Benny Carter

Tickle Toe

Vee Jay

Personnel:
Benny Carter (as, arr), Russ Chever, William Green (ss), Paul Horn, Jack Dumont, Harry Klee, Wilbur Schwartz (as), Buddy Collette, Carrington Visor Jr, Plas Johnson, Babe Russin, Jewell L. Grant (ts), Chuck Gentry, Bill Hood (bs), Gerald Wiggins (p), John Collins (g), Joe Comfort (b), Alvin Stoller (d), Fred Aguirre, Emil Richards (perc), Lalo Schifrin (arr)

Reference: VJ 024 CD

Bar code: 8427328410243

Unreleased studio recordings featuring ELEVEN SAXOPHONES

Tracklist

01. Tickle Toe (Lester Young) 2:39
02. I Wanna Be Around (Mercer-Vimmerstedt) 2:45
03. Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock) 2:59
04. Garota de Ipanema (Jobim-De Moraes) 3:00
05. On Green Dolphin Street (Kaper-Washington) 2:27
06. The Great Lie (Gibson-Calloway) 3:19
07. Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Ellington-Russell) 3:35
08. Fairy Tales (Shearing-Raskin) 2:42
09. Memories Of You (Razaf-Blake) 3:51

Album details

Arrangements by Lalo Schifrin & Benny Carter

All tracks recorded at United Recording Studio "A" in Hollywood, California on July 27 [#1-6] and July 28 [#7-9], 1964

Compiled for CD reissue by Jordi Pujol

Stereo · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered
Blue Moon Producciones Discograficas S.L.

Press reviews

"This obscure recording from 1964 finds Benny Carter leading a big band, playing Lalo Schifrin arrangements on one session, then his own with slightly different personnel on the other, both featuring a ten-piece sax section backing the leader, including a pair of sopranos, which aren't often heard in big-band charts. The Schifrin charts feature Carter on alto sax and tenor saxophonist Babe Russin as the main soloists, with pianist Gerald Wiggins occasionally taking a chorus. Schifrin's arrangements all have a decidedly Latin beat, with the addition of percussionists Emil Richards and Fred Aguirre giving a swing tune like "Tickle Toe" a different sound, though Cab Calloway's "The Big Lie" omits them. Carter's charts have better stood the test of time, including the alto saxophonist's bluesy setting of "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," a long forgotten George Shearing composition ("Fairy Tales"), and a dreamy "Memories of You." One disappointment is that the length of this CD is miserly (even by LP standards) at under 28 minutes. These studio dates remained unreleased until the late '90s, and while these performances are not among Benny Carter's most memorable recordings, they will be of interest to his fans."

Ken Dryden -All Music Guide

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