Benny Carter

Artist:  Benny Carter
Birth Name:  Bennett Lester Carter
Born:  August 8, 1907.  Harlem, New York, USA
Died:  July 12, 2003 (Aged 95).  Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Bandleader
Instruments:  Saxophone, Trumpet, Clarinet

Benny Carter was an American Jazz Alto Saxophonist, Clarinet, Trumpet, Composer, and Bandleader.  Other Jazz musicians called him King.  He performed with major artists such as Billie Holiday, Charlie Johnson's Paradise Ten, Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson and more!. He was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987 and won a Grammy Award for his solo "Prelude To A Kiss", and receive a star on Hollywood Walk Of Fame in 1994.

Title:  Further Definitions/Jazz Giant  (2012)
Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Label:  American Jazz Classics
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

Further Definitions (1961):

 1.  Honeysuckle Rose  (3:54)
 2.  The Midnight Sun Will Never Set  (4:01)
 3.  Crazy Rhythm  (3:26)
 4.  Blue Star  (5:24)
 5.  Cotton Tail  (4:28)
 6.  Body And Soul  (4:13)
 7.  Cherry  (4:57)
 8.  Doozy  (3:33)

Bonus CD:

Jazz Giant (1958):

 9.  Old Fashioned Love  (7:51)
10. I'm Coming Virginia  (5:49)
11. A Walkin' Thing  (6:01)
12. Blue Lou  (4:59)
13. Ain't She Sweet  (3:41)
14. How Can You Lose  (6:15)
15. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me  (4:40)

Personnel:

Further Definitions (1961):

Benny Carter:  Alto Saxophone
Phil Woods:  Alto Saxophone
Coleman Hawkins"  Tenor Saxophone
Charlie Rouse:  Tenor Saxophone
John Collins:  Guitar
Dick Katz:  Piano
Jimmy Garrison:  Bass
Shelly Manne:  Drums

Bonus CD:

Jazz Giant (1958):

Benny Carter:  Alto Saxophone
Ben Webster:  Tenor Saxophone on Tracks:  13, 15
Frank Rosolino:  Trombone on Tracks:  13, 15
Andre Previn:  Piano on Tracks:  9, 12, 15
Jimmy Rowles:  Piano on Tracks:  10, 11
Barney Kessel:  Guitar
Leroy Vinnegar:  Bass
Shelly Manne:  Drums

Further Definitions/Jazz Giant is 2 LP on 1 CD.  The original classic album Further Definitions, which received a 4.5-star rating in Down Beat Magazine, originally released in 1961 by Impulse!, included a Bonus Album Jazz Giant, originally in 1958, Contemporary, by Benny Carter, remastered and reissued in 2012 by American Jazz Classics, featuring Coleman Hawkins, Phil Woods, Charlie Rouse, Ben Webster and more!.