Portraits on Standards
1953 studio album by Stan Kenton
Portraits on Standards Stan Kenton with featuring performances of jazz standards recorded in 1953 and originally released on the Capitol label as a 10-inch LP.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Critical reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [ 4]
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow noted "While most of Stan Kenton's recordings in the 1950s tend to be complex and sometimes bombastic, his versions of standards could often be sentimental and very melodic" and said the music "alternates between ballads and boppish romps, mostly featuring the 1953–1954 orchestra, a band that could often swing hard".[ 4]
Track listing
"You and the Night and the Music " (Arthur Schwartz , Howard Dietz ) – 2:43
"Reverie" (Claude Debussy ) – 2:56
"I've Got You Under My Skin " (Cole Porter ) – 2:53
"Autumn in New York " (Vernon Duke ) – 2:41
"April in Paris " (Duke, Yip Harburg ) – 2:53
"How High the Moon " (Morgan Lewis , Nancy Hamilton ) – 2:22
"Crazy Rhythm " (Irving Caesar , Joseph Meyer , Roger Wolfe Kahn ) – 3:02
"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) " (Duke Ellington , Paul Francis Webster ) – 3:02
Personnel
Stan Kenton – piano , conductor Conte Candoli , Buddy Childers , Don Dennis, Ernie Royal , Don Smith – trumpet Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino , Tommy Shepard – trombone
George Roberts – bass trombone Don Carone, Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
Zoot Sims , Ed Wasserman – tenor saxophone Tony Ferina – baritone saxophone
Sal Salvador – guitar Don Bagley – bass Stan Levey – drums Bill Russo – arranger
References
^ Vosbein, P. Stan Kenton Discography accessed April 11, 2016
^ Watts, R., Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M. Capitol Album Discography, Part 4: The 12" LPs: 450-599 accessed April 11, 2016
^ The Capitol Sessions of Stan Kenton: 1953 ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Portraits on Standards – ReviewAllMusic . Retrieved April 11, 2016.
Studio albums Compilation albums Live albums Compositions
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As
The Brothers Stan Getz , 1949–52)Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims The Modern Art of Jazz by Zoot Sims Tonite's Music Today Bob Brookmeyer , 1956)Whooeeee Zoot! Locking Horns Joe Newman , 1957)Stretching Out Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note Phil Woods , 1959)Down Home Two Jims and Zoot Otra Vez (Jimmy Raney and Jim Hall , 1964)Inter-Action Sonny Stitt , 1965)Waiting Game The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World Nirvana Bucky Pizzarelli , Buddy Rich , 1974)Basie & Zoot Count Basie , 1975)The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1975)Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers Joe Pass , Oscar Peterson , 1975)Soprano Sax Hawthorne Nights If I'm Lucky Jimmy Rowles , 1977)For Lady Day Warm Tenor Jimmy Rowles , 1979)The Sweetest Sounds Rune Gustafsson , 1979)Just Friends Harry Edison , 1980)Art 'n' Zoot Art Pepper , 1981) RecordingsAl Cohn
From A to...Z The Sax Section Tenor Conclave Hank Mobley , John Coltrane , 1957)The Four Brothers... Together Again! Herbie Steward , Serge Chaloff , 1957)Al and Zoot Blues and Haikus Jack Kerouac , 1959)SteveIreneo! Irene Kral , Steve Allen , 1959)Son of Drum Suite You 'n' Me Either Way Jazz Mission to Moscow Body and Soul Motoring Along WithQuincy WithGerry With
Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus Encounter! Pepper Adams , 1968)Trigger Happy! East Coast Sounds (Trigger Alpert /Sims, Cohn, Tony Scott , 1956)Chet Baker & Strings Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe The Bosses "Big Joe" Turner , 1973)Louis Bellson Quintet The Genius of Ray Charles Jazz Is Universal Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band , 1961)Chris Connor The Book Cooks Booker Ervin , 1960)Loose Blues Bill Evans , 1962)The Aztec Suite Art Farmer , 1959)South American Cookin' Curtis Fuller , 1961)Creole Cookin' Bobby Hackett , 1967)The Hawk in Hi Fi Coleman Hawkins , 1956)Portraits on Standards Stan Kenton , 1953)The Kenton Era The Manhattan Transfer Profiles Gary McFarland , 1966)Something to Swing About Carmen McRae , 1959)Ms. Jazz Metronome All-Stars 1956 The Complete Town Hall Concert Charles Mingus , 1962)Arranged by Montrose Jack Montrose , 1954)Encyclopedia of Jazz Oliver Nelson , 1966)The Sound of Feeling Jazzhattan Suite All the Sad Young Men Anita O'Day , 1962)Transition Lionel Hampton , 1974)Shorty Rogers Courts the Count Samba Para Dos Lalo Schifrin , Bob Brookmeyer, 1963)Moonlight in Vermont Johnny Smith , 1952)Phoebe Snow Broadway Soul Sonny Stitt , 1965)Vaughan and Violins Sarah Vaughan , 1958)The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More The Jazz Guitarist At Newport '63 Joe Williams , 1963)
