Artist:Benny Carter
Song:June In January
Album:3, 4, 5:The Verve Small Group Sessions
Sax legend Benny Carter's career spanned seven decades. He was born Aug. 8, 1907 in New York City. He made his recording debut in 1927 and was part of Fletcher Henderson's orchestra in 1930-31. He had his own band in 1932 and then moved to Europe in 1935. He moved to Los Angeles in 1943 and was a regular on Norman Granz' Jazz At The Philharmonic series in the 50s. The mid 50s is the period this comp comes from. Carter made several LPs on Granz' Norgran label. Some of them were only released in Japan. That appears to be true for this version of June In January with Teddy Wilson on piano and Jo Jones on drums. So this comp is a pretty good document of Carter's recordings from the 50s. Benny Carter remained an active musician into the 90s and died on July 12, 2003 at age 95. Here's Benny Carter with Coleman Hawkins, Teddy Wilson & Louis Bellson performing Blue Lue at one of the JATP concerts from the 60s.
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