Stan Kenton 50th Anniversary Celebration: The Best of Back to Balboa (Live)

Recorded live at the Hyatt Newporter Resort, Newport Beach, California in 1991. Includes liner notes by Audree Coke Kenton.

BEST OF STAN KENTON 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION - BACK TO BALBOA is a single-CD compilation of tracks from the five-CD box set STAN KENTON 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION - BACK TO BALBOA.

Personnel: Stan Kenton (piano); Ralph Blaze, Jim Hershman (guitar); Gabe Baltazar, Lee Secard, Ray Hermann, Matt Wallace , Jack Nimitz, Jay Migliori, Jerry Pinter, John Gross, Kim Richmond, Lanny Morgan, Matt Catingub, Ray Reed, Steve Wilkerson, Bill Perkins, Bob Efford, Bob Cooper, Bobby Militello, Bud Shank (saxophone); Chuck Findley, Larry McGuire, Conte Candoli, Craig Johnson, George Graham, Larry Ford, Maynard Ferguson, Pete Candoli, Rolf Ericson, Steve Huffsteter , Frank Szabo, Ron Stout, Stan Mark, Buddy Childers, Carl Saunders, Charlie Davis (trumpet); Marilyn L. Johnson , James Atkinson , Nathan Campbell , Mark Adams (French horn); Bob Fitzpatrick, Dick Hyde, Alex Iles, Richard Taylor "Dick" Nash , Donald Waldrop, George Roberts , Pete Beltran, Jiggs Whigham, Mike Fahn, Rick Culver, Roy Wiegand, Charles Loper, Kenny Shroyer, Bob Enevoldsen, Jack Redmond, Bob Payne (trombone); Christian Jacob, Tom Ranier, George Gaffney, Bob Florence (piano); Don Bagley, Steve Pemberton, Peter Donald, John Perett, David Tull, Jerry Lestock McKenzie (drums); Jack Costanzo (bongos).

Audio Mixers: Douglas Evans; Andy Duncan.

Liner Note Author: Audree Coke Kenton.

Recording information: Hyatt Newporter Resort, Newport Beach, CA (1991).

Editors: Douglas Evans; Andy Duncan.