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Saxophonist Benny Carter (August 8, 1907 - July 12, 2003)

photo: William P. Gottlieb

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1967 - JATP - Carnegie Hall - New York

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Benny Carter - "The Midnight Sun Will Never Shine"

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Benny Carter - June is Busting Out All Over (1958) Richard Rodgers / Oscar Hammerstein II from: "Aspects" (LP) ( AKA "The Benny Carter Jazz Calendar")

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"…'Aspects' was Benny Carter's only big-band recording as a playing leader." - AllMusic

"This was the first time that Mr. Carter had the occasion to select the top-rated Hollywood studio jazz musicians who did not have to travel with him simply because this band was chiefly arranged in Hollywood, CA for only the purposes of recording music."

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Personnel: Benny Carter: Alto Saxophone / Band Leader

Trumpet: Joe Gordon / Al Porcino / Ray Triscari / Stu Williamson

Trombone: Russ Brown / Tommy Pederson / Frank Rosolino

Saxophone: Buddy Collette / Jewell Grant / Bill Green / Plas Johnson

Piano: Gerald Wiggins Guitar: Barney Kessel Double Bass: Joe Comfort Drums: Shelly Manne

Produced and Arranged by Benny Carter

Recorded: @ The Capitol Records Studios in Hollywood, California USA September, 1958

Album Released: March, 1959 United Artists

CD Reissue Released: in 1997 part of The Blue Note Collection Capitol Jazz Records | Blue Note Records

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Charlie Parker watching Dizzy Gillespie perform in New York, circa 1947.

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It is said that Charlie Parker once said: "I couldn't stand the stereotypical harmonies that anyone was playing at the time. I kept thinking there must be something different. Sometimes I could hear it but I couldn't play it...".

"Yes, that night I improvised for a long time on "Cherokee". As I did so I realised that, by using the upper intervals of the harmonies as a melodic line and placing new harmonies more or less in tune underneath, I could suddenly play what I had heard inside me for so long. I was filled with life.

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Se cuenta que una ocasión dijo Charlie Parker: "ya no aguantaba más las armonías estereotipadas que cualquiera tocaba entonces. No paraba de pensar que debía de haber algo diferente. A veces lo podia oir pero no lo podía tocar..."

"Si, esa noche improvisé durante mucho tiempo sobre "Cherokee". Mientras lo hacía me di cuenta de que, al utilizar los intervalos superiores de las armonías como línea melódica colocando debajo armonías nuevas más o menos afinadas, podía tocar de repente aquello que por tanto tiempo había oído dentro de mi. Me llené de vida.

Fuente: El Jazz, by Joachim Berendt

LISTEN ´´CHEROKEE´´ HERE:

Charlie Parker/ Yardbird In Lotus Land/ Live in Los Angeles, 1946 -

Charlie Parker - alto saxophone

Benny Carter - alto saxophone

Willie Smith - alto saxophone

with:

The King Cole Trio

Nat King Cole - piano

Oscar Moore - guitar

Johnny Miller - bass

Buddy Rich - drums