Adventures in Blues

Adventures in Blues
Studio album by Stan Kenton
Released 1963
Recorded December 7, 12, 13 & 14, 1961
Studio Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre Jazz
Label Capitol T/ST 1985
Producer Lee Gillette
Stan Kenton chronology
Adventures In Jazz
(1961)		 Adventures in Blues
(1963)		 Stan Kenton! Tex Ritter!
(1962)

Adventures in Blues (full title From the Creative World of Stan Kenton comes Adventures in Blues) is an album by the Stan Kenton Orchestra featuring compositions by Gene Roland recorded in late 1961 and released by Capitol Records in 1963.[1][2][3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow noted "This is one of the finer recordings by the Mellophonium Band, arguably Stan Kenton's last great orchestra. With the use of 20 horns, Roland was able to get a surprising amount of variety out of the material, making this a Kenton recording well worth investigating".[4] On All About Jazz William Grim wrote "This may be the most swinging of all of Kenton's albums because the arrangements were done by Gene Roland, the most consistently swinging of all of the great arrangers who honed their talents writing for the Kenton juggernaut. ...Adventures in Blues is a great album and gives conslusive proof that when the music called for it, the Stan Kenton Orchestra could swing with the best of them".[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Gene Roland.

  1. "Reuben's Blues" - 4:26
  2. "Dragonwyck" - 4:40
  3. "Blue Ghost" - 4:18
  4. "Exit Stage Left" - 4:18
  5. "Night at the Gold Nugget" - 5:36
  6. "Formula SK-32" - 3:06
  7. "Aphrodisia" - 3:11
  8. "Fitz" - 4:30
  9. "The Blue's Story" - 3:22
  • Recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, CA on December 7, 1961 (tracks 1, 3 & 4), December 12, 1961 (track 8), December 13, 1961 (tracks 2, 5 & 9) and December 14, 1961 (tracks 6 & 7).

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Vosbein, P. Stan Kenton Discography accessed June 9, 2016
  2. ↑ Watts, R., Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M. Capitol Album Discography, Part 5: 600-2999 (1955-1968) accessed June 9, 2016
  3. ↑ The Capitol Sessions of Stan Kenton: 1961
  4. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Adventures in Blues Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  5. ↑ Grim, W. All About Jazz Review, November 16, 2002
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