Adventures in Jazz (album)

Adventures in Jazz
Studio album by
Stan Kenton
ReleasedNovember 1962 (LP)
1999 (CD reissue)
RecordedJuly 5, 1961
in Hollywood at Capitol Records
September 26, 1961
at Manhattan Center in New York City (original LP)
December 11/12/14, 1961
in Hollywood at Capitol Records (extra re-issued material on CD)
GenreJazz, big band
Length35:32 (LP)
53:11 (CD reissue)
LabelCapitol
ProducerLee Gillette (LP)
Michael Cuscuna (CD reissue)
Stan Kenton chronology
Adventures in Standards
(1961)
Adventures in Jazz
(1962)
Adventures in Blues
(1961)
Capitol ST-1796 (LP)
Creative World ST-1010 (LP)
Capitol Jazz 7243 5 21222 26 (CD)

Adventures in Jazz is a 1962 album by the Stan Kenton Orchestra. The album won a Grammy Award in the category for Best Jazz Performance – Large Group (Instrumental) category in 1963. This was Kenton's second Grammy, after his first received for Kenton's West Side Story in 1962. It was also nominated for Best Engineering Contribution – Other Than Novelty and Other Than Classical at the 1963 Grammys.

The 1999 CD re-issue of Adventures In Jazz is augmented with two alternate takes from the original recording sessions and one track from Kenton's release Sophisticated Approach.