''Rendezvous with Kenton'' is an album by bandleader and pianist
Stan Kenton
Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though ...
featuring performances recorded at the Rendezvous Ballroom in 1957 and released on the
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review by Scott Yanow noted "The music is pleasant but not up to the fiery level one would expect of the Stan Kenton Orchestra".
Track listing
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With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair
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Memories of You
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Eubie Blake
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Andy Razaf
Andy Razaf (born Andriamanantena Paul Razafinkarefo; December 16, 1895 – February 3, 1973) was the American lyricist of such well-known songs as " Ain't Misbehavin'" and " Honeysuckle Rose". He was also a composer, poet and vocalist.
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# "These Things You Left Me" (Harold Dickinson,
Sidney Lippman
Sidney Lippman (March 1, 1914 – March 11, 2003) was an American composer and songwriter. He wrote the music for Nat King Cole's 1951 No. 1 hit " Too Young".
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They Didn't Believe Me
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Jerome Kern
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Robert Sour
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Una Mae Carlisle
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Carlisle was born in Zanesville, Ohio, the daughter of Mellie and Edward Carlisle. She was of African and Native America ...
Alex Kramer
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He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His parents were Adolph and Freda Kramer. At age 17 he was hired as a pianist in a silent movie theater in Montreal. He tra ...
Love Letters
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Victor Young
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Edward Heyman
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I Get Along Without You Very Well
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Hoagy Carmichael
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# "Desiderata" (Coccia) - 3:09
# "This is No Laughing Matter" (Al Frisch,
Buddy Kaye
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I See Your Face Before Me I See Your Face Before Me is a popular song composed by Arthur Schwartz, with lyrics by Howard Dietz. It was introduced by Evelyn Laye and Adele Dixon in the 1937 Broadway musical '' Between the Devil''. Two recordings of the song made the charts sh ...
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Arthur Schwartz
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Schwartz was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New ...
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Howard Dietz
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*Recorded at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa, CA on October 7, 1957 (tracks 2, 3 & 12), October 8, 1957 (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 8-10), October 9, 1957 (tracks 7 & 11) and October 10, 1957 (track 5).
Personnel
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Stan Kenton
Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though ...
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piano
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conductor
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Sam Noto
Sam Noto (born April 17, 1930) is an American jazz trumpeter born in Buffalo, New York, perhaps best known for his work with Stan Kenton during the 1950s.
Select discography
* 1975 ''Entrance!'' ( Xanadu)
* 1975 ''Act One'' (Xanadu)
* 1977 ''Not ...
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trumpet
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trombone
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bass trombone
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Lennie Niehaus
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alto saxophone
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tenor saxophone
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*Steve Perlow -
baritone saxophone
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, alto saxophone
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drums
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*Joe Coccia -
arranger
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