Stan Kenton Today

Stan Kenton Today Artist: Stan Kenton
Label: Dutton Vocalion
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 765387424923
EAN: 0765387424923
ASIN: B0006840IE


Release Date: 2005-02-08

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Tracks:

  1. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life
  2. Chiapas
  3. Opus in Pastels
  4. Malagueña
  5. Artistry in Percussion
  6. Yesterdays
  7. Fringe Benefits
  8. Bogota

Tracks:

  1. Intermission Riff
  2. Ambivalence
  3. Interlude
  4. Peanut Vendor
  5. Malaga
  6. Walk Softly
  7. Take the 'A' Train
  8. Artistry in Rhythm
  9. God Save the Queen

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars This glorious album.......2005-12-03


Absolutely thrilling, breathtaking performance. One of the most exhilarating records I've ever heard in my whole life, at last reissued on CD. A classic and one ultimately recommended.

Gary Husband - Musician, London.

4 out of 5 stars Buy this "Today"!.......2005-05-16

I grew up listening to this on vinyl (my father had the album) and I had been waiting desperately for it to come out on CD. I believe this is a great live Kenton CD. The soloists are relative unknowns, but everything Kenton typically brought to the big band arena is here:

Blistering trumpets: Check out what I think is the definitive version of "Intermission Riff" with either Mike Vax or Dennis Noday way up on top. Or the brief, yet effective version of "Take The A Train".

Beautiful ballads: Check out "Interlude" or Richard Torres (tenor sax) on the Kern/Harbach classic "Yesterdays"

Other standout cuts are "Fringe Benefits" and "Ambivalence"; there's even a version of "God Save The Queen". The trademark Kenton humor is in full force as well.

The only negative is that the sound is a little muffled at times, but the music overrides any sonic defects.

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