Jazz Giant

by Benny Carter

Jazz Giant cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1958
  • Label: Contemporary
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:03
  • Community rating: 3.87/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The veteran alto saxophonist and arranger leads an exceptional studio ensemble featuring Ben Webster and Frank Rosolino. The session effortlessly bridges the gap between pre-war swing elegance and the sophisticated, relaxed sensibilities of the contemporary West Coast movement.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, improvisation

Tracklist

  1. Old Fashioned Love (7:48)
  2. I'm Coming Virginia (5:47)
  3. A Walkin' Thing (5:58)
  4. Blue Lou (4:57)
  5. Ain't She Sweet (3:38)
  6. How Can You Lose (6:13)
  7. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me (4:39)

Credits

  • Benny Carter - primary artist, alto saxophone, trumpet, written-by
  • Leroy Vinnegar - bass
  • Robert Guidi - design [cover design]
  • Shelly Manne - drums
  • Roy DuNann - engineer
  • Barney Kessel - guitar
  • Nat Hentoff - liner notes
  • William Claxton - photography by [cover photo of carter by]
  • André Previn - piano
  • Jimmy Rowles - piano
  • Lester Koenig - producer
  • Ben Webster - tenor saxophone
  • Frank Rosolino - trombone
  • Cecil Mack - written-by
  • James Price Johnson - written-by
  • Donald Heywood - written-by
  • Will Marion Cook - written-by
  • Edgar Sampson - written-by
  • Irving Mills - written-by
  • Jack Yellen - written-by
  • Milton Ager - written-by
  • Arthur N. Swanstone - written-by
  • Carey Morgan - written-by
  • Charles R. McCarron - written-by

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