Track Listings (15) - Disc #1| All Artists: Benny Carter Title: Benny Carter Songbook (Tribute) Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Music Masters Jazz Release Date: 10/14/1997 Album Type: Gold CD Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop Styles: Regional Blues, East Coast Blues, Jump Blues, Swing Jazz, Tributes Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 016126517223 |
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Often scattershot and self-indulgent, tribute albums have become a much maligned genre, but Benny Carter's Songbook is the sort of project that justifies the whole concept. Carter is not only a legendary jazz instrumentali... more » |
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Amazon.com Often scattershot and self-indulgent, tribute albums have become a much maligned genre, but Benny Carter's Songbook is the sort of project that justifies the whole concept. Carter is not only a legendary jazz instrumentalist, but also a vastly underrated songwriter who doesn't actually sing himself. How are you going to showcase his talent except through a tribute album? By pulling together 13 different singers to tackle 15 of Carter's songs--written anytime from the 1930s to the 1990s--Songbook makes such a persuasive case for Carter that all our previous notions about the pantheon of jazz songwriters must be reevaluated. --Geoffrey Himes Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsThe sweetest sound this side of heaven 11/02/1998 (5 out of 5 stars) "On a scale of 1 to 10 this album rates a 15. Elegant compositions of the legendary Carter performed by an all star cast of legends along with a few new voices who prove themselves equally impressive. If you are not familiar with the works of Benny Carter, composer, you owe it to yourself to buy this CD."
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