BENNY CARTER AND HIS ORCHESTRA – 1936 | The Classics Chronological Series – 541 (1990) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The third volume in Classics complete chronological reissue of Benny Carter's recordings of the 1930s covers a four-month period during Carter's long period in Europe. Many of these recordings (cut in London, Copenhagen and Stockholm) were formerly quite rare. Carter (on alto, clarinet, tenor, trumpet and even piano and two vocals) is typically flawless, sophisticated and swinging, whether jamming with a quartet behind singer Elizabeth Welch, matching talents with trumpeter Tommy McQuater in a quintet, heading an English orchestra or guesting with an obscure Danish big band. All of the CDs in this very worthy series are highly recommended. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     Scandal in a Flat 3:03
Benny Carter    
2     Accent on Swing 2:48
Benny Carter    
3     You Understand 2:55
Benny Carter / Ray Sonin    
4     Gin and Jive 2:55
Benny Carter    
5     If Only I Could Read Your Mind 3:02
Benny Carter / Leonard Feather    
6     I Gotta Go 3:02
Benny Carter / Spencer Williams    
7     When Lights Are Low 2:46
Benny Carter / Spencer Williams
8     Waltzing the Blues 2:51
Benny Carter    
9     Tiger Rag 2:45
Harry Da Costa / Eddie Edwards / Nick LaRocca / Henry W. Ragas / Tony Sbarbaro / Larry Shields
10     Blue Interlude 3:11
Benny Carter    
11     Bugle Call Rag 2:24
Billy Meyers / Jack Pettis / Elmer Schoebel
12     Memphis Blues 3:11
W.C. Handy / George Norton    
13     When Lights Are Low 2:47
Benny Carter / Spencer Williams    
14     Some of These Days 2:52
Shelton Brooks    
15     Gloaming 2:46
16     Poor Butterfly 2:57
John Golden / Raymond Hubbell    
17     Drop in Next Time You're Passing 2:56
Vivian Ellis    
18     The Man I Love 2:51
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin    
19     That's How the First Song Was Born 3:06
Alexander Hill    
20     There'll Be Some Changes Made 2:44
Billy Higgins / W. Benton Overstreet    
21     Jingle Bells 3:14
James Pierpont    
22     Royal Garden Blues 3:00
Clarence Williams / Spencer Williams    
23     Carry Me Back to Old Virginny 2:48
James A. Bland