1946-1948

by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Benny Carter

Overview

Benny Carter, like Coleman Hawkins, spent the '40s rubbing shoulders with bebop's young Turks, while mostly maintaining the style he forged during the early jazz and swing years. Possibly, like Hawkins again, Carter's '30s stay in Europe opened him up to the progressive nature of jazz and the necessity of always taking advantage of the music's complexities and malleability. And while Carter didn't ape Charlie Parker's alto flights or become a fixture at Minton's Playhouse, he did head up some fine big bands that featured the likes of Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, J.J. Johnson, Max Roach, and Howard McGhee, to name a few bebop figures. This Classics discs takes in some of Carter's adventurous big band sides from 1946-1948, including a California outfit with Davis and Gerald Wilson. On the more traditional end, Carter is also heard with swing contemporaries like Buck Clayton and Ben Webster. A fine document of the fertile transition from swing to bebop. ~ Stephen Cook

Product Details

Release Date:	05/04/1999
Label:	Classics
UPC:	3307517104328

Tracks

1. Melodrama in a V-Disc Record Room (Jump Call)
2. I Can't Get Started
3. He's Funny That Way
4. Moonglow
5. Give Me Something to Remember You By
6. Oh, Lady Be Good
7. Deep Purple
8. Back Bay Boogie
9. Prelude to a Kiss
10. Rebop Boogie
11. Twelve O'Clock Jump
12. Your Conscience Tells You So
13. Mexican Hat Dance
14. Sweet Georgia Brown
15. Out of My Way
16. What'll It Be
17. Cadillac Slim
18. Baby You're Mine for Keeps
19. You'll Never Break My Heart Again
20. Chilpanicingo
21. An Old Love Story
22. Reina (My Lovely Queen)
23. Let Us Drink a Toast Together
24. June Comes Around Every Year
25. Forever Blue

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Benny Carter & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Benny Carter   Primary Artist,Trumpet,Clarinet,Director,Sax (Alto)
James Cannady   Guitar
Harold Clark   Sax (Tenor)
John Morris   Trombone
John Simmons   Bass
Louis Taylor   Trombone
Wallace Jones   Trumpet
Percy Brice   Drums
Max Roach   Drums
Miles Davis   Trumpet
George Washington   Trombone
Buck Clayton   Trumpet
Jewell L. Grant   Sax (Alto)
Dallas Bartley   Bass
Henry Coker   Trombone
Herman Mitchell   Guitar
Sonny White   Bass,Drums,Piano,Guitar
The Enchanters   Vocals
Emmett Berry   Trumpet
Paul Cohen   Trumpet
Kay Starr   Vocals
Al Grey   Trombone
Gerald Wilson   Trumpet
Willard Brown   Sax (Alto),Sax (Baritone)
Porter Kilbert   Sax (Alto)
Louis Gray   Trumpet
Charles Drayton   Bass
Irving Lewis   Trumpet
John Taylor   Sax (Baritone)
Walter Williams   Trumpet
Hubert "Bumps" Myers   Sax (Tenor)
Clarence "Candy" Ross   Trombone
Henry Tucker   Drums
Larry Stewart   Vocals
Alton Moore   Trombone
Charley Johnson   Trombone
Lu Elliott   Vocals
Rufus Webster   Piano
Thomas Moultrie   Bass
Robert Decker   Vocals
Ira Pettiford   Trumpet
Big Sid Catlett   Drums,Vocals
Jack Marshall   Guitar
Ben Webster   Sax (Tenor)

Technical Credits

George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Maceo Pinkard   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Howard Dietz   Composer
Neil Moret   Composer
Richard A. Whiting   Composer
Tiny Grimes   Composer
Mitchell Parish   Composer
Arthur Schwartz   Composer
Will Hudson   Composer
Kenneth Casey   Composer
Benny Carter   Composer
Ben Bernie   Composer
Ben Webster   Composer
Peter DeRose   Composer
Anatol Schenker   Liner Notes
Traditional   Composer
Big Sid Catlett   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
Eddie DeLange   Composer
Irving Mills   Composer
Vernon Duke   Composer
Irving Gordon   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Don Raye   Composer