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- Artist: Benny Carter
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- Release Date: July 17, 2007
- Type: Compilation (best of), Instrumental
- Genre: Jazz
Review
Volume eleven in the complete Classics Benny Carter chronology presents 14 outstanding tracks recorded during the summer and autumn of 1954 and subsequently released on producer Norman Granz's Norgran label. Recorded in Los Angeles on June 23, 1954, tracks one through eight are strikingly beautiful studies for alto saxophone with backing by pianist Don Abney, bassist George Duvivier and drummer Louie Bellson. These are some of the loveliest selections in the entire Benny Carter discography. Back in New York on September 14, 1954, Carter waxed four more standards in the company of trombonist Bill Harris and Granz's preferred rhythm section: Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Buddy Rich. On Carter's own "Marriage Blues" and Cole Porter's "Just One of Those Things" Dizzy Gillespie joined the group, blew his horn and stirred things up a bit. ~ arwulf arwulf, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Moonglow | Benny Carter | (2:48) | |
| My One and Only Love | Guy Wood, Robert Mellin | Benny Carter | (3:55) |
| Our Love Is Here to Say | Benny Carter | (3:39) | |
| This Can't Be Love | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | Benny Carter | (3:27) |
| Tenderly | Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence | Benny Carter | (3:41) |
| Unforgettable | Benny Carter | (3:25) | |
| Ruby | Benny Carter | (4:36) | |
| Moon Song | Benny Carter | (4:01) | |
| Laura | David Raksin, Johnny Mercer | Benny Carter | (7:42) |
| That Old Black Magic | Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer | Benny Carter | (6:48) |
| Angel Eyes | Benny Carter | (3:28) | |
| The Song Is You | Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern | Benny Carter | (4:50) |
| Marriage Blues | Benny Carter | (7:46) | |
| Just One of Those Things | Cole Porter | Benny Carter | (6:09) |
