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.Vosbein, P. Stan Kenton Discography accessed June 8, 2016Discogs album entry accessed June 8, 2016
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
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