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Released
  
1960

Producer
  
Lee Gillette

Artist
  
Stan Kenton

Label
  
CAPITOL RECORDS

Recorded
  
September 22–23, 1959

Viva Kenton! (1959)
  
Road Show (1959)

Release date
  
1960

Genre
  
Jazz

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Studio
  
Riverside Plaza Hotel, New York City

Similar
  
Stan Kenton albums, Jazz albums

Mexican jumping bean


Viva Kenton! (subtitled Exciting Latin Rhythms with the Kenton Touch) is an album by Stan Kenton, released in 1959 by Capitol Records, and later on Kenton's own Creative World label.

Contents

The album features compositions by Gene Roland, and was Kenton's second all-Latin album. It was the followup to Kenton's successful Cuban Fire! LP of 1956.

Viva Kenton! features Kenton's 18-piece orchestra, with an additional percussion quartet. Featured soloists are alto saxophonist Charlie Mariano, trombonist Don Sebesky, and trumpeter Rolf Ericson.

In 2005, Blue Note released the album on CD (under the Capitol Jazz imprint) with 6 bonus tracks, all taken from the 1963 album Artistry in Bossa Nova.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow called the album "potentially gimmicky but surprisingly successful".

Track listing

All compositions by Gene Roland except where noted.

  1. "Mexican Jumping Bean" - 4:30
  2. "Siesta" - 3:37
  3. "Cha Cha Sombrero" - 4:48
  4. "Chocolate Caliente" - 3:26
  5. "Aqua Marine" - 2:41
  6. "Opus in Chartreuse Cha-Cha-Cha" - 2:48
  7. "Cha Cha Chee Boom" - 3:50
  8. "Adios" (Enric Madriguera) - 3:09
  9. "Mission Trail" - 3:23
  10. "Artistry in Rhythm" (Stan Kenton) - 3:01
  • Recorded at the Riverside Plaza Hotel, NYC on September 22, 1959 (track 10) and September 23, 1959 (tracks 1-9)

    • Personnel

  • Stan Kenton - piano, conductor
  • Bud Brisbois, Bill Chase, Rolf Ericson, Roger Middleton, Dalton Smith - trumpet
  • Kent Larsen, Archie Le Coque, Don Sebesky - trombone
  • Jim Amlotte, Bob Knight - bass trombone
  • Charlie Mariano - alto saxophone
  • John Bonnie, Bill Trujillo - tenor saxophone
  • Marvin Holladay, Jack Nimitz - baritone saxophone
  • Pete Chivily - bass
  • Jimmy Campbell - drums
  • Mike Pacheco - bongos, timbales
  • Willie Rodriguez - congas, bongos
  • Tommy Lopez - congas (tracks 1-9)

    • Songs

    1Mexican Jumping Bean4:30
    2Siesta3:07
    3Cha Cha Sombrero4:48

    References

    Viva Kenton! Wikipedia
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