Benny Carter - Jazz Giant (1958) 320 kbps+CD Rip

Tracklist

01 - Old Fashioned Love
02 - I'm Coming Virginia
03 - A Walkin' Thing
04 - Blue Lou
05 - Ain't She Sweet
06 - How Can You Lose
07 - Blues My Naughty Sweety Gives to Me

personnel :

Benny Carter - alto saxophone, trumpet
Ben Webster - saxophone
Frank Rosolino - trombone
Andre Previn - piano
Jimmy Rowles - piano
Barney Kessel - guitar
Leroy Vinnegar - bass
Shelly Manne - drums

Benny Carter had already been a major jazz musician for nearly 30 years when he recorded this particularly strong septet session for Contemporary. With notable contributions from tenor saxophonist Ben Webster, trombonist Frank Rosolino and guitarist Barney Kessel, Carter (who plays a bit of trumpet on "How Can You Lose") is in superb form on a set of five standards and two of his originals. This timeless music is beyond the simple categories of "swing" or "bop" and should just be called "classic."