Kenton — Live at Buddy’s Place
October 1975
Newly available material from Kenton composer/arranger/saxist Al Yankee.
In October of 1975, the Stan Kenton Orchestra took a “break” from playing one night stands to play for a week at Buddy’s Place, a club owned by Buddy Rich, in New York City. As a recent addition to the band, I took the opportunity to set up my cassette recorder to capture some of the performances. I have edited these into a sort of “live album” format, complete with Stan talking to the audience.
— Al Yankee
Tracks
1) Send in the Clowns (Stephen Sondheim)
arr. Dave Barduhn
2) Turtle Talk (Dee Barton)
3) Inner Crisis (Larry Willis)
arr. by Bob Curnow
4) Body and Soul (Johnny Green)
arr. Marty Paich
5) Introductions
6) Samba de Haps (Mark Taylor)
7) Happy (Michel Legrand)
arr. Brett Stamps
8) I’m Glad There Is You (Jimmy Dorsey)
arr. Stan Kenton
9) Of Fourths and Fifths (Hank Levy)
10) Acknowledgements
11) A Smith Named Greg (Hank Levy)
12) Malaguena (Ernesto Lecuona)
arr. Bill Holman
13) Take the A Train (Billy Strayhorn)
14) Stan Kenton on musical bigotry
15) Artistry in Rhythm (Stan Kenton)
Personnel
Alto sax, flute
Terry Layne
Tenor sax, flute
Roy Reynolds, Dan Salmasian
Bari sax, flute
Greg Smith, Alan Yankee
Trumpet
John Harner, Jay Sollenberger, Steve Campos, Jim Oatts, Tim Hagans
Trombone
Dick Shearer, Lloyd Spoon, Dave Keim, Greg Sorcsek (b-tb), Mike Suter (b-tb, tuba)
Piano
Stan Kenton
Bass
Dave Stone
Drums
Gary Hobbs
Percussion
Ramon Lopez
