BENNY CARTER AND HIS ORCHESTRA – 1933-1936 | The Classics Chronological Series – 530 (1990) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The second volume of the complete early Benny Carter from the European Classics label features Carter on alto, trumpet, clarinet and as arranger (in addition to contributing a bit of piano and even a vocal) on three numbers with Spike Hughes's all-star orchestra, as part of the 1933 edition of The Chocolate Dandies (an interracial outfit put together by Mezz Mezzrow) and with his own big band in 1933-34 and in England two years later. Highlights include "Symphony in Riffs," "Blue Lou" and "Everybody Shuffle." Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     Firebird 3:18
Spike Hughes    
2     Music at Sunrise 3:05
Spike Hughes    
3     How Come You Do Me Like You Do? 3:05
Gene Austin / Roy Bergere    
4     Blue Interlude 3:26
Benny Carter    
5     I Never Knew 3:05
Gus Kahn / Ted Fio Rito    
6     Once Upon a Time 3:26
Benny Carter    
7     Krazy Kapers 3:29
Benny Carter    
8     Devil's Holiday 3:08
Benny Carter    
9     Lonesome Nights 3:35
Benny Carter / Irving Mills    
10     Symphony in Riffs 3:05
Benny Carter / Irving Mills    
11     Blue Lou 3:09
Irving Mills / Edgar Sampson    
12     Shoot the Works 2:58
Benny Carter / Irving Mills    
13     Dream Lullaby 3:10
Benny Carter / Irving Mills    
14     Everybody Shuffle 3:04
Benny Carter    
15     Synthetic Love  2:51         
Benny Carter / Irving Mills / Ned Washington    
16     Swingin' at Maida Vale 2:48
Benny Carter    
17     Nightfall 3:12
Benny Carter    
18     Big Ben Blues 3:01
Benny Carter    
19     These Foolish Things 3:05
Harry Link / Holt Marvell / Eric Maschwitz / Jack Strachey    
20     When Day Is Done 2:58
Buddy DeSylva / Robert Katscher    
21     I've Got Two Lips 3:00
Leonard Feather    
22     Just a Mood 3:32
Benny Carter    
23     Swingin' the Blues 3:04
Benny Carter
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Ben Smith (pistas: 12 to 15), E. O. Pogson (pistas: 16 to 19), Glyn Paque (pistas: 8 to 11), Russell Procope (pistas: 12 to 15)
Arranged By, Directed By – Spike Hughes (pistas: 1 to 3)
Bass – Al Burke (pistas: 16 to 19), Elmer James (pistas: 12 to 15), Ernest Hill (pistas: 1, 2, 4 to 11)
Clarinet, Alto Saxophone – Andy McDevitt (pistas: 16 to 23), Benny Carter, Howard Johnson (6) (pistas: 1, 2)
Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Flute – Wayman Carver (pistas: 1 to 3, 8 to 11)
Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins (pistas: 1 to 3)
Directed By – Benny Carter (pistas: 8 to 25)
Drums – Mezz Mezzrow (pistas: 7), Ronnie Gubertini (pistas: 16 to 23), Sid Catlett* (pistas: 1 to 6, 8 to 11), Walter Johnson (pistas: 12 to 15)
Guitar – Clarence Holiday (pistas: 12 to 15), George Elliott (pistas: 16 to 23), Lawrence Lucie (pistas: 1 to 11)
Piano – Pat Dodd (pistas: 16 to 23), Red Rodriguez (pistas: 1 to 3), Teddy Wilson (pistas: 4 to 15)
Tenor Saxophone – Ben Webster (pistas: 12 to 15), Buddy FeatherStonaugh (pistas: 16 to 23), Johnny Russell (pistas: 8 to 11), Chu Berry (pistas: 1 to 7)
Trombone – Benny Morton (pistas: 12 to 15), Bill Mulraney (pistas: 16 to 19), Dicky Wells (pistas: 1 to 3), Floyd O'Brien (pistas: 4 to 7), Fred Robinson (pistas: 8 to 11), George Washington (pistas: 1, 2), J.C. Higginbotham (pistas: 8 to 11), Keg Johnson (pistas: 8 to 15), Ted Heath (pistas: 16 to 19), Wilbur De Paris (pistas: 1, 2)
Trumpet – Benny Carter (pistas: 4 to 7, 19, 20, 23), Bill Dillard (pistas: 8 to 11), Duncan Whyte (pistas: 16 to 23), Eddy Mallory (pistas: 8 to 11), Henry Allen (pistas: 1 to 3), Howard Scott (2) (pistas: 1, 2), Irving Randolph (pistas: 12 to 15), Leonard Davis (pistas: 1, 2), Max Goldberg (pistas: 16 to 19), Max Kaminsky (pistas: 4 to 7), Otis Johnson (pistas: 12 to 15), Dick Clark (pistas: 8 to 11), Russell Smith (pistas: 12 to 15), Tommy McQuater (pistas: 16 to 23)