Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Benny Carter - Swingin' The '20s

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 45:15
Size: 103.6 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz, Jump blues
Year: 1958/1988/2013
Art: Front

[2:49] 1. Thou Swell
[3:17] 2. My Blue Heaven
[2:32] 3. Just Imagine
[2:39] 4. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
[4:59] 5. Sweet Lorraine
[2:22] 6. Who's Sorry Now
[2:23] 7. Whio's Sorry Now (Alternate Take)
[3:20] 8. Laugh! Clown! Laugh!
[2:50] 9. Laugh! Clown! Laugh! (Alternate Take)
[3:13] 10. All Alone
[3:09] 11. All Alone (Alternate Take)
[3:07] 12. Mary Lou
[2:43] 13. In A Little Spanish Town
[2:36] 14. Someone To Watch Over Me
[3:08] 15. A Monday Date

Combining altoist Benny Carter with pianist Earl Hines in a quartet is an idea with plenty of potential, but the results of this 1958 session are relaxed rather than explosive. Carter and Hines explore a dozen tunes (standards as well as forgotten songs like "All Alone" and "Mary Lou") with respect and light swing, but one wishes that there were a bit more competitiveness to replace some of the mutual respect. [Originally released in 1958, Swingin' the Twenties was digitally remastered on CD in 1988 and includes bonus tracks.] ~Scott Yanow

Swingin' The '20s

1 comment:

  1. Thank you very much Mat Tiggas, this is a very enjoyable session and one that I used to have on LP.

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