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:  Jazz Giant (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series) 

 (2022)

Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  Craft Recordings

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Old Fashioned Love  (7:51)
 2.  I'm Coming Virginia  (5:49)
 3.  A Walkin' Thing  (6:01)

Side 2:

 1.  Blue Lou  (4:59)
 2.  Ain't She Sweet  (3:41)
 3.  How Can You Lose  (6:15)
 4.  Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me  (4:40)

Personnel:

Benny Carter:  Alto Saxophone, Trumpet
Ben Webster:  Tenor Saxophone on Tracks:  !/1-3. 2/1, 3
Frank Rosolino:  Trombone on Tracks:  13, 15
Andre Previn:  Piano on Tracks:  a/1, 2/1-4
Jimmy Rowles:  Piano on Tracks:  1/2, 3
Barney Kessel:  Guitar
Leroy Vinnegar:  Bass
Shelly Manne:  Drums

Jazz Giant is an album by Benny Carter, originally released in 1958 by Contemporary Records, remastered and reissued on December 16, 2022 by Craft Recordings.  Pressed on 180 Gram Vinyl.