{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox album | name = Stan Kenton Classics | type = Compilation | artist = [[Stan Kenton]] and His Orchestra | cover = Stan Kenton Classics.jpg | alt = | released = 1952 | recorded = May 20, 1944 – December 22, 1947 <br><small>Hollywood, California, Chicago, Illinois and New York City</small> | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = | label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] H/T 248 | producer = | chronology = [[Stan Kenton]] | prev_title = [[Stan Kenton's Milestones]] | prev_year = 1943–47 | next_title = [[Artistry in Rhythm]] | next_year = 1946 }}
'''''Stan Kenton Classics''''' is an album by pianist and bandleader [[Stan Kenton]] compiling performances recorded between 1945 and 1947 and originally collected on the [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] label as a 10-inch LP in 1950 then reissued as a 12-inch LP with additional tracks in 1955.<ref name="Kenton discography">Vosbein, P. [http://www.allthingskenton.com/table_of_contents/recordings/capitol/classics/ Stan Kenton Discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604214510/http://www.allthingskenton.com/table_of_contents/recordings/capitol/classics/ |date=June 4, 2016 }} accessed April 20, 2016</ref><ref>Watts, R., Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M. [http://www.bsnpubs.com/capitol/78-10/02capitol150-299.html Capitol Album Discography, Part 2: 10" Albums: 150 to 299] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314201023/http://www.bsnpubs.com/capitol/78-10/02capitol150-299.html |date=March 14, 2022 }} accessed April 20, 2016</ref>
==Reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = [[Allmusic]] | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> }} The [[Allmusic]] site awarded the album 4{{frac|2}} stars.<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|class=album |id=mw0000869519 |title=''Stan Kenton Classics'' – Review |accessdate=April 20, 2016}}</ref>
==Track listing== All compositions by Stan Kenton except where noted. # "[[Tampico (song)|Tampico]]" (Allan Roberts, [[Doris Fisher (songwriter)|Doris Fisher]]) – 2:37 # "Artistry in Boogie" (Pete Rugolo, Stan Kenton) – 3:00 # "Southern Scandal" – 3:07 # "Machito" (Rugolo) – 2:27 # "After You" ([[Seger Ellis]]) – 3:01 <small>Additional track on 12-inch LP</small> # "Harlem Holiday" – 2:34 <small>Additional track on 12-inch LP</small> # "[[And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine]]" (Kenton, Charles Lawrence, [[Joe Greene (American songwriter)|Joe Greene]]) – 3:08 # "Minor Riff" (Rugolo, Kenton) – 3:07 # "Across the Alley from the Alamo" (Greene) – 2:38 # "Unison Riff" (Rugolo) – 3:12 # "[[There Is No Greater Love]]" ([[Isham Jones]], [[Marty Symes]]) – 3:04 <small>Additional track on 12-inch LP</small> # "[[How High The Moon]]" ([[Morgan Lewis (songwriter)|Morgan Lewis]], [[Nancy Hamilton]]) – 2:30 <small>Additional track on 12-inch LP</small>
*Recorded at C.P. MacGregor Studios in Hollywood, California on May 20, 1944 (track 7), Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois on May 4, 1945 (tracks 1 & 3), at [[Radio Recorders]] in Hollywood, California on June 4, 1946 (track 2), February 13, 1947 (track 4) February 28, 1947 (tracks 9 & 11) March 31, 1947 (track 8) and October 22, 1947 (track 10), at RKO-Pathé Studios, New York City on January 2, 1947 (track 5), December 21, 1947 (track 12) and December 22, 1947 (track 6).
==Personnel== *[[Stan Kenton]] – piano, conductor *[[Alfred "Chico" Alvarez]] (tracks 2, 4–6 & 8–12), [[John Anderson (jazz trumpeter)|John Anderson]] (tracks 1–5, 8, 9 & 11), John Carroll (tracks 1, 3 & 7), [[Buddy Childers]], [[Karl George (musician)|Karl George]] (track 7), Mel Green (tracks 1 & 3), [[Ken Hanna]] (tracks 2, 4–6 & 8–12), Dick Morse (track 7), [[Al Porcino]] (tracks 6, 10 & 12), [[Gene Roland]] (tracks 1 & 3), [[Ray Wetzel]] (tracks 2, 4–6 & 8–12) – trumpet *Bill Atkinson (track 7), [[Milt Bernhart]] (tracks 4–6 & 8–12), [[Eddie Bert]] (tracks 6, 10 & 12), [[Harry Betts]] (tracks 6, 10 & 12), George Faye (track 7), Harry Forbes (tracks 4–12), Milt Kabak (tracks 1–3), Skip Layton (tracks 4, 5, 8, 9 & 11), Marshall Ocker (tracks 1 & 3), Miff Sines (track 2), [[Kai Winding]] (tracks 2–5, 8, 9 & 11), Freddie Zito (tracks 1 & 3) – [[trombone]] *Bart Varsalona – [[bass trombone]] *Al Anthony (track 2), Chester Ball (track 7), Eddie Meyers (tracks 4, 5, 7–9 & 11), [[Bob Lively]] (tracks 1 & 3), [[Boots Mussulli]] (tracks 1–5, 8, 9 & 11), [[Art Pepper]] (tracks 6 & 10), [[George William Weidler|George Weidler]] (tracks 6 & 10) – [[alto saxophone]] *[[Bob Cooper (musician)|Bob Cooper]] (tracks 2, 4–6 & 8–12), Red Dorris (track 5), [[Stan Getz]] (track 7), Dave Madden (tracks 1 & 3), Joe Magro (tracks 1 & 3), Dave Matthews (track 7), [[Vido Musso]] (tracks 2, 4, 8, 9 & 11), Warner Weidler (tracks 6, 10 & 12) – [[tenor saxophone]] *Maurice Beeson (track 7), Bob Gioga (tracks 1–6 & 8–12) – [[baritone saxophone]] *Bob Ahern (tracks 1–5, 7–9 & 11), [[Laurindo Almeida]] (tracks 6, 10 & 12) – guitar *[[Pete Rugolo]] – piano (track 2) *Gene Englund (track 7), [[Eddie Safranski]] (tracks 2, 4–6 & 8–12), Max Wayne (tracks 1 & 3) – [[double bass|bass]] *[[Shelly Manne]] (tracks 2, 4–6 & 8–12), Jesse Price (track 7), Bob Varney (tracks 1 & 3) – drums *[[Jack Costanzo]] – [[bongos]] (tracks 6, 10 & 12) *[[June Christy]] (tracks 1, 9 & 12), [[Anita O'Day]] (track 7) – vocals *The Pastels – [[vocal group]] (tracks 5 & 11) **Margaret Dale **[[Dave Lambert (American jazz vocalist)|Dave Lambert]] **Wayne Howard **Jerry Packer **Jerry Duane *Buddy Baker (track 7), Stan Kenton (tracks 3, 6), [[Gene Roland]] (track 1), [[Pete Rugolo]] (tracks 2, 4, 5, 8–12) – arranger
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