Rendezvous with Kenton is an album by bandleader and pianist Stan Kenton featuring performances recorded at the Rendezvous Ballroom in 1957 and released on the Capitol label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow noted "The music is pleasant but not up to the fiery level one would expect of the Stan Kenton Orchestra".

Rendezvous with Kenton

Track listing

"With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair"(Jack Lawrence, Clara Edwards) - 2:02

"Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) - 2:34

"These Things You Left Me" (Harold Dickinson, Sidney Lippman) - 2:05

"Two Shades of Autumn" (Joe Coccia) - 3:53

"They Didn't Believe Me" (Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds) - 1:53

"Walkin' by the River" (Robert Sour, Una Mae Carlisle) - 2:53

"High on a Windy Hill" (Alex Kramer, Joan Whitney) - 2:07

"Love Letters" (Victor Young, Edward Heyman) - 2:24

"I Get Along Without You Very Well" (Hoagy Carmichael) - 1:55

"Desiderata" (Coccia) - 3:09

"This is No Laughing Matter" (Al Frisch, Buddy Kaye) - 3:29

"I See Your Face Before Me" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) - 2:02

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).

Rendezvous with Kenton

Personnel

Stan Kenton - piano, conductor

Billy Catalano, Phil Gilbert, Lee Katzman, Ed Leddy, Sam Noto - trumpet

Jim Amlotte, Kent Larsen, Archie Le Coque, Don Reed, - trombone

Ken Shroyer - bass trombone

Lennie Niehaus, Bill Robinson - alto saxophone

Wayne Dunstan, Bill Perkins - tenor saxophone

Steve Perlow - baritone saxophone, alto saxophone

Red Kelly - bass

Jerry McKenzie - drums

Joe Coccia - arranger

References

Stan Kenton albums

1957 albums

Capitol Records albums

Albums conducted by Stan Kenton

Albums produced by Lee Gillette

Rendezvous with Kenton