Stan Kenton! Tex Ritter!
| Stan Kenton! Tex Ritter! | ||||
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| Studio album by Stan Kenton and Tex Ritter | ||||
| Released | 1962 | |||
| Recorded |
March 26, 29 & 30, 1962 Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz, Country music | |||
| Length | 35:46 | |||
| Label | Capitol T/ST 1757 | |||
| Producer | Lee Gillette | |||
| Stan Kenton chronology | ||||
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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]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [4] |
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
- 1 2 Eder, Bruce. Stan Kenton & Tex Ritter Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
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