Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Suite for Saxophones: Opus in Pastels/A Reed Rapture/Etude for ...
2. Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
3. Eager Beaver
4. Harlem Folk Dance
5. Artistry in Rhythm
6. I'm Going Mad for a Pad
7. And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine
8. Gotta' Be Gettin'
9. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
10. Are You Livin', Old Man?
11. Balboa Bash
12. I Want a Grown-Up Man
13. Travelin' Man
14. Tampico
15. Southern Scandal
16. It's Been a Long, Long Time
17. Don't Let Me Dream
18. Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
19. Artistry Jumps
20. Painted Rhythm
21. Blue Music
22. Body and Soul

Disc 2:

1. Easy Street
2. On the Sunny Side of the Street
3. I Surrender, Dear
4. Begin the Beguine
5. Two Moose in a Caboose
6. Solitude
7. No Baby, Nobody But You
8. Tea for Two
9. One Twenty
10. I Never Thought I'd Sing the Blues
11. Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy
12. I Been Down in Texas
13. Intermission Riff
14. Four Months, Three Weeks, Two Days, One Hour Blues
15. Artistry in Boogie
16. Come Back to Sorrento
17. I Got the Sun in the Morning
18. Peg O' My Heart
19. Come Rain or Come Shine
20. He's Funny That Way
21. Ain't No Misery in Me
22. Artistry in Percussion
23. Safranski (Artistry in Bass)
24. Artistry in Bolero

Disc 3:

1. Yesterdays
2. I've Got the World on a String
3. Ecuador
4. More Than You Know
5. Lover Man
6. Scotch and Water
7. Cocktails for Two
8. Everybody Swing
9. Willow Weep for Me
10. Fantasy
11. Concerto to End All Concertos
12. Opus in Pastels
13. After You
14. Down in Chi-Hua-Hua
15. Rhythm Incorporated (Capitol Punishment), Pt. 1-2
16. There Is No Greater Love
17. Across the Alley from the Alamo
18. Collaboration
19. Spider and the Fly
20. Minor Riff
21. Machito
22. Lover

Disc 4:

1. Artistry in Harlem Swing
2. By the River Sainte Marie
3. April in Paris
4. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
5. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
6. Elegy for Alto
7. Soothe Me
8. Chorale for Brass, Piano and Bongo (Prologue Suite, Second Movement)
9. Theme to the West
10. Abstraction (Prologue, Suite, Third Movement)
11. Fugue for Rhythm Section
12. Monotony
13. Unison Riff
14. Lament
15. Impressionism
16. I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out
17. Cuban Carnival
18. Peanut Vendor
19. Thermopylae
20. Over the Rainbow
21. Metronome Riff
22. Introduction to a Latin Rhythm [Prologue, Suite, First Movement]
23. Journey to Brazil (Prologue Suite, Fourth Movement-Finale)
24. How High the Moon

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #71312 in Music
• Released on: 2001-05-28
• Number of discs: 4
• Formats: Box set, Import

Album Description
Here are the extensive highlights of the first ten years ofthe Kenton era, presented through 93 tracks on 4 CDs and accompanied by a 48 page booklet that tells the life story of this extraordinary figure, including rare photos and full track information. Additional artists include, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Anita O'Day, June Christy, Kai Winding, Shelly Manne, Machito and Laurindo Almeida. 2000 release. 4 standard jewel cases housed together in a deluxe slipcase.

Customer Reviews

the stan kenton story
This is a 4 Cd box set with a fantastic booklet included, carefully researched by Stan Kenton expert - Joop Visser, with some really great b/w vintage photos that i have never seen before, and i have been an avid fan of the Kenton Sound for 45 years now.

This is a classy product, well presented in a strong carboard surround box and contains some of the "great" original Capitol records recordings from the mid 40's.

All the great Kenton sidemen are here in this collection, Buddy Childers, Shelley Manne,Kai Winding, Edie Safranski and many, many more from that great era.

If you are a Kenton Freak, dont miss this box set because its wonderful stuff!

Best Kenton Collection ever, and a bargain at that
Proper records has done everything right here. The CDs are full, no 9-10 tracks per CD, but 18-20+. Better yet, the selection is excellent, and from a hard-to-get era -- 1941-1947. I find myself listening to this early Kenton more than his later recordings, and enjoying it more.
I found the accompanying booklet quite informative, in spite of being a Kenton fan since the 1950's. Another thing -- the notes give date of recording, and personnel. So many liner notes omit these, to my irritation.

Impressive First Chapter
These Proper box sets are a bargain--competently and intelligently produced. "The Stan Kenton Story" represents Kenton's band from 1942-1952, the period during which he established a distinctive sound, then found his visionary energies leading him to the experiments of the 44-piece Innovations Orchestra and the polytonal arrangements of Bob Graetinger.

Additionally, Kenton fans undoubtedly will wish to acquire music representing the other two chapters in Stan's career--first, the all-star, swinging, neo-bop ensemble that Kenton formed in 1952, culminating in his "Mellophonium Orchestra" and the end of his association with Capitol records; second, the traveling orchestras that he recorded on his own label, Creative World, between 1964 and 1979. If you're limiting your purchases, try "The Best of Stan Kenton" on Capitol and "Live at Redlands University" on Creative World.