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Selections show reach of Basie orchestra
Indianapolis Star - Mar 10, 2010
... which the eminent multi- instrumentalist and arranger Benny Carter wrote for the band when the wide-open Kansas City of the 1930s was a distant memory. ...

The Garde hosts the Benny Reid Quintet
TheDay.com - Mar 11, 2010
Benny Carter and Benny Goodman, for certain - and now we have Benny Reid, the innately listenable alto saxophonist with the soap-opera-doctor ...

Kansas City Suite: Still Rare, Still Wonderful
All About Jazz - Mar 8, 2010
Nearly two years ago, I wrote about a Benny Carter masterpiece that received raves from musicians and critics after Count Basie recorded it for Roulette in ...

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Further Definitions

Alto saxophonist Benny Carter is a legend in the same cannon as Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins. Like Webster and Hawkins, who are friends of his and have played with him in the past on his own recordings, Hawkins plays here on "Further Definitions," while Webster played on another Carter album called "Jazz Giant."

"Further Definitions" features a "big band" sound of sorts. It features the following lineup:

Benny Carter -- alto saxophone
Phil Woods -- alto saxophone (1-8) .

Titles:
    1. Honeysuckle Rose
    2. Midnight Sun Will Never Set
    3. Crazy Rhythm
    4. Blue Star
    5. Cotton Tail
    6. Body and Soul
    7. Cherry
    8. Doozy
    9. Fantastic, That's You
    10. Come on Back [*]
    11. We Were in Love [*]
    12. If Dreams Come True [*]
    13. Prohibido
    14. Doozy [*]
    15. Rock Bottom [*]
    16. Titmouse [*]
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B.B.B. & Co.

Wow. This album is terrific. Two of the greatest saxophonists of all time, Benny Carter and Ben Webster, jam with clarinet great Barney Bigard in one of the best swing jazz albums ever made, with a magnificent rhythm section comprising Jimmy Rowles on piano, Dave Barbour on guitar, Leroy Vinnegar on bass, and Mel Lewis on drums. (Trumpeter Shorty Sherock joins in on a couple of tracks.) Amazingly tight and lyrical playing from everybody. The soloists' rich tones and elegant phrasings complement one another beautifully.

Titles:
    1. Opening Blues
    2. Lula
    3. When Lights Are Low
    4. You Can't Tell the Difference
    5. When the Sun Goes Down Blues
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Nuages

French Gypsy Jazz guitar legend Django Reinhardt made more music with two fingers than most mortals could with twenty. This timeless CD collection of classic compositions features the Hot Club of France with Stéphane Grappelli and the great Benny Carter Orchestra, as well as two newly discovered performances with legendary saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, has been remastered to a stunning clarity that highlights the genius of this modern guitar innovator. Born Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt, Django spent his early years traveling throughout Europe with his community of gypsies until his early teens, when they settled outside of Paris.

Titles:
    1. Nuages
    2. Minor Swing
    3. Swing Guitars
    4. After You've Gone
    5. Limehouse Blues
    6. Georgia on My Mind
    7. Nagasaki
    8. Shine
    9. Charleston
    10. Exactly Like You
    11. You're Driving Me Crazy
    12. Ain't Misbehavin'
    13. Rose Room
    14. Chicago
    15. Out of Nowhere - Coleman Hawkins
    16. Sweet Georgia Brown - Coleman Hawkins
    17. Japanese Sandman
    18. Farewell Blues
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Live and Well in Japan

Recorded live at Kosei Nenkin Hall in Tokyo, Japan in April 1977, this is yet another CD I bought for just the one track even though I had previously vowed I would never do it again. This time it was for "Tribute to Louis Armstrong" and it's another song I've had on cassette since my college days back in the 80s.

And again I struck it lucky as the rest of the album is very good. It's a truly beautiful mix of jazz, swing and blues. Carter plays alto saxophone and trumpet, Budd Johnson plays tenor and soprano saxophones, Cecil Payne plays baritone saxophone, Britt Woodman plays trombone, Cat Anderson and Joe Newman play trumpet, Nat Pierce is on the piano, Mundell Lowe on guitar, George Duvivier on bass and Harold Jones on the drums.

Titles:
    1. Squatty Roo
    2. Tribute to Louis Armstrong: When It's Sleepy Time Down South/Confe ...
    3. Them There Eyes
    4. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
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