Rendezvous with Kenton
# Rendezvous with Kenton

Rendezvous with Kenton is an album by bandleader and pianist Stan Kenton featuring performances recorded at the Rendezvous Ballroom in 1957 and released on the Capitol label.

## Reception

Professional ratings :

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| Allmusic | |

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow noted "The music is pleasant but not up to the fiery level one would expect of the Stan Kenton Orchestra".

## Track listing

* "With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair"(Jack Lawrence, Clara Edwards) - 2:02
* "Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) - 2:34
* "These Things You Left Me" (Harold Dickinson, Sidney Lippman) - 2:05
* "Two Shades of Autumn" (Joe Coccia) - 3:53
* "They Didn't Believe Me" (Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds) - 1:53
* "Walkin' by the River" (Robert Sour, Una Mae Carlisle) - 2:53
* "High on a Windy Hill" (Alex Kramer, Joan Whitney) - 2:07
* "Love Letters" (Victor Young, Edward Heyman) - 2:24
* "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (Hoagy Carmichael) - 1:55
* "Desiderata" (Coccia) - 3:09
* "This is No Laughing Matter" (Al Frisch, Buddy Kaye) - 3:29
* "I See Your Face Before Me" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) - 2:02
* Recorded at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa, CA on October 7, 1957 (tracks 2, 3 & 12), October 8, 1957 (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 8-10), October 9, 1957 (tracks 7 & 11) and October 10, 1957 (track 5).

## Personnel

* Stan Kenton - piano, conductor
* Billy Catalano, Phil Gilbert, Lee Katzman, Ed Leddy, Sam Noto - trumpet
* Jim Amlotte, Kent Larsen, Archie Le Coque, Don Reed, - trombone
* Ken Shroyer - bass trombone
* Lennie Niehaus, Bill Robinson - alto saxophone
* Wayne Dunstan, Bill Perkins - tenor saxophone
* Steve Perlow - baritone saxophone, alto saxophone
* Red Kelly - bass
* Jerry McKenzie - drums
* Joe Coccia - arranger
