Released 1953 Label BNF Collection | Producer Lee Gillette Release date 1953 | |
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Recorded September 12, 1950 – January 22, 1953Capitol Recording Studios, Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA Similar Stan Kenton albums, Jazz albums |
Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton is a compilation album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton featuring performances recorded between 1951 and 1953 and originally released as a 10-inch LP and 45 rpm EP on Capitol before being reissued as a 12-inch LP with additional tracks in 1955.
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Critical reception
The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell said "This early-LP collection partially documents a period of retrenching after Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra took a financial bath. While the album concentrates upon pop standards and an occasional cover of a then-current hit, Capitol also adds some originals from the artist's book, and thus the record becomes a tasty cross-section of the Kenton bands of the early '50s".
Track listing
- "September Song" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) – 3:21
- "Delicado" (Valdir Azevedo, Jack Lawrence) – 2:26
- "Dynaflow" (Art Pepper, Stan Kenton) – 3:08
- "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) – 3:13
- "Beehive" (Gene Roland) – 3:06
- "Francesca" (Sherm Feller) – 2:45
- "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:19
- "Jump for Joe" (Roland) – 3:04
- "Harlem Nocturne" (Earle Hagen) – 3:08
- "Taboo" (Margarita Lecuona) – 3:21
- "Laura" (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer) – 3:20
- "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 3:00
Personnel
Songs
1September Song3:17
2Delicado2:25
3Laura3:19