Benny Carter - All Of Me (1991) 320 kbps

Tracklist

1 All Of Me
2 Cuddle up, Huddle Up
3 Ev'ry Goodbye Ain't Gone
4 Babalu
5 Midnight
6 My Favorite Blues
7 Lullaby to a Dream
8 What A Difference A Day Made
9 Sunday
10 Ill Wind (alternate take)
11 Back Bay Boogie
12 Tree of Hope
13 35th and Calumet
14 The Sheik Of Araby
15 Push-Out
16 Confession
17 Boulevard Bounce
18 The Lonely Beat
19 The Mugger
20 The Juke Box
21 Phantom Raiders

A strong sampling of Benny Carter's music is heard in this hodgepodge CD reissue. Twelve of the altoist's 16 Bluebird big-band recordings of 1940-41 (including a previously unissued version of "Ill Wind") precede nine titles gathered from a wide variety of sessions with one song apiece taken from dates led by Mezz Mezzrow, Willie Bryant, Ethel Waters, Artie Shaw and Lucky Thompson and four performances reissued from Carter's soundtrack album of his score for the M Squad in 1959. Obviously not a set recommended to completists (the European Classics series is much preferred), the high quality of the music ("All of Me" has a classic Carter arrangement) makes this a worthwhile purchase for more casual collectors.