Four Classic Albums Plus

~ Release by Benny Carter (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

4 Benny Carter albums remastered on 2 CDs:
Tracks 1-1 to 1-7 from Benny Carter - Jazz Giant recorded in Los Angeles, June, July, October 1957 & April 1958
Tracks 1-8 to 1-19 from The Benny Carter Quartet - Swingin' The '20s and track 20 (alt. take) recorded in Los Angeles, November 2, 1958
Tracks 2-1 to 2-12 from The Benny Carter Quartet - Sax Ala Carter! recorded in Los Angeles, February 5, 1960
Tracks 2-13 to 2-26 from Benny Carter And His Orchestra - Aspects : location and recording date not mentioned

Standard 2-CDs jewel box, 8-page booklet, extracts from original sleeve notes.
℗ & © 2012 Avid Ltd.
CD 1: 79:58 - CD 2: 79:58

Track 2-1 is wrongly credited to Mack & Johnson (probably copied from track 1-1), it's indeed a song written by Johnny Mercer and Ziggy Elman.

Annotation last modified on 2023-07-09 23:49 UTC.

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1: Jazz Giant / Swingin' the '20s
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1Old Fashioned Love
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1957-06-11)
engineer:
Roy DuNann
producer:
Lester Koenig
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1957-06-11)
double bass [bass]:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1957-06-11)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1957-06-11)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1957-06-11)
piano:
André Previn (pianist, conductor, composer, arranger) (on 1957-06-11)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1957-06-11)
trombone:
Frank Rosolino (on 1957-06-11)
recording of:
Old Fashioned Love (on 1957-06-11)
composer:
James P. Johnson and Cecil Mack
Benny Carter7:48
2I'm Coming Virginia
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1957-07-22)
engineer:
Roy DuNann
producer:
Lester Koenig
double bass [bass]:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1957-07-22)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1957-07-22)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1957-07-22)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1957-07-22)
trumpet:
Benny Carter (on 1957-07-22)
recording of:
I’m Coming Virginia (on 1957-07-22)
lyricist:
Will Marion Cook
composer:
Donald Heywood
Benny Carter5:45
3A Walkin' Thing
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1957-07-22)
engineer:
Roy DuNann
producer:
Lester Koenig
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1957-07-22)
double bass [bass]:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1957-07-22)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1957-07-22)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1957-07-22)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1957-07-22)
recording of:
A Walkin’ Thing (on 1957-07-22)
composer:
Benny Carter
Benny Carter5:57
4Blue Lou
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1957-06-11)
engineer:
Roy DuNann
producer:
Lester Koenig
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1957-06-11)
double bass [bass]:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1957-06-11)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1957-06-11)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1957-06-11)
piano:
André Previn (pianist, conductor, composer, arranger) (on 1957-06-11)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1957-06-11)
trombone:
Frank Rosolino (on 1957-06-11)
recording of:
Blue Lou (on 1957-06-11)
composer:
Irving Mills and Edgar Sampson
Benny Carter4:55
5Ain't She Sweet
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1958-04-21)
engineer:
Roy DuNann
producer:
Lester Koenig
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1958-04-21)
double bass [bass]:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1958-04-21)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-04-21)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1958-04-21)
piano:
André Previn (pianist, conductor, composer, arranger) (on 1958-04-21)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1958-04-21)
trombone:
Frank Rosolino (on 1958-04-21)
instrumental recording of:
Ain’t She Sweet (on 1958-04-21)
lyricist:
Jack Yellen
composer:
Milton Ager
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.), EMI Music (Electric & Musical Industries Music, do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Benny Carter3:37
6How Can You Loose
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1957-10-07)
engineer:
Roy DuNann
producer:
Lester Koenig
alto saxophone and trumpet:
Benny Carter (on 1957-10-07)
double bass [bass]:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1957-10-07)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1957-10-07)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1957-10-07)
piano:
André Previn (pianist, conductor, composer, arranger) (on 1957-10-07)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1957-10-07)
trombone:
Frank Rosolino (on 1957-10-07)
recording of:
How Can You Lose (on 1957-10-07)
composer:
Benny Carter
Benny Carter6:11
7Blues My Naughtie Sweetie Gives To Me
Benny Carter4:39
8Thou Swell
alto saxophone and trumpet:
Benny Carter (on 1958-11-02)
double bass [bass]:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1958-11-02)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-11-02)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1958-11-02)
instrumental recording of:
Thou Swell (on 1958-11-02)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1927)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1927)
publisher:
Marlin Enterprises and Warner Bros. (holding: File NO Releases)
The Benny Carter Quartet2:49
9My Blue Heaven
alto saxophone and trumpet:
Benny Carter (on 1958-11-02)
double bass [bass]:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1958-11-02)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-11-02)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1958-11-02)
instrumental recording of:
My Blue Heaven (on 1958-11-02)
lyricist:
George A. Whiting (popular songwriter) (in 1924)
composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1924)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
composed at:
New York Friars Club in New York, New York, United States (in 1924)
The Benny Carter Quartet3:18
10Just Imagine
alto saxophone and trumpet:
Benny Carter (on 1958-11-02)
double bass [bass]:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1958-11-02)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-11-02)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1958-11-02)
instrumental recording of:
Just Imagine (Good News) (on 1958-11-02)
writer:
Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva and Ray Henderson
part of:
Good News (1947 film)
The Benny Carter Quartet2:31
11If I Could Be With You
The Benny Carter Quartet2:40
12Sweet Lorraine
alto saxophone and trumpet:
Benny Carter (on 1958-11-02)
double bass [bass]:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1958-11-02)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-11-02)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1958-11-02)
recording of:
Sweet Lorraine (on 1958-11-02)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1928)
composer:
Cliff Burwell (in 1928)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Everbright Music Co. and Mills Music, Inc.
The Benny Carter Quartet5:00
13Who's Sorry Now
alto saxophone and trumpet:
Benny Carter (on 1958-11-02)
double bass [bass]:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1958-11-02)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-11-02)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1958-11-02)
instrumental recording of:
Who’s Sorry Now? (1923 song) (on 1958-11-02)
lyricist:
Bert Kalmar (in 1923) and Harry Ruby (in 1923)
composer:
Ted Snyder (in 1923)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), Waterson, Berlin & Snyder (on 1923-03-07) and Mills Music Corporation (in 1929)
The Benny Carter Quartet2:22
14Laugh! Clown! Laugh!
alto saxophone and trumpet:
Benny Carter (on 1958-11-02)
double bass [bass]:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1958-11-02)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-11-02)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1958-11-02)
recording of:
Laugh! Clown! Laugh! (on 1958-11-02)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Ted Fio Rito
The Benny Carter Quartet3:20
15All Alone
The Benny Carter Quartet3:12
16Mary Lou
The Benny Carter Quartet3:06
17In A Little Spanish Town
alto saxophone and trumpet:
Benny Carter (on 1958-11-02)
double bass [bass]:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1958-11-02)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-11-02)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1958-11-02)
instrumental recording of:
In a Little Spanish Town (’Twas on a Night Like This) (on 1958-11-02)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Mabel Wayne
The Benny Carter Quartet2:44
18Someone To Watch Over Me
alto saxophone and trumpet:
Benny Carter (on 1958-11-02)
double bass [bass]:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1958-11-02)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-11-02)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1958-11-02)
instrumental recording of:
Someone to Watch Over Me (Oh, Kay!) (on 1958-11-02)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1926)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1926)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28), Harms, Inc. (in 1926) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2022-01-01)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Oh, Kay! (1926 musical)
The Benny Carter Quartet2:37
19A Monday Date
The Benny Carter Quartet3:08
20All Alone (Alternate Take)
alto saxophone and trumpet:
Benny Carter (on 1958-11-02)
double bass [bass]:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1958-11-02)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-11-02)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1958-11-02)
instrumental recording of:
All Alone (on 1958-11-02)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1924)
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Corp. and Williamson Music Company
The Benny Carter Quartet3:11
▼ CD 2: Sax Ala Carter! / Aspects
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1And The Angels Sing
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1960-02-05)
bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1960-02-05)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (on 1960-02-05)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1960-02-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blue Note Records (this is the record company; for release labels use its imprint “Blue Note”)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1960-02-05)
cover recording of:
And the Angels Sing (on 1960-02-05)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Ziggy Elman
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., WC Music Corp., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
The Benny Carter Quartet2:57
2Everything I Have Is Yours
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1960-02-05)
bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1960-02-05)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (on 1960-02-05)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1960-02-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blue Note Records (this is the record company; for release labels use its imprint “Blue Note”)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1960-02-05)
recording of:
Everything I Have Is Yours (on 1960-02-05)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Burton Lane
The Benny Carter Quartet3:33
3I Understand
The Benny Carter Quartet3:04
4All Or Nothing At All
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1960-02-05)
bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1960-02-05)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (on 1960-02-05)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1960-02-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blue Note Records (this is the record company; for release labels use its imprint “Blue Note”)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1960-02-05)
cover recording of:
All or Nothing at All (on 1960-02-05)
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
composer:
Arthur Altman and Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996), Range Road Music Inc. and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
The Benny Carter Quartet3:16
5I'll Never Smile Again
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1960-02-05)
bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1960-02-05)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (on 1960-02-05)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1960-02-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blue Note Records (this is the record company; for release labels use its imprint “Blue Note”)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1960-02-05)
cover recording of:
I’ll Never Smile Again (on 1960-02-05)
lyricist and composer:
Ruth Lowe
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996), Pickwick Music (publisher), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
The Benny Carter Quartet2:22
6If I Loved You
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1960-02-05)
bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1960-02-05)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (on 1960-02-05)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1960-02-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blue Note Records (this is the record company; for release labels use its imprint “Blue Note”)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1960-02-05)
cover recording of:
If I Loved You (Carousel) (on 1960-02-05)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Carousel (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
The Benny Carter Quartet3:43
7Far Away Places
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1960-02-05)
bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1960-02-05)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (on 1960-02-05)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1960-02-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blue Note Records (this is the record company; for release labels use its imprint “Blue Note”)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1960-02-05)
cover recording of:
Far Away Places (on 1960-02-05)
writer:
Alex Kramer (in 1948) and Joan Whitney (in 1948)
publisher:
Laurel Music Corp.
The Benny Carter Quartet3:22
8I Should Care
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1960-02-05)
bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1960-02-05)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (on 1960-02-05)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1960-02-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blue Note Records (this is the record company; for release labels use its imprint “Blue Note”)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1960-02-05)
cover recording of:
I Should Care (on 1960-02-05)
writer:
Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl and Paul Weston
publisher:
Cahn Music Company, Dorsey Brothers Music, Hanover Music Corp., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Peermusic (UK) Limited and Stordahl Music Publishing
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
The Benny Carter Quartet3:58
9For All We Know
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1960-02-05)
bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1960-02-05)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (on 1960-02-05)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1960-02-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blue Note Records (this is the record company; for release labels use its imprint “Blue Note”)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1960-02-05)
cover recording of:
For All We Know (1934 song) (on 1960-02-05)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) (in 1934)
composer:
J. Fred Coots (in 1934)
publisher:
Bienstock Publishing Company (ASCAP affiliated) (ended), Cromwell Music, Inc. (ended), EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (ended), Leo Feist, Inc. (ended), Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) (ended), Tro-Cromwell Music, Inc. (ended), John F. Coots Jr. Trust Music, Sis ’n Bro Music Company and Toy Town Tunes, Inc.
The Benny Carter Quartet3:00
10I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1960-02-05)
bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1960-02-05)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (on 1960-02-05)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1960-02-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blue Note Records (this is the record company; for release labels use its imprint “Blue Note”)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1960-02-05)
instrumental recording of:
(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (on 1960-02-05)
lyricist:
Bing Crosby and Ned Washington
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., EMI Harmonies Ltd., Mills Music Limited and Mills Music, Inc.
The Benny Carter Quartet2:48
11The One I Love
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1960-02-05)
bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1960-02-05)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (on 1960-02-05)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1960-02-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blue Note Records (this is the record company; for release labels use its imprint “Blue Note”)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1960-02-05)
The Benny Carter Quartet3:05
12Moon Of Manakoora
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1960-02-05)
bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1960-02-05)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (on 1960-02-05)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1960-02-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blue Note Records (this is the record company; for release labels use its imprint “Blue Note”)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1960-02-05)
cover recording of:
The Moon of Manakoora (on 1960-02-05)
lyricist:
Frank Loesser
writer:
Loesser and Newman
composer:
Alfred Newman
The Benny Carter Quartet2:40
13June In January
Benny Carter And His Orchestra3:12
14February Fiesta
Benny Carter And His Orchestra1:55
15March Wind
Benny Carter And His Orchestra3:16
16I'll Remember April
Benny Carter And His Orchestra3:21
17One Morning In May
Benny Carter And His Orchestra2:49
18June Is Bustin' Out All Over
Benny Carter And His Orchestra2:59
19Sleigh Ride In July
Benny Carter And His Orchestra2:50
20August Moon
Benny Carter And His Orchestra3:39
21September Song
Benny Carter And His Orchestra2:39
22Something For October
Benny Carter And His Orchestra2:53
23Swingin' In November
Benny Carter And His Orchestra3:02
24Roses In December
Benny Carter And His Orchestra2:36
25February Fiesta (Mono Alternate Take)
Benny Carter And His Orchestra1:55
26August Moon (Mono Alternate Take)
Benny Carter And His Orchestra3:35