New Jazz Sounds: The Urbane Sessions

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NEW JAZZ SOUNDS: THE URBANE SESSIONS is a two disc set. The first disc includes orchestral performances from THE FORMIDABLE BENNY CARTER and THE URBANE BENNY CARTER. The second disc comes from Carter's collaboration with Roy Eldridge in 1955. Personnel includes: Benny Carter (alto saxophone); Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge (trumpet); Bill Harris (trombone); Gerry Wiggins, Oscar Peterson, Bruce McDonald (piano); Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel (guitar); Red Callender, Ray Brown, John Simmons (bass); Buddy Rich, Alvin Stoller, Bill Douglas, J.C. Heard (drums); Joe Glover. Recorded between September 18, 1952 and March 21, 1955. Personnel: Benny Carter (alto saxophone); Benjamin Barrett (vocals, violin); Herb Ellis, Jack Marshall, Ray Brown , Barney Kessel (guitar); John DeVoogdt, George Kast, Anatol Kaminsky, Henry Hill , Cyril Towbin, Jack Shulman, Samuel Cytron, Sam Albert (violin); Armand Karpoff (viola, cello); Abraham Weiss, Joseph DiFiore, Louis Kievman (viola); Raphael Kramer (cello); Roy Eldridge (trumpet, flugelhorn, piano); Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet); Pullman Pederson, Francis Howard, Hoyt Bohannon, Juan Tizol, Bill Harris (trombone); Gale Robinson, Joseph Eger, John Graas (horns); Bruce McDonald, Gerry Wiggins, Oscar Peterson (piano); J.C. Heard , Jackie Mills, Alvin Stoller, Buddy Rich (drums). Liner Note Author: Francis Davis. Recording information: Fine Sound Studio, New York, NY (09/18/1952-03/23/1955); Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA (09/18/1952-03/23/1955); Reeves Sound Studio, New York, NY (09/18/1952-03/23/1955). Editor: Peter Pullman. Photographers: Popsy Randolph; Allan Grant; Ray Avery; William Claxton. Arrangers: Joe Glover; Benny Carter . The remarkable Benny Carter, who had first recorded 25 years earlier, was not even halfway through with his career when he started making sessions for Verve. This double CD wraps up the complete reissuance of all of his Verve albums. The distinctive and lyrical altoist is backed by strings throughout the first disc (16 songs plus ten alternate takes), but there is nothing sleepy about the music. The string arrangements (half by Joe Glover and half by Carter himself) are tasteful and provide a cushion for Carter's melodic but unpredictable horn; this is far from mere mood music. Most of the second disc matches the ageless altoist with trumpeter Roy Eldridge and a rhythm section. Some heat is generated, and most unusual are four unique numbers on which Eldridge duets with drummer Alvin Stoller (one has Roy overdubbing some basic piano), although Roy mostly follows the chord changes. In addition, there is a leftover alternate take from a Carter session with the Oscar Peterson quartet and two exciting selections in a sextet with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and trombonist Bill Harris. Easily recommended, this is a perfectly conceived series. ~ Scott Yanow
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