Benny Carter - Jazz Giant

Hybrid Stereo SACD

Mastered direct to DSD from the original stereo tape

Saxophonist Benny Carter's Jazz Giant album features performances by André Previn, Shelly Manne, Barney Kessel and Ben Webster amongst others. First released in 1958 and recorded by legendary engineer Roy DuNann, this new edition features remastered audio direct to DSD from the original tapes.

Jazz Giant showcases the alto saxophone, trumpet and arrangements of triple threat Benny Carter, whose majestic talent awed four generations of jazz artists.

Here, Carter displays three of his many talents, principally as an alto saxophonist, but also as a composer on two numbers and a trumpeter on two. The company he kept, with Webster and Frank Rosolino rounding out the front line, and such fellow giants as Andre Previn, Barney Kessel, Leroy Vinnegar, and Shelly Manne in the rhythm section (Jimmy Rowles replaces Previn on two tracks) left no doubt that this album would be a milestone in straight-ahead, small group, mainstream jazz.

1. Old Fashioned Love

2. I’m Coming Virginia

3. A Walkin’ Thing

4. Blue Lou

5. Ain’t She Sweet

6. How Can You Lose

7. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me

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