The Romantic Approach


The Romantic Approach is an album by the Stan Kenton Orchestra recorded in 1961 and released by Capitol Records. It is the first album by the orchestra to be released with a mellophonium section.

Reception

The Down Beat review from September 28 of 1961, John Tynan writes about The Romantic Approach, "This is the first recorded sample of the new band and the now Kenton sound, and it is an auspicious debut, to be sure. As a straight, non jazz ballad set, it rates five stars for the imaginative writing, the richness and depth of velvet brass sounds, and the over-all sensitivity of feeling for the material." Tynan goes on, "While this is hardly an album for hipsters, there is much in the music that stands on merits apart from jazz."

Track listing

  1. "When Your Lover Has Gone" – 2:22
  2. "All The Things You Are" – 2:34
  3. "I'm Glad There Is You" – 2:40
  4. "Say It Isn't So" – 2:30
  5. "Imagination" – 3:09
  6. "Sweet and Lovely" – 3:27
  7. "Fools Rush In" – 2:23
  8. "You're Mine You" - 2:30
  9. "Once In A While" – 2:25
  10. "Moonlight In Vermont" – 2:10
  11. "I Understand" – 2:34
  12. "Oh! You Crazy Moon" – 2:20