Adventures in Standards

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Adventures in Standards
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Studio album by
Stan Kenton
Released1975
RecordedJuly 5, 6, 7 & 14, 1961
Studio Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre Jazz
Label Creative World ST 1025
Producer Lee Gillette
Stan Kenton chronology
Sophisticated Approach
(1961)		Adventures in Standards
(1975)		 Adventures in Jazz
(1961)

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. [1] [2]

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Track listing

  1. "Some Enchanted Evening" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 3:36
  2. "Begin the Beguine" (Cole Porter) - 3:37
  3. "It's All Right With Me" (Porter) - 2:31
  4. "Make Someone Happy" (Jule Styne, Adolph Green, Betty Comden) - 3:17
  5. "Old Devil Moon" (Burton Lane, Yip Harburg) - 3:02
  6. "Gigi" (Frederick Lowe, Alan Jay Lerner) - 3:07
  7. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 2:35
  8. "Almost Like Being in Love" (Lowe, Lerner) - 2:32
  9. "Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Comden, Green) - 2:03
  10. "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) - 2:12
  11. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:38
  12. "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (Loew, Lerner) - 2:35

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Vosbein, P. Stan Kenton Discography accessed June 8, 2016
  2. ↑ Discogs album entry accessed June 8, 2016
  3. ↑ Adventures in Standards Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
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