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The Music Master - Carter, Benny
Disc 1
1. Goodbye Blues 3:17
2. Cloudy Skies 2:54
3. Got Another Sweetie Now 2:59
4. Bugle Call Rag 2:49
5. Dee Blues 2:55
6. Swing It 3:10
7. Synthetic Love 3:25
8. Six Bells Stampede 2:39
9. Love, You're Not The One For Me 2:32
10. Sweet Sue, Just You 2:59
11. Blue Interlude 3:25
12. I Never Knew 3:03
13. Once Upon A Time 3:24
14. Krazy Kapers 3:28
15. Devil's Holiday 3:06
16. Lonesome Nights 3:33
17. Symphony In Riffs 3:03
18. Blue Lou 3:05
19. Shoot The Works 2:57
20. Dream Lullaby 3:09
21. Everybody Shuffle 3:02
22. These Foolish Things 3:00
23. Accent On Swing 2:49
Disc 2
1. When Lights Are Low 2:48
2. Blue Interlude 3:07
3. Gin And Jive 2:55
4. Nagasaki 2:57
5. There's A Small Hotel 3:05
6. I'm In The Mood For Swing 2:32
7. I'll Never Give In 2:40
8. Skip It 2:56
9. Lazy Afternoon 3:01
10. Blues In My Heart 2:33
11. Somebody Loves Me 2:46
12. Mighty Like The Blues 3:02
13. Pardon Me, Pretty Baby 2:57
14. My Buddy 2:47
15. Farewell Blues 3:13
16. Blue Light Blues 3:04
17. Melancholy Lullaby 2:55
18. When Lights Are Low 2:50
19. Riff Romp 2:55
20. Shufflebug Shuffle 2:45
21. Sleep 2:57
22. Fish Fry 3:10
23. Slow Freight 3:20
24. Night Hop 3:08
25. Pom Pom 2:50
Disc 3
1. O.K. For Baby 3:03
2. Smack 2:36
3. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me 4:12
4. Boogie Woogie Sugar Blues 3:06
5. All Of Me 3:20
6. Cuddle Up, Huddle Up 2:43
7. Midnight 3:16
8. Lullaby To A Dream 3:07
9. What A Difference A Day Made 3:02
10. Sunday 2:45
11. Back Bay Boogie 2:54
12. Poinciana 3:01
13. Love For Sale 3:01
14. I Can't Escape From You 3:21
15. I Can't Get Started 2:51
16. I Surrender Dear 3:03
17. Malibu 3:03
18. Forever Blues 2:37
19. Jump Call 2:53
20. Looking For A Boy 2:51
21. Rose Room 2:57
22. The Moon Is Low 2:48
23. Stairway To The Stars 3:07
24. Bye Bye Blues 2:44
25. I Dont Know Why I Love You, Like I Do 3:05
Disc 4
1. Moonglow 2:51
2. Give Me Something To Remember You By 2:47
3. Lady Be Good 2:38
4. Deep Purple 3:12
5. Sweet Georgia Brown 2:35
6. Out Of My Way 3:00
7. What'll It Be 3:16
8. Cadillac Slim 3:01
9. Jam Blues 14:19
10. What Is This Thing Called Love? 15:23
11. Funky Blues 13:11
12. Isn't It Romantic ? 3:40
13. Gone With The Wind 2:56
14. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good 2:55
15. Key Largo 3:06
DISCOGRAPHY
DISC ONE - ACCENT ON SWING
The Chocolate Dandies : Bobby Stark, tp; Jimmy Harrison, tb; Benny Carter, cl, as, voc, arr; Coleman Hawkins, ts; Horace Henderson, p; Benny Jackson or Clarence Holiday, g; John Kirby, b.
New York, December 3, 1930
4044566-A GOODYBYE BLUES
Same personnel as above, but John Kirby, tu; Jimmy Harrison, voc (-1)
New York, December 31, 1930
404596-B CLOUDY SKIES
404597-B GOT ANOTHER SWEETIE NOW (-1)
404598-B BUGLE CALL RAG
404599-B DEE BLUES
Benny Carter and his Orchestra : Benny Carter, tp, cl, as, voc, arr; Shad Collins, Leonard Davis, Bill Dillard, tp; George Washington, Wilbur De Paris, tb; Howard Johnson, as; Chu Berry, ts; Rod Rodriguez, p; Lawrence Lucie, g; Ernest Hill, b; Sid Catlett, d.
New York, March 14, 1933
265090-2 SWING IT
265091-3 SYNTHETIC LOVE
265092-2 SIX BELLS STAMPEDE
265093-2 LOVE, YOUâ??RE NOT THE ONE FOR ME
Spike Hughes and his Negro Orchestra : Henry "Red" Allen, tp; Dicky Wells, tb; Benny Carter, as; Coleman Hawkins, Chu Berry, ts; Rod Rodriguez, p; Lawrence Lucie, g; Spike Hughes, b; dir; Sid Catlett, d.
New York, May 18, 1933
13356-A SWEET SUE, JUST YOU
The Chocolate Dandies : Max Kaminsky, tp; Benny Carter, tp; as; Floyd Oâ??Brien, tb; Chu Berry, ts; Teddy Wilson, p; Lawrence Lucie, g; Ernest Hill, b; Sid Catlett, d.
New York, December 10, 1933
265156-2 BLUE INTERLUDE
265157-1 I NEVER KNEW
265158-1 ONCE UPON A TIME
265159-2 KRAZY KAPERS
Benny Carter and his Orchestra : Eddie Mallory, Bill Dillard, Dick Clark, tp; J.C. Higginbotham, Keg Johnson, Fred Robinson, tb; Benny Carter, cl, as, arr; Wayman Carner, fl, as; Glyn Paque, as; Johnny Russell, ts, Teddy Wilson, p; Lawrence Lucie, g; Ernest Hill,b; Sid Catlett, d.
New York, October 16, 1933
265160-1 DEVILâ??S HOLIDAY
265161-1 LONESOME NIGHTS
256162-2 SYMPHONY IN RIFFS
265163-2 BLUE LOU
Benny Carter and his Orchestra : Russell Smith, Otis Johnson, Irving Randolph, tp; Benny Morton, Keg Johnson, tb; Benny Carter, cl, as, arr; Ben Smith, Russell Procope, as; Ben Webster, ts; Teddy Wilson, p; Clarence Holiday, g; Elmer James, b; Walter Johnson, d.
New York, December 13, 1934
16412-1 SHOOT THE WORKS
16413-1 DREAM LULLABY
16414-1 EVERYBODY SHUFFLE
Benny Carter and his Orchestra : Max Goldberg, Tommy McQuater, Duncan Whyte, tp; Ted Heath, Bill Mulraney, tb; Benny Carter, cl, as, tp, arr; E.O. Pogson, as; Andy McDevitt, cl, as; Buddy Featherstonehaugh, ts; Pat Dodd, p; George Elliott, g; Al Burke, b; Ronnie Gubertini, d.
London, April 15, 1936
S-106-1 THESE FOOLISH THINGS
Benny Carter and his Orchestra : Max Goldberg, Tommy McQuater, tp; Leslie Thompson, tp, tb; Lew Davis, Ted Heath, tb; Benny Carter, as, arr; Freddy Gardner, Andy McDevitt, cl, as, Buddy Featherstonehaugh, ts; Billy Munn, p; Albert Harris, g; Wally Morris, b; George Elrick, d.
London, June, 1936
S-116-1 ACCENT ON SWING
DISC TWO - WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW
Benny Carter and his Swing Quartet : Benny Carter, as; Gene Rodgers, p; Bernard Addison, g; Wally Morris, b; George Elrick, d; Elisabeth Welch, voc.
London June 20, 1936
S-121-1 WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW
Benny Carter with Kai Ewansâ?? Orchestra : Axel Skouby, Olaf Carlsson, Kurt Pederson, tp; Peter Rasmussen, Palmer Traulsen, tb; Benny Carter, tp, d, as, arr; Kai Ewans, as; Aage Voss, cl, as; Knut Knutsson, Anker Skjoldborg, ts; Christian Jensen, p; Hans Ulrik Neumann, g; Kelof Nielsen, b; Eric Kragh, d.
Copenhagen, August 26, 1936
OCS-435-2 BLUE INTERLUDE
Benny Carter and his Orchestra : Leslie Thompson, Tommy McQuater, tp; Lew Davis, Bill Mulraney, tb; Benny Carter, tp, as, voc, arr; Freddy Gardner, Andy McDevitt, cl, as; George Evans, Buddy Featherstonehaugh, ts; Eddie Macauley, p; Albert Harris, g; Wally Morris, b; Al Craig, d.
London, January 11 to 16, 1937
S-140-2 GIN AND JIVE
S-141-2 NAGASAKI
S-142-2 THEREâ??S A SMALL HOTEL
S-143-2 Iâ??M IN THE MOOD FOR SWING
Benny Carter and the Ramblers : George van Helvoirt, Jack Bulterman, tp; Marcel Thielemans, tb; Wim Poppink, Andre van der Ouderaa, cl, as; Benny Carter, tp, ts, arr; Sal Doof, ts; Freddy Johnson, p; Jack Pet, b; Kees Kranenburg, d; Theo Uden Masman, dir.
Laren, March 24, 1932
AM-371-2 Iâ??LL NEVER GIVE IN
Benny Carter and his Orchestra : Sam Dasberg, Cliff Woodridge, Rolf Goldstein, tp; Benny Carter, tp; as, arr; George Chisholm, Harry van Oven, tb; Louis Stephenson, as, Bertie King, Jimmy Williams, ts; Freddy Johnson, p; Ray Webb, g; Len Harrison, b; Robert Montmarche, d.
Den Haag, August 17, 1937
AM-393-3 SKIP IT
AM-394-2 LAZY AFTERNOON
AM-396-1 BLUES IN MY HEART
Benny Carter and his Orchestra : Benny Carter, tp, as; George Chisholm, tb; Jimmy Williams, cl, as; Coleman Hawkins, ts; Freddy Johnson, p; Ray Webb, g; Len Harrison, b; Robert Montmarche, d.
Den Haag, August 18, 1937
AM-397-1 SOMEBODY LOVES ME
AM-398-3 MIGHTY LIKE THE BLUES
AM-399-1 PARDON ME, PRETTY BABY
AM-400-1 MY BUDDY
Benny Carter, tp, as; Fletcher Allen, as; Bertie King, cl, ts; Alix Combelle, ts, Yorke de Souza, p; Django Reinhardt, g; Len Harrison, b; Robert Montmarche, d.
Paris, March 7,1938
OSW-5-1 FAREWELL BLUES
OSW-6-1 BLUE LIGHT BLUES
Benny Carter and his Orchestra : Joe Thomas, Lincoln Mills, George Woodlen, tp; James Archey, Vic Dickenson, tb; Tyree Glenn, tb, vib; Benny Carter, James Powell, Carl Frye, as; Ernie Powell, Castor McCord, ts; Edie Heywood, p; Ulysses Livingston, g; Hayes Alvis, b; Henry Morrison, d.
New York, June 29, 1939
WM-1048-A MELANCHOLY LULLABY
Same personnel as above, but Eddie Mullens, tp, replaces Woodlen, add Dell St John, voc.
New York, August 31, 1939
WM-1069-A WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW
WM-1071-A RIFF ROMP
Benny Carter and his Orchestra : Joe Thomas, Lincoln Mills, Eddie Mullens, Irving Randolph, tp; James Archey, Vic Dickenson, Tyree Glenn, tb; Benny Carter, tp, as; James Powell, Carl Frye, as; Ernie Powell, Sammy Davis, ts; Eddie Heywood, p; Ulysses Livingston, g; Hayes Alvis, b; William Purnell, d.
New York, November 1, 1939
WM-1109-1 SHUFFLEBUG SHUFFLE
Benny Carter and his Orchestra : Joe Thomas, Lincoln Mills, Russell Smith, tp; James Archey, Vic Dickenson, Gene Simon, tb; Benny Carter, tp, as; James Powell, Carl Frye, as; Stanley Payne, Coleman Hawkins, ts; Eddie Heywood, p; Ulysses Livingston, g; Hayes Alvis, b; William Purnell, d.
New York, January 30, 1940
M-1126-1 SLEEP
M-1128-1 FISH FRY
M-1129-1 SLOW FREIGHT
Benny Carter and his Orchestra : Bill Coleman, Shad Collins, Russell Smith, tp; Sandy Williams, Milton Robinson, tb; Benny Carter, cl, as; Carl Frye, George Dorsey, as; Staffford Simon, Sammy Davis, ts; Sonny White, p; Ulysses Livingston, g; Hayes Alvis, b; William Purnell, d.
New York, May 20, 1940
67781-A NIGHT HOP
67782-A POM POM
DISC THREE - BACK BAY BOOGIE
Same personnel and date as â??Pom Pomâ??
67783-A O.K. FOR BABY
The Chocolate Dandies : Roy Eldridge, tp; Benny Carter, as; Coleman Hawkins, ts; Bernard Addison, g; John Kirby, b; Sid Catlett, d.
New York, May 25, 1940
R-2995-1 SMACK
R-2997 I CANâ??T BELIEVE THAT YOUâ??RE IN LOVE WITH ME
Benny Carter and his Orchestra : Russell Smith, Jonah Jones, Bobby Williams, tp; Milton Robinson, Madison Vaughan, tb; Benny Carter, Chauncey Haughton, as; George James, as, bs; Stafford Simon, George Irish, ts; Sonny White, p; Everett Barksdale, g; Hayes Alvis, b; William Purnell, d.
New York, October 23, 1940
68286-A BOOGIE WOOGIE SUGAR BLUES
Same personnel as above, but Sidney De Paris, tp replaces Jones, Benny Morton, tb; added, Benny Carter plays cl, as.
New York, November 19, 1940
0587656-1 ALL OF ME
Benny Carter and his Orchestra : Russell Smith, Sidney De Paris, Jonah Jones, tp; Vic Dickenson, James Archey, Joe Britton, tb; Benny Carter, George Dorsey, Bill White, as; George Irish, Fred Mitchell, ts; Sonny White, p; Herb Thomas, g; Ted Sturgis, b; J.C. Heard, d.
New York, January 21, 1941
060351-1 CUDDLE UP, HUDDLE UP
Benny Carter and his Orchestra : Doc Cheatham, Lincoln Mills, Sidney De Paris, tp; Vic Dickenson, James Archey, Joe Britton, tb; Benny Carter, as, tp; Ernie Purce, Eddie Barefield, as; Fred Williams, Ernie Powell, ts; Sonny White, p; Herb Thomas, g; Charles Drayton, b; Al Taylor, d; Maxine Sullivan, voc (-1)
New York, April 1, 1941
063700-1 MIDNIGHT (-1)
063702-2 LULLABY TO A DREAM
063703-1 WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MADE (-1)
Benny Carter and his Orchestra : Nathaniel Williams, Emmett Berry, Rostelle Reese, tp; James Archey, Benny Morton, John McConnell, tb; Benny Carter, as, tp; Ernie Purce, George James, as; Ernie Powell, Alfred Gibson, ts; Sonny White, p; William Lewis, g; Charles Drayton, b; Berisford â??Shepâ?? Shepherd, d.
New York, October 16, 1941
066792-1 SUNDAY
066794-1 BACK BAY BOOGIE
Benny Carter and his Orchestra : Claude Dunson, Vernon Porter, Ted Buckner, Freddie Webster, tp; Alton Moore, J.J.Johnson, Shorty Haughton, tb; Benny Carter, Porter Kilbert, as; Willard Brown, as, bs; Eugene Porter, Bumps Meyers, ts; Humphrey Ted Brannon, p; Ulysses Livingston, g; Curley Russell, b; Oscar Bradley, d.
San Francisco, October 25, 1943
93-A POINCIANA
96-A LOVE FOR SALE
Benny Carter and his Orchestra : John Carroll, Karl George, Edwin Davis, Milton Fletcher, tp; Alton Moore, J.J. Johnson, Shorty Haughton, Bart Varsalona, tb; Benny Carter, tp; as; Porter Kilbert, as; Willard Brown, as, bs; Eugene Porter, Bumps Meyers, ts; Gerald Wiggins, p; W.J. Edwards, g; Charles Drayton, b; Max Roach, d.
Los Angeles, May 21, 1944
254-3 I CANâ??T ESCAPE FROM YOU
256-3 I CANâ??T GET STARTED
257-3 I SURRENDER DEAR
Benny Carter and his Orchestra : Irving Lewis, Fred Trainer, Gerald Wilson, Emmett Berry, Paul Cohen, tp; Henry Coker, Alton Moore, George Washington, Louis Taylor, tb; Benny Carter, Jewell Grant, Porter Kilbert, as; Bumps Meyers, Harold Clark, ts; John Taylor, bs; Rufus Webster, p; Herman Mitchell, g; Charles Drayton, b; Max Roach, d.
Los Angeles, April 9, 1945
611-3 MALIBU
Benny Carter and his Orchestra : Louis Gray, Wallace Jones, Lewis Botton, Idrees Sulieman, tp; Alton Moore, Charles Johnson, Al Grey, John Morris, tb; Benny Carter, Joe Epps, Porter Kilbert, as; Willard Brown, as, bs; Bumps Meyers, Harold Clark, ts; Rufus Webster, p; James Cannady, g; Thomas Moultrie, b; Percy Brice, d.
New York, December 12, 1945
838 FOREVER BLUES
Same personnel as above
New York, January 5, 1946
166 JUMP CALL
Benny Carter and his Orchestra : Emmett Berry, Shorty Rodgers, Joe Newman, Neal Hefti, tp; Al Grey, Trummy Young, Alton Moore, Sandy Williams, tb; Tony Scott, cl, as; Benny Carter, Russell Procope, as; Willard Brown, as, bs; Dexter Gordon, Don Byas, as, ts; Sonny White, p; Freddy Green, g; John Simmons, b; J.C. Heard, d; Maxine Sullivan, voc (-1)
New York, January 8, 1946
172 LOOKING FOR A BOY (-1)
173 ROSE ROOM
Arnold Ross Quintet : Benny Carter, as; Arnold Ross, p; Allan Reuss, g; Artie Bernstein, b; Nick Fatool, d.
Los Angeles, April 1946
HL 145-4 THE MOON IS LOW
HL 146-1 STAIRWAY TO THE STARS
HL 147-4 BYE BYE BLUES
HL 148-1 I DONâ??T KNOW WHY I LOVE YOU, LIKE I DO
DISC FOUR - FUNKY BLUES
Benny Carter Quartet : Benny Carter, as; Sonny White, p; unknown, g; b; d.
Los Angeles, April 22, 1946
HL 153-2 MOONGLOW
HL 154-3 GIVE ME SOMETHING TO REMEMBER YOU BY
HL 155-3 LADY BE GOOD
HL 156-5 DEEP PURPLE
Buck Clayton, tp; Al Grey, tb; Benny Carter, cl, as; Ben Webster, ts; Sonny White, p; John Simmons, b; Sid Catlett, d. voc (-1)
New York, August 23, 1946
D6 VB 2694-2 SWEET GEORGIA BROWN
D6 VB 2695-1 OUT OF MY WAY (-1)
D6 VB 2696-1 WHAT â??LL IT BE
D6 VB 2697-1 CADILLAC SLIM
Charlie Shavers, tp; Charlie Parker, Johnny Hodges, Benny Carter, as; Flip Phillips, Ben Webster, ts; Oscar Peterson, p; Barney Kessel, g; Ray Brown, b, J.C. Heard, d.
Los Angeles, July 1952
802-2 JAM BLUES
779-2 WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE
805-2 FUNKY BLUES
Benny Carter, as; Oscar Peterson, p; Barney Kessel, g; Ray Brown, b; Buddy Rich, d;
strings (-1)
Los Angeles, August 1952
871 ISNâ??T IT ROMANTIC ? (-1)
874 GONE WITH THE WIND
879 I GOT IT BAD AND THAT AINâ??T GOOD
882 KEY LARGO (-1)