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Portraits on Standards

Portraits on Standards
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Studio album by Stan Kenton
Released 1953
Recorded July 8, 1953
Studio Capitol Recording Studios, Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA
Genre Jazz
Label Capitol H 462
Producer Sid Feller
Stan Kenton chronology
This Modern World
(1953)
Portraits on Standards
(1953)
Kenton Showcase
(1954)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars

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.

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".


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