HIS EIGHT FINEST (4CD)
by BENNY CARTER
Compact Disc - 4 CD Box Set
EN4CD9187
OVERVIEW
This 4 CD set contains eight of Benny Carter’s best ever records, all beautifully remastered, and presented elegantly in this new box set. Providing a superb starting point for those beginners wishing to extend their musical appreciation of this maverick genius, and a welcome reminder for those already somewhat versed, this compilation will prove a delight for anyone and everyone ready to swing.
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Benny Carter was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinettist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader - who, along with Johnny Hodges, was a pioneer of the alto-sax.
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This 4 CD set contains eight of Benny Carter’s best ever records, all beautifully remastered, and presented elegantly in this new box set. Providing a superb starting point for those beginners wishing to extend their musical appreciation of this maverick genius, and a welcome reminder for those already somewhat versed, this compilation will prove a delight for anyone and everyone ready to swing.
Label: ENLIGHTENMENT SERIES
This 4 CD set contains eight of Benny Carter’s best ever records, all beautifully remastered, and presented elegantly in this new box set. Providing a superb starting point for those beginners wishing to extend their musical appreciation of this maverick genius, and a welcome reminder for those already somewhat versed, this compilation will prove a delight for anyone and everyone ready to swing.
DISC ONE
1. Just One Of Those Things 5:07 2. Marriage Blues 7:33 3. Angel Eyes 3:24 4. That Old Black Magic 6:38 5. The Song Is You 4:40 6. This Can’t Be Love 3:20 7. Frenesi 4:31 8. I Still Love Him So 5:47 9. The Moon Is Low 6:07 10. I Missed My Hat 5:20 11. Ballad Medley 6:19 12. Polite Blues 5:49 13. Close your Eyes 2:40 14. Where’s Art 4:07 15. I Don’t Know 4:37 16. Striding 2:46 17. Wailing 3:10
DISC TWO
1. Old Fashioned Love 7:48 2. I’m Coming Virginia 5:46 3. A Walkin’ Thing 5:57 4. Blue Lou 4:56 5. Ain’t She Sweet 3:37 6. How Can you Lose 6:12 7. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me 4:40 8. Thou Swell 2:54 9. My Blue Heaven 3:22 10. Just Imagine 2:36 11. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) 2:43 12. Sweet Lorraine 5:04 13. Who’s Sorry Now 2:26 14. Laugh, Clown, Cry 3:22 15. All Alone 3:16 16. Mary Lou 3:10 17. In A Little Spanish Town 2:47 18. Someone To Watch Over Me 2:40 19. A Monday Date 3:11
DISC THREE
1. June In January 3:14 2. February Fiesta 1:57 3. March Wind 3:18 4. I’ll Remember April 3:23 5. One Morning In May 2:51 6. June Is Busting Out All Over 3:01 7. Sleigh Ride In July 2:53 8. August Moon 3:42 9. September Song 2:42 10. Something For October 2:55 11. Swingin’ In November 3:03 12. Roses In December 2:39 13. And The Angels Sing 2:59 14. Everything I have Is Yours 3:36 15. Understand 3:07 16. All Or Nothing At All 3:18 17. I’ll Never Smile Again 2:25 18. If I Loved You 3:46 19. Far Away Places 3:26 20. I Should Care 4:01 21. For All We Know 3:03 22. I Don’t Stand The Ghost Of A Chance 2:51 23. The One I Love 3:08 24. Moon Of Manakoora 2:43
DISC FOUR
1. Honeysuckle Rose 3:54 2. The Midnight Sun Will Never Set 4:01 3. Crazy Rhythm 3:26 4. Blue Star 5:24 5. Cotton Tail 4:28 6. Body And Soul 4:13 7. Cherry 4:57 8. Doozy 3:37 9. Opening Blues 10:14 10.Lula 7:46 11. When Lights Are Low 4:47 12. You Can’t Tell The Difference 12:07
