Stan Kenton! Tex Ritter!
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Released | 1962 | |||
Recorded | March 26, 29 & 30, 1962 | |||
Studio | Capitol (Hollywood) | |||
Genre | Jazz, Country music | |||
Length | 35:46 | |||
Label | Capitol T/ST 1757 | |||
Producer | Lee Gillette | |||
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Stan Kenton! Tex Ritter! is an album by the Stan Kenton Orchestra with country music vocalist Tex Ritter performing country music compositions arranged in a big band style recorded and released by Capitol Records in 1962.[1][2][3]
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The Allmusic review by Bruce Eder noted "overall this wasn't the worst idea in the world. The public never bought it, however, and the album was quickly deleted".[4]
Track listing
- "The Bandit of Brazil" (Alfredo Nascimento, Michael Carr, John Turner) – 2:23
- "The Green Leaves of Summer" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:24
- "Home on the Range" (Traditional) – 3:18
- "Wagon Wheels" (Billy Hill, Peter DeRose) – 2:09
- "Empty Saddles" (Hill) – 2:36
- "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" (Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 2:42
- "Cool Water" (Bob Nolan) – 2:34
- "September Song" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) – 3:57
- "Red River Valley" (Traditional) – 3:56
- "Cimarron (Roll On)" (Johnny Bond) – 3:20
- "Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle" (Teddy Powell, Walter G. Samuels, Leonard Whitcup 2:45
- "The Last Round Up" (Hill) – 3:42
- Recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, CA on March 26, 1962 (tracks 7 & 8), March 29, 1962 (tracks 2, 3, 5 & 9) and March 30, 1962 (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 10–12).
Personnel
- Stan Kenton – piano, celeste, arranger, conductor (tracks 2, 3, 5 & 7–9)
- Tex Ritter – vocals
- Dee Barton, Bob Fitzpatrick, Newell Parker – trombone
- Jim Amlotte, – bass trombone
- Dave Wheeler – bass trombone, tuba
- Dwight Carver, Gene Roland, Carl Saunders, Ray Starling – mellophonium
- Lex de Azevedo – piano, celeste (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 10–12)
- Alvino Rey – console guitar
- Don Bagley – bass
- Art Anton – drums
- Lennie Niehaus – arranger, conductor (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 10–12)
References
- ^ Vosbein, P. Stan Kenton Discography accessed June 14, 2016
- ^ Watts, R., Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M. Capitol Album Discography, Part 5: 600–2999 (1955–1968) accessed June 14, 2016
- ^ Tex Ritter Discography) accessed June 14, 2016
- ^ a b Eder, Bruce. Stan Kenton & Tex Ritter Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 14, 2016.