The Kenton Touch

The Kenton Touch
Studio album by
Released1959
RecordedDecember 22–23, 1958
StudioCapitol (Hollywood)
GenreJazz
LabelCapitol ST 1276
ProducerLee Gillette
Stan Kenton chronology
The Stage Door Swings
(1958)
The Kenton Touch
(1959)
Kenton Live from the Las Vegas Tropicana
(1959)

The Kenton Touch (subtitled Portraits in Strings) is an album by bandleader and pianist Stan Kenton featuring a string section. As with his previous album Lush Interlude, the trumpet and sax sections were omitted and Bud Shank's flute and alto sax is the only woodwind used. It was recorded in 1958 and released on the Capitol label.