Stan Kenton Classics

Reception

Track listing

1. "Tampico" – 2:37
2. "Artistry in Boogie" – 3:00
3. "Southern Scandal" – 3:07
4. "Machito" – 2:27
5. "After You" – 3:01 Additional track on 12-inch LP
6. "Harlem Holiday" – 2:34 Additional track on 12-inch LP
7. "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" – 3:08
8. "Minor Riff" – 3:07
9. "Across the Alley from the Alamo" – 2:38
10. "Unison Riff" – 3:12
11. "There Is No Greater Love" – 3:04 Additional track on 12-inch LP
12. "How High The Moon" – 2:30 Additional track on 12-inch LP

• Recorded at C.P. MacGregor Studios in Hollywood, California on May 20, 1944, Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois on May 4, 1945, at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California on June 4, 1946, February 13, 1947 February 28, 1947 March 31, 1947 and October 22, 1947, at RKO-Pathé Studios, New York City on January 2, 1947, December 21, 1947 and December 22, 1947.

  Personnel

• Stan Kenton – piano, conductor
• Alfred "Chico" Alvarez, John Anderson, John Carroll, Buddy Childers, Karl George, Mel Green, Ken Hanna, Dick Morse, Al Porcino, Gene Roland, Ray Wetzel – trumpet
• Bill Atkinson, Milt Bernhart, Eddie Bert, Harry Betts, George Faye, Harry Forbes, Milt Kabak, Skip Layton, Marshall Ocker, Miff Sines, Kai Winding, Freddie Zito – trombone
• Bart Varsalona – bass trombone
• Al Anthony, Chester Ball, Eddie Meyers, Bob Lively, Boots Mussulli, Art Pepper, George Weidler – alto saxophone
• Bob Cooper, Red Dorris, Stan Getz, Dave Madden, Joe Magro, Dave Matthews, Vido Musso, Warner Weidler – tenor saxophone
• Maurice Beeson, Bob Gioga – baritone saxophone
• Bob Ahern, Laurindo Almeida – guitar
• Pete Rugolo – piano
• Gene Englund, Eddie Safranski, Max Wayne – bass
• Shelly Manne, Jesse Price, Bob Varney – drums
• Jack Costanzo – bongos
• June Christy, Anita O'Day – vocals
• The Pastels – vocal group
• *Margaret Dale
• *Dave Lambert
• *Wayne Howard
• *Jerry Packer
• *Jerry Duane
• Buddy Baker, Stan Kenton, Gene Roland, Pete Rugolo – arranger