Benny Carter and the Jazz Giants

Joe Pass (Performer), Barney Kessel (Performer), Ben Webster (Performer), Eddie Lockjaw Davis (Performer), Coleman Hawkins (Performer), Harry Sweets Edison (Performer), Johnny Hodges (Performer), Dizzy Gillespie (Performer), Clark Terry (Performer), Mel Lewis (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• ASIN: B000Y0GINO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #888,244 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

This compilation is almost like Benny Carter's latter-period "greatest hits." It has many of his more famous tunes, it's loaded with the very best players in swing-to-bop jazz, and it's thoughtfully programmed by compiler Eric Miller. Carter plays alto sax on all the cuts, save his epic opus "When Lights Are Low." This CD would be a good starter set for any collector not yet hip to this true giant of jazz. -----------------____-----------------------------------------__Personnel includes: Benny Carter (alto saxophone, trumpet); Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Harry "Sweets" Edison, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Sherock, Clark Terry (trumpet); Barney Bigard (clarinet); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Art Tatum, Count Basie, Oscar Peterson (piano); Barney Kessel, Joe Pass (guitar); Milt Hinton, Sam Jones (bass); Grady Tate, Shelly Manne, Louis Bellson (drums). 1. Wonderland 2. A Walkin' Thing 3. The Courtship 4. Malibu 5. Sweet Lorraine 6. When Lights Are Low 7. My Kind Of Trouble Is You 8. (I'm Left With The) Blues In My Heart 9. Moten Swing 10. C Jam Blues 11. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)