Released 1956 Release date 1956 | Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded December 4, 1952, December 31, 1953 and January 4, 1954Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA Similar Alone Together, New Jazz Sounds, Benny Carter Meets Os, Sax Ala Carter!, Swingin' the '20s |
Cosmopolite is an album by American jazz saxophonist Benny Carter recorded at three sessions between 1952 and 1954 and released on the Norgran label. The album features tracks that were initial released on the 10 inch LP The Urbane Mr. Carter.
Contents
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "This long out-of-print LP from the 1950s showcases altoist Benny Carter in two very different settings. Side one finds him interpreting ballads in front of a string section while the flip side matches Carter with the Oscar Peterson Trio and drummer J.C. Heard. It is a credit to his versatility and talents that Benny Carter plays quite well in both formats".
Track listing
- "Can't We Be Friends?" (Paul James, Kay Swift) - 2:38 Originally released on MGN 10
- "Symphony" (Alex Alstone, Jack Lawrence, Andre Tabet) - 2:16 Originally released on MGN 10
- "Sorry" (Benny Carter) - 3:04 Originally released on MGN 10
- "I'll Be Around" (Alec Wilder) - 2:34 Originally released on MGN 10
- "Beautiful Love" (Wayne King, Victor Young, Egbert Van Alstyne) - 2:50 Originally released on MGN 10
- "Blue Star" (Carter) - 3:08 Originally released on MGN 10
- "Street Scene" (Alfred Newman) - 3:17
- "Imagination" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 3:30
- "Pick Yourself Up" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) - 2:31
- "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) - 2:51
- "With a Song in My Heart" (Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:32 Originally released on MGN 10
- "Flamingo" (Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson) - 2:50 Originally released on MGN 10
Personnel
Songs
1Street Scene3:22
2Imagination3:35
3Pick Yourself Up2:35
References
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