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BENNY CARTER - THE CLASSIC YEARS


Title
The Classic Years


Artist

Benny Carter

Benny Carter had a remarkable and productive career would be an extreme understatement. As an altoist, arranger, composer, bandleader, and occasional trumpeter, Carter was at the top of his field since at least 1928, and in the late '90s, Carter was as strong an altoist at the age of 90 as he was in 1936 (when he was merely 28). His gradually evolving style did not change much through the decades, but neither did it become at all stale or predictable except in its excellence. Benny Carter was a major figure in every decade of the 20th century since the 1920s, and his consistency and longevity were unprecedented.



Tracklist


Disc 1

“Sweet Georgia Brown”

“Malibu”

“I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good”

“All Of Me”

“Jump Call” (Melodrama in a voice record room)

“Krazy Kapers

“I’m In The Mood For Swing”

“The Fable Of A Fool”

“Swingin’ At Maida Vale”

“Pick Yourself Up”

“I Can’t Believe That You Are In Love With Me

“Waltzing The Blues”

“Back Bay Boogie”

“I’ve got Two Lips”

“Poinciana”

“Blue Interlude”

“Prelude To A Kiss”

“Dee Blues”

“More Than You Know” (vocal Roy Felton)

“I Surrender Dear”

“Once Upon A Time”

“Smack”

“Pastorale”

“Cadillac Slim”

“Swing It”

“Riffa Marole”


Disc 2

“Nagasaki”

“Stardust”

“Blues In My Heart”

“Gone With The Wind”

“St Louis Blues” (Billie Holiday – Vocal)

“Bugle Call Rag”

“Sleep”

“I’d Love It”

“Somebody Loved Me”

“Shufflebag Shuffle”

“Nightfall”

“Long Ago And Far Away”

“Melancoly Lullaby”

“Keep A Song In Your Soul”

“When The Lights Are Low”

(Elizabeth Welch – Vocal)

“Gin And Jive”

“OK For Baby”

“I’m Coming Virginia”

“Lazy Afternoon”

“Shoe Shiner’s Drag”

“Lonesome Nights (Take My Word)”

“Symphony In Riffs”

“Crazy Rhythm”

“Sunday”

“Farewell Blues”