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The Stage Door Swings

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Released
  
1959

Producer
  
Lee Gillette

Release date
  
16 August 2005

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
32:22

Artist
  
Stan Kenton

Label
  
Capitol Jazz

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Recorded
  
September 22, 1958 Riverside Plaza Hotel, NYC

The Stage Door Swings (1958)
  
The Kenton Touch (1958)

Similar
  
Stan Kenton albums, Jazz albums

The Stage Door Swings is an album by bandleader and pianist Stan Kenton featuring performances of broadway musical tunes recorded in 1958 and released on the Capitol label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by John Bush noted "Kenton's band of 1958 didn't boast the firepower of earlier editions, but new arrivals Jack Sheldon and Bill Trujillo contribute a lot".

Track listing

  1. "Lullaby of Broadway" (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) - 2:42
  2. "The Party's Over" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) - 2:58
  3. "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" (Robert Wright, George Forrest) - 2:45
  4. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Cole Porter) - 3:18
  5. "Whatever Lola Wants" (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) - 2:29
  6. "Bali Ha'i" (Richard Rogers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 2:05
  7. "Hey There" (Adler, Ross) - 2:32
  8. "Younger Than Springtime" (Rogers, Hammerstein) - 3:00
  9. "On the Street Where You Live" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) - 2:12
  10. "I Love Paris" (Porter) - 2:28
  11. "I've Never Been in Love Before" (Frank Loesser) - 3:14
  12. "All at Once You Love Her" (Rogers, Hammerstein) - 2:39

Personnel

  • Stan Kenton - piano, conductor,
  • Bud Brisbois, Billy Catalano, Frank Huggins, Jack Sheldon, Al Sunseri - trumpet
  • Jim Amlotte, Kent Larsen, Archie Le Coque - trombone
  • Bob Olson, Bill Smiley - bass trombone
  • Lennie Niehaus - alto saxophone, arranger
  • Bill Perkins, Bill Trujillo - tenor saxophone
  • Steve Perlow, Bill Robinson - baritone saxophone
  • Red Kelly- bass
  • Jerry McKenzie - drums

    • Songs

    1Lullaby of Broadway2:40
    2The Party's Over2:57
    3Baubles - Bangles and Beads2:43

    References

    The Stage Door Swings Wikipedia
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