During his long career as a band-leader, Stan Kenton played often in the most famous and prestigious concert halls across the world. From the Music Center in Los Angeles, to Carnegie Hall in New York; from the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, to the Festival Hall in London, he really played them all. Yet, if there was one place Stan considered home, it was a simple ballroom in Balboa Beach, California. This recording is both a quintessential example of Kenton, his band and it's awesome power during this period and of Wally Heider's exceptional engineering talent he would later become famed for. Striking a perfect balance between clarity, warmth, and depth, Heider seamlessly captures here the fine jazz arrangements by Johnny Richards and Bill Holman. Recorded at The Rendezvous Ballroom, Balboa Beach, California in 1958, captured in incredible detail by the legendary Wally Heider and available for the first time on CD.

Tracklist:

My Funny Valentine
King Fish
My Old Flame
I Hear Music
You're BlasÃ©
Cuban Mumble
I Remember You
Out of This World
Time on My Hands
You Turned the Tables on Me
Tequila
Where or When?
Artistry in Rhythm
Beyond the Blue Horizon
I Concentrate on You
Get Out of Town
Old Devil Moon
Street of Dreams
The Wind
Begin the Beguine
Everything Happens to Me
Nice Work If You Can Get It
I Get Along Without You Very Well
When Sunny Gets Blue
Nightingale
They Didn't Believe Me

UPC: 699246656517
Label: Hindsight Records
Release Date: 12.6.24
Format: CD

Stan Kenton - At The Rendezvous Ballroom (Mod) (CD)