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Jazz Giant

Benny Carter

Recorded	Jun 11, 1957 & Apr 21, 1958
Label	Contemporary Records
Released	1957
Personnel	8 credited players
Discogs	master 309943

The record

Carter's silken alto meets Ben Webster's smoky tenor here, backed by Kessel, Previn, Vinnegar, and Manne at full studio strength. Two swing elders trading choruses with the easy authority of men long past needing to prove anything.

Session personnel

Benny Carter — alto saxophone
Leroy Vinnegar — bass
Shelly Manne — drums
Barney Kessel — guitar
André Previn — piano
Jimmy Rowles — piano
Ben Webster — tenor saxophone
Frank Rosolino — trombone

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 36 pressings on file.

1958	Contemporary Records · C3555 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1984	Original Jazz Classics · OJC-167 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo OJC
—	Stereo Records (4) · S7028 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · deep groove
1958	Stereo Records (4) · S7028 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1958	Contemporary Records · S7028 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1959	Contemporary Records · LAC 12188 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1979	Contemporary Records · S7555 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1981	Contemporary Records · K20P-6602 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1982	PGP RTB · 2221128 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1984	Original Jazz Classics · OJC-167 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Test Pressing
1984	Contemporary Records · 68616 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1984	Contemporary Records · P-7645 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1984	Original Jazz Classics · OJC-5167 — Cassette, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, CrO2
1986	Boplicity Records · COP 015 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Test Pressing