1953 studio album by Stan Kenton
Portraits on Standards is an album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton with featuring performances of jazz standards recorded in 1953 and originally released on the Capitol label as a 10-inch LP.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [ 4]
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow noted "While most of Stan Kenton's recordings in the 1950s tend to be complex and sometimes bombastic, his versions of standards could often be sentimental and very melodic" and said the music "alternates between ballads and boppish romps, mostly featuring the 1953–1954 orchestra, a band that could often swing hard".[ 4]
"You and the Night and the Music " (Arthur Schwartz , Howard Dietz ) – 2:43 "Reverie" (Claude Debussy ) – 2:56 "I've Got You Under My Skin " (Cole Porter ) – 2:53 "Autumn in New York " (Vernon Duke ) – 2:41 "April in Paris " (Duke, Yip Harburg ) – 2:53 "How High the Moon " (Morgan Lewis , Nancy Hamilton ) – 2:22 "Crazy Rhythm " (Irving Caesar , Joseph Meyer , Roger Wolfe Kahn ) – 3:02 "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) " (Duke Ellington , Paul Francis Webster ) – 3:02 Stan Kenton – piano , conductor Conte Candoli , Buddy Childers , Don Dennis, Ernie Royal , Don Smith – trumpet Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino , Tommy Shepard – trombone George Roberts – bass trombone Don Carone, Lee Konitz – alto saxophone Zoot Sims , Ed Wasserman – tenor saxophone Tony Ferina – baritone saxophone Sal Salvador – guitar Don Bagley – bass Stan Levey – drums Bill Russo – arranger ^ Vosbein, P. Stan Kenton Discography accessed April 11, 2016 ^ Watts, R., Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M. Capitol Album Discography, Part 4: The 12" LPs: 450-599 accessed April 11, 2016 ^ The Capitol Sessions of Stan Kenton: 1953 ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Portraits on Standards – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 11, 2016.
Studio albums Compilation albums Live albums Compositions
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader or co-leader The Brothers (and Stan Getz , 1949–52) Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims (1956) The Modern Art of Jazz by Zoot Sims (1956) Tonite's Music Today (and Bob Brookmeyer , 1956) Whooeeee (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1956) Zoot! (1956) Locking Horns (and Joe Newman , 1957) Stretching Out (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1958) Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (and Al Cohn, Phil Woods , 1959) Down Home (1960) Two Jims and Zoot /Otra Vez (Jimmy Raney and Jim Hall , 1964) Inter-Action (and Sonny Stitt , 1965) Waiting Game (1966) The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple leaders, 1967) Nirvana (and Bucky Pizzarelli , Buddy Rich , 1974) Basie & Zoot (and Count Basie , 1975) The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1975) Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (and Joe Pass , Oscar Peterson , 1975) Soprano Sax (1976) Hawthorne Nights (1976) If I'm Lucky (and Jimmy Rowles , 1977) For Lady Day (1978) Warm Tenor (and Jimmy Rowles , 1979) The Sweetest Sounds (and Rune Gustafsson , 1979) Just Friends (and Harry Edison , 1980) Art 'n' Zoot (and Art Pepper , 1981) Recordings withAl Cohn From A to...Z (1956) The Sax Section (Cohn led, 1956) Tenor Conclave (and Hank Mobley , John Coltrane , 1957) The Four Brothers... Together Again! (and Herbie Steward , Serge Chaloff , 1957) Al and Zoot (1957) Blues and Haikus (Jack Kerouac , 1959) SteveIreneo! (and Irene Kral , Steve Allen , 1959) Son of Drum Suite (Cohn, 1960) You 'n' Me (1960) Either Way (1961) Jazz Mission to Moscow (Cohn, 1962) Body and Soul (1973) Motoring Along (1974) WithQuincy Jones WithGerry Mulligan With others Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963) Encounter! (Pepper Adams , 1968) Trigger Happy! /East Coast Sounds (Trigger Alpert /Sims, Cohn, Tony Scott , 1956) Chet Baker & Strings (1953–54) Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959) The Bosses (Count Basie and "Big Joe" Turner , 1973) Louis Bellson Quintet (1954) The Genius of Ray Charles (1959) Jazz Is Universal (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band , 1961) Chris Connor (1956) The Book Cooks (Booker Ervin , 1960) Loose Blues (Bill Evans , 1962) The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer , 1959) South American Cookin' (Curtis Fuller , 1961) Creole Cookin' (Bobby Hackett , 1967) The Hawk in Hi Fi (Coleman Hawkins , 1956) Portraits on Standards (Stan Kenton , 1953) The Kenton Era (Stan Kenton, 1953) The Manhattan Transfer (released 1975) Profiles (Gary McFarland , 1966) Something to Swing About (Carmen McRae , 1959) Ms. Jazz (Carmen McRae, 1973) Metronome All-Stars 1956 (1956) The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus , 1962) Arranged by Montrose (Jack Montrose , 1954) Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson , 1966) The Sound of Feeling (Oliver Nelson, 1966) Jazzhattan Suite (Oliver Nelson/Jazz Interactions Orchestra, 1967) All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day , 1962) Transition (Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton , 1974) Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (1954) Samba Para Dos (Lalo Schifrin , Bob Brookmeyer, 1963) Moonlight in Vermont (Johnny Smith , 1952) Phoebe Snow (1974) Broadway Soul (Sonny Stitt , 1965) Vaughan and Violins (Sarah Vaughan , 1958) The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 (Sarah Vaughan, 1979) Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More (Sarah Vaughan, 1979) The Jazz Guitarist (Chuck Wayne, 1953) At Newport '63 (Joe Williams , 1963)