Stan Kenton! Tex Ritter!
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{{Infobox album
| name = Stan Kenton! Tex Ritter!
| type = Album
| artist = Stan Kenton and Tex Ritter
| cover = Stan Kenton! Tex Ritter!.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1962
| recorded = March 26, 29 & 30, 1962
| venue =
| studio = Capitol (Hollywood)
| genre = Jazz, Country music
| length = 35:46
| label = Capitol T/ST 1757
| producer = Lee Gillette
| chronology = Stan Kenton
| prev_title = Adventures in Blues
| prev_year = 1961
| next_title = Adventures in Time
| next_year = 1962
}}
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.Vosbein, P. [http://allthingskenton.com/table_of_contents/recordings/capitol/tex_ritter/ Stan Kenton Discography] accessed June 14, 2016Watts, R., Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M. [http://www.bsnpubs.com/capitol/previews/600-2999.pdf Capitol Album Discography, Part 5: 600–2999 (1955–1968)] accessed June 14, 2016[http://countrydiscoghraphy2.blogspot.com.au/2016/02/tex-ritter.html Tex Ritter Discography)] accessed June 14, 2016
Reception
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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".{{AllMusic|first=Bruce |last=Eder |class=album |id=mw0000853779|title=Stan Kenton & Tex Ritter Review |accessdate=June 14, 2016}}
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
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Category:Capitol Records albums
Category:Albums conducted by Stan Kenton