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- Artist: Benny Carter
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- Release Date: November 05, 1996
- Total Time: 70:58
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Jazz
Review
Volume eight in the Masters of Jazz history of early Benny Carter is set in various corners of the Netherlands and in Paris, France. On March 27, 1937, while visiting Laren in northern Holland, Carter made a series of swing records with the Ramblers, a nine-piece band under the direction of Teho Uden Masman. Sounding very much at home jamming in the company of individuals with names like Kees, Sal and Wim, Carter blew trumpet, clarinet, and alto and tenor saxophones. Tracks one through eight document this session for posterity; each title was recorded twice. Tracks nine through twelve were recorded in Paris on April 28, 1937, under the aegis of Coleman Hawkins and His All-Star Jam Band. These marvelously uplifting performances combined the energies of reedmen Hawkins, Carter, Andre Ekyan, and Alix Combelle with those of violinist Stéphane Grappelli, guitarist Django Reinhardt, string bassist Eugene D'Hellemmes and ex-Jelly Roll Morton drummer Tommy Benford. Carter blows trumpet on tracks 11 and 12, and the clarinet solo on "Sweet Georgia Brown" is by Combelle. The remaining tracks (13 through 25) were recorded in The Hague on August 17 and 18, 1937 by two different groups billed as Benny Carter's Orchestra. The first was a 13-piece big band; the second, heard on tracks 18 through 25, featured tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins. Like most volumes in the Masters of Jazz series, this compilation fairly bristles with alternate takes. Seven of the titles are played twice and "My Buddy" occurs thrice. Unless you have a hankering to compare the solos and subtle nuances of multiple renditions, it might be wise to seek out the master takes from these historical swing sessions. ~ arwulf arwulf, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Black Bottom | Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson | Benny Carter | (3:00) |
| Black Bottom [#] | Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson | Benny Carter | (3:00) |
| Rambler's Rhythm [#] | Benny Carter | (2:32) | |
| Rambler's Rhythm | Benny Carter | (2:29) | |
| New Street Swing | Benny Carter | (2:29) | |
| New Street Swing [#] | Benny Carter | (2:32) | |
| I'll Never Give In [#] | James P. Johnson | Benny Carter | (2:42) |
| I'll Never Give In | James P. Johnson | Benny Carter | (2:42) |
| Honeysuckle Rose | Fats Waller, Andy Razaf | Benny Carter, |
(2:48) |
| Crazy Rhythm | Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn | Benny Carter, |
(3:04) |
| (You Came Along From) Out of Nowhere | Johnny Green, Edward Heyman | Benny Carter, |
(3:22) |
| Sweet Georgia Brown | Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey | Benny Carter, |
(3:04) |
| Skip It | Benny Carter | (2:56) | |
| Lazy Afternoon | Benny Carter | (3:02) | |
| I Ain't Got Nobody | Roger Graham, Spencer Williams, Dave Peyton | (3:10) | |
| I Ain't Got Nobody | Roger Graham, Spencer Williams, Dave Peyton | (3:03) | |
| Blues in My Heart | Irving Mills, Benny Carter | (2:32) | |
| Somebody Loves Me | George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald | (2:46) | |
| Somebody Loves Me | George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald | (2:47) | |
| Mighty Like the Blues | Leonard Feather | (3:03) | |
| Pardon Me, Pretty Baby | (2:58) | ||
| Pardon Me, Pretty Baby | (2:58) | ||
| My Buddy | Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn | (2:45) | |
| My Buddy | Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn | (2:41) | |
| My Buddy [#] | Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn | (2:33) |
