Jazz Giant (Benny Carter album)

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Released 1958 Artist Benny Carter Producer Lester Koenig Genre Jazz		Length 38:44 Release date 1958 Label Original Jazz Classics

Recorded June 11, July 22 and October 7, 1957 and April 21, 1958Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California Jazz Giant(1958) Swingin' the '20s(1958) Similar Swingin' the '20s, Further Definitions, Sax Ala Carter!, Live And Well In Japan!, Benny Carter Meets Os

Jazz Giant is an album by saxophonist Benny Carter recorded in 1957 and 1958 and released on the Contemporary label.

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow called it a "particularly strong septet session" and stated: "This timeless music is beyond the simple categories of 'swing' or 'bop' and should just be called 'classic.'"

Track listing

"Old Fashioned Love" (James P. Johnson, Cecil Mack) - 7:51
"I'm Coming Virginia" (Will Marion Cook, Donald Heywood) - 5:48
"A Walkin' Thing" (Benny Carter) - 6:00
"Blue Lou" (Irving Mills, Edgar Sampson) - 4:58
"Ain't She Sweet" (Milton Ager, Jack Yellen) - 3:40
"How Can You Lose" (Carter) - 6:13
"Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me" (Charles McCarron, Russ Morgan, Arthur Swanstrom) - 4:39

Recorded at Contemporary Records Studio in Los Angeles, California on June 11, 1957 (tracks 1 & 4), July 22, 1957 (tracks 2 & 3), October 7, 1957 (track 6) and April 21, 1958 (tracks 5 & 7)