Adventures in Jazz (album)
| Adventures in Jazz | ||||
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| Studio album by Stan Kenton | ||||
| Released | November 1962 (LP) 1999 (CD reissue) | |||
| Recorded | July 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) | |||
| Genre | Jazz, big band | |||
| Length | 35:32 (LP) 53:11 (CD reissue) | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Lee Gillette (LP) Michael Cuscuna (CD reissue) | |||
| Stan Kenton chronology | ||||
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| 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.