Road Show Volume 2 - Stan Kenton

 

Bewitched

Road Show

Volume 2

Stan Kenton and His Orchestra

June Christy

The Four Freshmen

Photo: Thanks to Capitol Records - Graphics - David E. McMacken

Creative World Records ST 1020 Stereo

1975

Personnel:

Saxophones - Charlie Mariano (alto), Ronnie Rubin, Bill Trujillo (tenor), Marvin Holladay, Jack Nimitz (baritone)

Trumpets - Bud Brisbois, Dalton Smith, Roger Middleton, Bill Bathieu, Rolf Ericson

Trombones - Kent Larsen, Archie LeCoque, Don Sebesky (tenor trombone), Jim Amlotte, Bob Knight (bass trombone)

Rhythm - Stan Kenton (piano), Pete Chivily (bass), Jimmy Campbell (drums), Mike Pacheco (percussion)

From the back cover: In the fall of 1959, Stan Kenton, his orchestra, June Christy, and the Four Freshmen began a five-week road show. The road! The wonderful, miserable, exciting road. A hectic endurance test which rivals military survival experiments.

To begin with, doing 38 shows in as many days while traveling several thousand miles means that the entire show is made up of one-nighters – some of them "hit and runs," when everyone climbs on the bus and leaves immediately for the next city, often arriving just in time for the next performance.

There is one thing above all others which makes a tour such as this worthwhile. It is a feeling that grows gradually as the tour rolls on. This feeling comes from being an integral part of a great musical presentation. All those days and nights of working together and traveling on the bus weld the entire show into a magnificent unit, creating a musical rapport which seems to make the whole even greater than the sum of its parts.

By the time the show hit Purdue University in October, it had really jelled, and the stage was set for the exciting and memorable live recording which resulted in this album and Volume I of the Road Show.

Love For Sale

Paper Doll

Them There Eyes

September Song

My Old Flame

Kissing Bug

Bewitched

How High The Moon

Walking Shoes

Artistry In Rhythm