Personnel:
Ray Borden, John Carroll, Buddy Childers, Karl George, Dick Morse (tp), Harry Forbes, George Faye (tb), Bart Varsalona (b tb), Eddie Meyers, Art Pepper (as), Red Dorris, Maurice Beeson (ts), Bob Gioga (bari), Stan Kenton (p), Bob Ahern (g), Clyde Singleto
Reference: DRCD 11193
This 4 CD-set features the orchestra at a time when it was reaching its greatest popularity. Most of Kenton's biggest hits ("Artistry in Rhythm," "Eager Beaver," "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine," "Tampico," "Southern Scandal," "Artistry Jumps," "Intermission Riff," "Across the Alley From the Alamo," and "The Peanut Vendor") are here.
Tracklisting:
CD-1
1. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
2. Eager Beaver
3. Harlem Folk Dance
4. Artistry In Rhythm
5. How Many Hearts Have You Broken
6. She's Funny That Way
7. I'm Going Mad For A Pad
8. And Her Tears Flowed Like Wines
9. Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart
10. Gotta Be Gettin'
11. Say It Isn't So
12. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
13. Are You Livin' Old Man
14. Balboa Bash
15. Ooh, What I Dreamed About You
16. I Want A Grown-Up Man
17. Travelin' Man
18. Around The Town (One Twenty)
19. Tampico
20. Southern Scandal
21. It's Been A Long, Long Time
CD-2
1. Dont Let Me A Dream
2. Just A Sittin And A-Rockin
3. Artistry Jumps
4. Painted Rhythm
5. Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy
6. I Been Down In Texas
7. All The Time
8. Thats The Least You Can Do
9. Intermission Riff
10. Four Months, Three Weeks, Two Days, One Hour Blues
11. Rika Jika Jack
12. Artistry In Boogie
13. Come Back To Sorrento
14. Aint No Misery In Me
15. Artistry In Percussion
16. Safranski (Artistry In Bass)
17. Artistry In Bolero
18. Its A Pity To Say Goodnight
19. Willow Weep For Me
20. Fantasy
CD-3
1. Concert To End All Concerts (Part 1)
2. Concert To End All Concerts (Part 2)
3. Opus In Pastels
4. His Feet Too Big For De Bed
5. After You
6. Down In Chi-Hua-Hua
7. Dont Want That Man Around
8. Machito
9. Rhythm Incorporated (Capitol Punishment) (Part 1)
10. Rhythm Incorporated (Capitol Punishment) (Part 2)
11. Theres No Greater Love
12. Across The Alley From The Alamo
13. Collaboration
14. How Am I To Know
15. The Spider And The Fly
16. Minor Riff
17. Lover
18. Elegy For Alto
19. Soothe Me
20. Chorale For Brass, Piano And Bongo (Prologue Suite 2nd Movement)
CD-4
1. Curiosity
2. Theme To The West
3. Abstraction (Prologue Suite 3rd Movement)
4. Fugue For Rhythm Section
5. Monotony
6. Unison Riff (The Fatal Apple)
7. Lament (Lament For Guitar)
8. Impressionism
9. I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out
10. He Was A Good Man As Good Men Go
11. Cuban Carnival (Cubana)
12. The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero)
13. Lonely Woman
14. Thermopolae
15. Metronome Riff (Petes Riff)
16. Introduction To A Latin Rhythm (Prologue Suite 1st Movement)
17. Journey To Brazil (Prologue Suite 4th Movement/Finale)
18. How High The Moon
19. Harlem Holiday (A Message To Harlem)
20. This Is My Theme
21. Bongo Riff
22. Somnambulism
23. Interlude