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Released
  
1959

Swingin' the 20s (1958)
  
Aspects (1958)

Release date
  
1959

Label
  
Original Jazz Classics

Length
  
45:16

Artist
  
Benny Carter

Producer
  
Lester Koenig

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
November 2, 1958 Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California

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Swingin' the '20s is an album by saxophonist Benny Carter's Quartet with pianist Earl Hines, recorded in 1958 and released on the Contemporary label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "but the results of this 1958 session are relaxed rather than explosive. Carter and Hines explore a dozen tunes with respect and light swing, but one wishes that there were a bit more competitiveness to replace some of the mutual respect".

Track listing

  1. "Thou Swell" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:50
  2. "My Blue Heaven" (Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting) - 3:18
  3. "Just Imagine" (Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) - 2:31
  4. "If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)" (James P. Johnson, Henry Creamer) - 2:40
  5. "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) - 5:00
  6. "Who's Sorry Now?" (Ted Snyder, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) - 2:23
  7. "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" (Sam M. Lewis, Ted Fio Rito, Joe Young) - 2:24
  8. "All Alone" (Irving Berlin) - 3:20
  9. "Mary Lou" (J. Russel Robinson, Abe Lyman, George Waggner) - 2:50
  10. "In a Little Spanish Town" (Mabel Wayne, Lewis, Young) - 3:12
  11. "Someone to Watch over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:08
  12. "A Monday Date" (Earl Hines) - 3:08
  13. "Who's Sorry Now?" [alternate take] (Snyder, Kalmar, Ruby) - 2:44 Bonus track on CD reissue
  14. "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" [alternate take] (Lewis, Fio Rito, Young) - 2:38 Bonus track on CD reissue
  15. "All Alone" [alternate take] (Berlin) - 3:10 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

  • Benny Carter - alto saxophone, trumpet
  • Earl Hines - piano
  • Leroy Vinnegar - bass
  • Shelly Manne - drums

    • Songs

    1Thou Swell2:52
    2My Blue Heaven3:21
    3Just Imagine2:34

    References

    Swingin' the '20s Wikipedia
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