1952-54

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:56:29
Personnel: Ray Linn (vocals, trumpet); Maxwell Smith, Gil Mershon, Gloria Wood, Sue Allen (vocals); Ulysses Livingston, Jack Marshall, Al Hendrickson, Rene Hall, Barney Kessel (guitar); Gail Laughton (harp); Mischa Russell, Nick Pisani, George Kast, Benjamin Barrett, Anatol Kaminsky, Henry Hill , John Peter DeVoogt, Felix Slatkin, Erno Neufeld, Cyril Towbin, Benny Gill, Jack Shulman, Samuel Cytron, Sam Albert, Harry Bluestone (violin); Abraham Weiss, Joseph DiFiore, Louis Kievman, Paul Robyn, William Hymanson (viola); Armand Kaproff, Raphael Kramer, Eleanor Slatkin (cello); Phil Shuken, Salvator Franzella, Jess Carneol (reeds); Eddie Barefield (alto saxophone); Lucky Thompson, Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Willard Brown, Bob Lawson (baritone saxophone); Milt Bernhart, Manny Klein, Doc Cheatham, Ernie Royal, Rubin Zarchy, Taft Jordan, Dick Vance (trumpet); Frank Rehak, Pullman Pederson, Bill Schaefer, Hoyt Bohannon, Francis L. "Joe" Howard, Juan Tizol, Claude Jones (trombone); John J. Grass, Gale Robinson, Joseph Eger (horns); Paul "Scooby" Smith, Gerald Wiggins , Gerry Wiggins, Oscar Peterson, Billy Taylor (piano); George Jenkins, J.C. Heard , Jackie Mills, Alvin Stoller, Milt Holland (drums). Liner Note Author: Anatol Schenker. Recording information: Los Angeles, CA (07/16/1952-01/04/1954); New York, NY (07/16/1952-01/04/1954). Volume ten in the complete chronological recordings of Benny Carter, as compiled and presented on compact disc in 2006 by the Classics label, contains most of the originally issued master takes from his Verve and Victor sessions which transpired in New York and Los Angeles during the period between July 26, 1952 and January 4, 1954. What didn't make it onto this disc was a chunk of the Carter discography dating from August and October 1952, including the material released as the Alone Together album by "Benny Carter with the Oscar Peterson Trio and Buddy Rich" and a couple of tunes by Benny Carter's Orchestra with vocals by Savannah Churchill. Tracks one-three are performed by a solid little octet, while tracks four and six exhibit all the traits of polished early-'50s studio production, laying it on thickly using a large studio orchestra glazed with strings, a harp, and neatly harmonized group vocals. Even so, Carter sounds marvelous out in front with his creamy alto sax. Tracks five, seven, and eight are even better examples of Benny Carter's early-'50s sound. Tracks nine-twelve, played by Carter and a quartet led by pianist Oscar Peterson, were issued on a 10" long-playing Verve record with the word "Cosmopolite" on the cover. The remaining selections on this disc feature the Benny Carter Quartet augmented by a string and wind ensemble arranged and conducted by Joe Glover. At no point during this portion of his career did Carter sound like he was selling out or succumbing to convention. True, the addition of strings, beefed up orchestral charts, and especially the oozy vocals on "I Wanna Go Home" signal a momentary concession to perceived notions of popular taste, but in the larger scheme of things, and especially when placed into context as a relatively brief chapter in the remarkably long life and career of Benny Carter, this is pleasant enough stuff and it's precisely what Carter thought he needed to do during the early 1950s. ~ arwulf arwulf
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)