Blues (1961) Stan Kenton! Tex Ritter! (1962) Adventures in Time (1962) Artistry in Bossa Nova (1963) Artistry in Voices and Brass (1963) Stan Kenton / Jean Turner (1963) Kenton / Wagner (1964) Stan Kenton Conducts the Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra (1966) Stan Kenton Plays for Today (1967) The World We Know (1967) The Jazz Compositions of Dee Barton (1967) Finian's Rainbow (1968) Hair (1969) Stan Kenton Plays Chicago (1974) Adventures in Standards (1975) Stan Kenton Presents Gabe Baltazar (1979)
Compilation albums	Stan Kenton's Milestones (1950) Stan Kenton Classics (1952) Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (1953) The Kenton Era (1955) The Innovations Orchestra (1997)
Live albums	Kenton Live from the Las Vegas Tropicana (1959) Road Show (1959) Live at Redlands University (1970)
Compositions	"And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine"
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