BENNY CARTER: FOUR CLASSIC ALBUMS PLUS (BENNY CARTER, JAZZ GIANT / SWINGIN’ THE ‘20’S / SAX ALA CARTER! / ASPECTS) (2 CD)

AVID Jazz here presents four classic Benny Carter albums including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD.“Benny Carter, Jazz Giant”, “Swingin’ The 20’s”, “Sax Ala Carter!” and “Aspects”Giants don’t come much bigger than Benny Carter, except maybe for Ben Webster………….and we’ve got them both together for our first album on this fine CD set! A stunning line up join our giants for these sessions recorded in 1957 & 1958. Frank Rosolino on trombone, Andre Previn on piano (an underrated jazz pianist!), Barney Kessel on guitar, Leroy Vinegar on bass and Shelly Manne on drums. Old meets new for our next selection “Swingin’ The 20’s”, Benny is joined by legendary pianist Earl Hines for their first recorded session together. These two seasoned jazz men here show they are unafraid to take on the modern guys here represented by Leroy Vinegar and Shelly Manne………the set was completely improvised………..the quartet just played! Another quartet but, a different appr