Swingin'_the_'20s
Swingin' the '20s
1959 studio album by Benny Carter Quartet
Swingin' the '20s is an album by saxophonist Benny Carter's Quartet with pianist Earl Hines, recorded in 1958 and released on the Contemporary label.[1][2]
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Swingin' the '20s | ||||
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Studio album by Benny Carter Quartet | ||||
Released | 1959 (1959) | |||
Recorded | November 2, 1958 | |||
Studio | Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 45:16 | |||
Label | Contemporary | |||
Producer | Lester Koenig | |||
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Allmusic | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [4] |
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At Allmusic, Scott Yanow wrote, "but the results of this 1958 session are relaxed rather than explosive. Carter and Hines explore a dozen tunes with respect and light swing, but one wishes that there were a bit more competitiveness to replace some of the mutual respect".[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that "The rhythm section was one of the best money could buy at the time", but that the album was "generally pretty bland".[4]
- "Thou Swell" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:50
- "My Blue Heaven" (Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting) - 3:18
- "Just Imagine" (Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) - 2:31
- "If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)" (James P. Johnson, Henry Creamer) - 2:40
- "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) - 5:00
- "Who's Sorry Now?" (Ted Snyder, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) - 2:23
- "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" (Sam M. Lewis, Ted Fio Rito, Joe Young) - 2:24
- "All Alone" (Irving Berlin) - 3:20
- "Mary Lou" (J. Russel Robinson, Abe Lyman, George Waggner) - 2:50
- "In a Little Spanish Town" (Mabel Wayne, Lewis, Young) - 3:12
- "Someone to Watch over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:08
- "A Monday Date" (Earl Hines) - 3:08
- "Who's Sorry Now?" [alternate take] (Snyder, Kalmar, Ruby) - 2:44 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" [alternate take] (Lewis, Fio Rito, Young) - 2:38 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "All Alone" [alternate take] (Berlin) - 3:10 Bonus track on CD reissue
- Benny Carter – alto saxophone, trumpet
- Earl Hines – piano
- Leroy Vinnegar – double bass
- Shelly Manne – drums
- Contemporary Records discography accessed June 8, 2015
- Encilopedia del Jazz: Benny Carter, accessed June 7, 2019
- Yanow, Scott. Swingin' the 20s – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.