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This recording is a ballad date by Stan Kenton's 1959 orchestra. Although many of Kenton's top sidemen of a few years earlier had departed, a few of the youngsters in their place included future greats such as trumpeters Rolf Ericson and Bill Chase, trombonist Don Sebesky and baritonist Jack Nimitz. Best known among the soloists is altoist Charlie Mariano. The music (all Bill Mathieu arrangements) is not all that innovative but the treatments given such songs as "The Meaning of the Blues," "Django" and "I Get Along Without You Very Well" are pleasing and reasonably enjoyable on this relaxed session. ~ Scott Yanow
Recorded at the Riverside Plaza Hotel Studios, New York, New York on September 21 & 22, 1959. Includes liner notes by Michael Sparke.
Personnel: Stan Kenton (piano); Charlie Mariano (alto saxophone); Bill Trujillo (tenor saxophone, trumpet); John Bonnie (tenor saxophone); Jack Nimitz, Marvin Holladay (baritone saxophone); Clyde Reasinger, Dalton Smith, Rolf Ericson, Bill Chase, Bud Brisbois, Roger Middleton (trumpet); Don Sebesky, Kent Larson, Archie LeCoque (trombone); Bobby Knight, Jim Amlotte (bass trombone); Jimmy Campbell (drums); Mike Pacheco (bongos).
Audio Remasterer: Ron McMaster.
Audio Remixer: Ron McMaster.
Liner Note Author: Michael Sparke.
Recording information: Riverside Plaza Hotel Studio, New York, NY (09/21/1959/09/22/1959).
Arranger: Bill Mathieu.
Personnel includes: Stan Kenton (leader, piano); Charlie Mariano (alto saxophone); Bill Trujillo (tenor saxophone); Jack Nimitz (baritone saxophone); Bud Brisbois, Rolf Ericson, Bill Chase (trumpet); Don Sebesky (trombone); Pete Chivily (bass); Jimmy Campbell (drums); Mike Pacheco (bongos).
Standards In Silhouette Music Stan Kenton Standards In Silhouette Songs | 1. | Willow Weep for Me |
| 2. | Thrill Is Gone, The |
| 3. | Meaning of the Blues, The |
| 4. | When Sunny Gets Blue |
| 5. | Ill Wind |
| 6. | Django |
| 7. | I Get Along Without You Very Well |
| 8. | Lonely Woman |
| 9. | Lazy Afternoon - (bonus track) |
| Standards In Silhouette Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)   Another great Kenton effort. See the review below from "a reviewer from Seattle." I don't see anything there I disagree with and he already said it all. Submitted by SeaFrog (Eugene, Oregon, USA) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
Standards Silhouetted in Artistry Jazz artists, great or otherwise, at some point declare their debt to the “standards.” Virtually every jazz musician or arranger cuts their musical teeth on them, and more than a few revisit them periodically throughout their careers. Kenton was both a great musician and a talented arranger, and in his three albums devoted to the standards (Portraits, Sketches and Silhouette), he returns to them to pay the compliment of applying what he has learned as a jazz innovator. Of the three albums, this one is my favorite. What constitutes a standard is, of course, a matter for debate - more traditional examples are to be found on the other two recordings - and Kenton and his band come up with a few surprises on this record. I had more or less accepted the lead-off cut, “Willow Weep for Me,” as a perennial favorite (is that a good definition of a standard?), but was pleasantly surprised at the pleasure I got from listening to this arrangement by Bill Mathieu. Miles Davis had recorded “The Meaning of the Blues” a couple of years before this version, which owes something to the Gil Evans arrangement on “Miles Ahead,” but it was far from a standard at the time. Still, in the light of many interpretations since, this one stands along with the Davis/Evans rendition as definitive, in my opinion.
Other stand-outs on this recording are “I Get Along Without You Very Well” (not exactly the first title that springs to mind when you think of classic Hoagy Carmichael), and a very fine arrangement of “When Sunny Gets Blue,” an indisputable standard, in my book. It should be pointed out also that another of Kenton’s great gifts, that of seeking out the finest of the many talented sidemen available at the time to form his bands, is in evidence on this recording. The “Standards” recordings departed from the big band line ups most associated with Kenton. Not exactly combos either, in the intimate, smokey lounge sense, they are best described as “small” bands. Any attempt to single out performances from this recording result in copying the entire credits from the liner notes, though none of the artists were or are household names. However, the solos on trumpet by Rolf Ericson, and on tenor sax by Bill Trujillo, both of whom went on to have long and successful careers, are to be appreciated. Another trumpet player of note, though with no credited solos, is Bill Chase, who gained some recognition for his contribution to the jazz-rock movement in the late 60's and early 70's, overshadowed somewhat by Blood, Sweat and Tears, and the early Chicago. For Kenton, this album marks one of many examples of the outstanding contributions he made in his tireless pursuit of artistry and innovation in jazz. Submitted by a reviewer (Seattle, WA) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
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