Viva Kenton

Viva Kenton
Studio album by Stan Kenton
Released September 22, 1959
Recorded 1959
Genre Jazz
Label Capitol Jazz
Stan Kenton chronology

The Kenton Touch
(1958)		 Viva Kenton
(1959)		 Standards in Silhouette
(1959)

Viva Kenton is an album by Stan Kenton, released in 1959 by Capitol Records, and later on Kenton's own Creative World label. 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.

Track listing

  1. "Mexican Jumping Bean"
  2. "Siesta"
  3. "Cha Cha Sombrero"
  4. "Chocolate Caliente"
  5. "Aqua Marine"
  6. "Opus in Chartreuse Cha-Cha-Cha"
  7. "Cha Cha Chee Boom"
  8. "Adios"
  9. "Mission Trail"
  10. "Artistry in Rhythm"
  11. "Artistry in Bossa Nova" (a.k.a. Artistry in Bolero) [CD bonus track]
  12. "Interlude" [CD bonus track]
  13. "Jump For Joe" [CD bonus track]
  14. "Opus in Pastels" [CD bonus track]
  15. "Concerto to End All Concertos" [CD bonus track]
  16. "Loco-Nova" [CD bonus track]