Veterans Memorial Ballroom
Des Moines, Iowa
31 October 1961
From the collection of Jim Amlotte
Tracks 1-12
Tracks 13-19
Tracks
1. Theme and Variations (Bill Holman)
arr. by Bill Holman
2. I Got Rhythm (George & Ira Gershwin)
arr. by Gene Roland
solos: Arnold (ts) Stamm (t) Baltazar (as) Barton (tb) Beutler (bs)
3. All the Things You Are (Jerome Kern)
arr. by Stan Kenton
4. The Blues Story (Gene Roland)
arr. by Gene Roland
solos: Fitzpatrick (tb) Arnold (ts) Starling (mello)
5. Maria (Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim)
arr. by Johnny Richards
solo: Kenton (p)
6. Waltz of the Prophets (Dee Barton)
arr. by Dee Barton
solos: Stamm (t) Barton (tb)
7. Intermission Riff (Ray Wetzel)
head arrangement
solos: Baltazar (as) Barton (tb) Beutler (bs)
8. Stairway to the Stars (Mitchell Parish, Matt Malneck, & Frank Signorelli)
arr. by Bill Holman
solo: Baltazar (as)
9. Reuben’s Blues (Gene Roland)
arr. by Gene Roland
solo: Beutler (bs)
10. Limehouse Blues (Philip Braham & Douglas Furber)
arr. by Bill Holman
solos: Baltazar (as) Stamm (t) Arnold (ts)
11. Body and Soul (Johnny Green)
arr. by Stan Kenton
solos: Kenton (p)
12. Malagueña (Ernesto Lecuona)
arr. by Bill Holman
solo: Arnold (ts)
13. Night At The Gold Nugget (Gene Roland)
arr. by Gene Roland
solos: Beutler (bs) Starling (mello)
14. Mellophobia (Ray Starling)
arr. by Ray Starling
solos: Carver, Saunders, LaMotte, Starling (mello)
15. Somewhere – Finale (Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim)
arr. by Johnny Richards
16. Stella by Starlight (Victor Young)
arr. by Bill Holman
solo: Beutler (bs)
17. Taboo (Margarita Quintero Lacuna and SK Russell)
arr. by Stan Kenton
solos: Baltazar (as) Arnold (ts) Stamm (t)
18. I’m Glad There Is You (Paul Madeira & Jimmy Dorsey)
arr. by Stan Kenton
19. The Peanut Vendor (Moises Simons, Marion Sunshine & Wolfe Gilbert)
head arrangement
solos: Starling (mello) Kenton (p)
Possible Personnel
ALTO SAX
Gabe Baltazar
TENOR SAX
Buddy Arnold
Paul Renzi
BARI SAX
Allan Beutler
Joel Kaye (+bass sax)
TRUMPET
Dalton Smith
Marv Stamm
Bob Rolfe
Bob Behrendt
Norman Baltazar
TROMBONE
Dee Barton
Bob Fitzpatrick
Bud Parker
Jim Amlotte (b-tb)
Dave Wheeler (b-tb, tuba)
MELLOPHONIUM
Dwight Carver
Carl Saunders
Keith LaMotte
Ray Starling
PIANO
Stan Kenton
BASS
Pat Senatore
DRUMS
Jerry Lestock McKenzie
