| Viva Kenton! | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Stan Kenton |
| Cover: | Viva Kenton.jpg |
| Released: | 1960 |
| Recorded: | September 22–23, 1959 |
| Studio: | Riverside Plaza Hotel, New York City |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Label: | Capitol T/ST 1305 |
| Producer: | Lee Gillette |
| Prev Title: | Standards in Silhouette |
| Prev Year: | 1959 |
| Next Title: | Road Show |
| Next Year: | 1959 |
Viva Kenton! (subtitled Exciting Latin Rhythms with the Kenton Touch) is an album by Stan Kenton, released in 1959 by Capitol Records, and later on Kenton's own Creative World label.[1] [2] [3]
The album features compositions by Gene Roland, and was Kenton's second all-Latin album. It was the follow-up to Kenton's successful Cuban Fire! LP of 1956.
Viva Kenton! features Kenton's 18-piece orchestra, with an additional percussion quartet. Featured soloists are alto saxophonist Charlie Mariano, trombonist Don Sebesky, and trumpeter Rolf Ericson.
In 2005, Blue Note released the album on CD (under the Capitol Jazz imprint) with 6 bonus tracks, all taken from the 1963 album Artistry in Bossa Nova.
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow called the album "potentially gimmicky but surprisingly successful".
All compositions by Gene Roland except where noted.