title: Rendezvous with Kenton
text: # 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 :
  
  | Review scores ||
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  | Source | Rating |
  | 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
  