Rendezvous with Kenton is an album by bandleader and pianist Stan Kenton featuring performances recorded at the Rendezvous Ballroom in 1957 and released on the Capitol label.[1][2][3]

Rendezvous with Kenton
Studio album by Stan Kenton
Released	1957
Recorded	October 7, 8, 9 & 10, 1957 Rendezvous Ballroom, Balboa, CA
Genre	Jazz
Label	Capitol T/ST 932
Producer	Lee Gillette
Stan Kenton chronology
Kenton with Voices (1957) Rendezvous with Kenton (1957) Back to Balboa (1957)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow noted "The music is pleasant but not up to the fiery level one would expect of the Stan Kenton Orchestra".[4]

Track listing

1. "With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair"(Jack Lawrence, Clara Edwards) - 2:02
2. "Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) - 2:34
3. "These Things You Left Me" (Harold Dickinson, Sidney Lippman) - 2:05
4. "Two Shades of Autumn" (Joe Coccia) - 3:53
5. "They Didn't Believe Me" (Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds) - 1:53
6. "Walkin' by the River" (Robert Sour, Una Mae Carlisle) - 2:53
7. "High on a Windy Hill" (Alex Kramer, Joan Whitney) - 2:07
8. "Love Letters" (Victor Young, Edward Heyman) - 2:24
9. "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (Hoagy Carmichael) - 1:55
10. "Desiderata" (Coccia) - 3:09
11. "This is No Laughing Matter" (Al Frisch, Buddy Kaye) - 3:29
12. "I See Your Face Before Me" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) - 2:02

• Recorded at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa, CA on October 7, 1957 (tracks 2, 3 & 12), October 8, 1957 (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 8-10), October 9, 1957 (tracks 7 & 11) and October 10, 1957 (track 5).

Personnel

• Stan Kenton - piano, conductor
• Billy Catalano, Phil Gilbert, Lee Katzman, Ed Leddy, Sam Noto - trumpet
• Jim Amlotte, Kent Larsen, Archie Le Coque, Don Reed, - trombone
• Ken Shroyer - bass trombone
• Lennie Niehaus, Bill Robinson - alto saxophone
• Wayne Dunstan, Bill Perkins - tenor saxophone
• Steve Perlow - baritone saxophone, alto saxophone
• Red Kelly - bass
• Jerry McKenzie - drums
• Joe Coccia - arranger

References