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At the Las Vegas Tropicana | 
 enlarge | Artist: Stan Kenton
Label: Blue Note Records
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
Buy New: $7.48
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 62978
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 724383524525
EAN: 0724383524525
ASIN: B000005H1R
Release Date: March 19, 1996
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: No hole punches, notch cuts, etc! BMG issue. This CD is brand new, factory sealed! Ships 1st class mail!
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| Tracks:
| • | Artistry in Rhythm - Stan Kenton, Kenton, Stan | | • | Bernie's Tune - Stan Kenton, Miller, Bernard | | • | Tuxedo Junction - Stan Kenton, Johnson, William [3 | | • | Street Scene - Stan Kenton, Newman, Alfred | | • | Puck's Blues - Stan Kenton, Roland, Gene | | • | This Is Always - Stan Kenton, Warren, Harry | | • | Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Stan Kenton, Ellington, Duke | | • | Design for Blue - Stan Kenton, Roland, Gene | | • | Home Journey - Stan Kenton, Roland, Gene | | • | A String of Pearls - Stan Kenton, Gray, Jerry | | • | It's All Right With Me - Stan Kenton, Porter, Cole | | • | Intermission Riff - Stan Kenton, Wetzel, Ray | | • | I Concentrate on You - Stan Kenton, Porter, Cole | | • | The End of a Love Affair - Stan Kenton, Redding, Edward | | • | You and I George - Stan Kenton, Anonymous Composer | | • | Sentimental Riff - Stan Kenton, Roland, Gene | | • | Random Riff - Stan Kenton, Roland, Gene |
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Kenton Perfect in Las Vegas May 15, 2000
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I agree with the other reviewers, this is very listenable Stan Kenton, straight-ahead swing with a good set list. If you are not interested in owning everything Kenton recorded, I would recommend this and the Capitol "Best of" CD, as well as "Cuban Fire". The "Tropicana" album is just fine musicianship and a satisfying experience with seven excellent tracks restored to the middle of the performance.Recording quality is quite good for 1959, and the Gene Rolands numbers complement the usual Kenton fare nicely. Highlights in my opinion: Tuxedo Junction (rearranged from Glenn Miller), Puck's Blues - which really hops - and two great Cole Porter tunes, It's All Right with Me and a great, Latin-inspired variation of I Concentrate on You. Sandwiched between these, Intermission Riff soars for a full five minutes. Kenton's narration between songs and the minimal background noise from the audience add to the mood and put you into the Tropicana ballroom in '59, the tradeoff for sound quality that might not be up to Capitol's legendary studio sound of the late 1950s. This is a very accessible Kenton album, likely to appeal the casual big band jazz fan as much as the Kenton fringe.
Live and Well May 11, 2000
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This has always been one of my favorite Kenton Albums. Even though it was recorded live some 40 years ago, the sound quality is as good as, or even better than a studio.Now that the CD is available, you get almost the entire concert as opposed to the vinyl issue of just 11 tunes. There is over 72 minutes of outstanding, swinging big band jazz here. This is a very enjoyable listen, you get up tempo and ballads as well as comedic relief (You and I and George) and interesting intros to each tune by Stan the Man. It's amazing that Kenton initially balked at having this music released, primarily because most of the arrangements were by others and not him. This is first-rate, straight ahead swing, impeccably arranged and played by such notable cats as Jack Sheldon, Lennie Niehaus, Richie Kamuca and Kenton's regulars of the time. Don't miss this set.
The best of all Kenton disc's. January 27, 1999
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Every chart great and while filled with complexity each is performed flawlessly. The trumpet of Jack Shelton is outstanding (remember the little, round leader of Merv Griffin's TV band - a different world). Fine technical recording with the excitement of a live crowd. Finally, there is the beauty of Stan's amazing use of the English language.
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