Legends (Benny Carter album) explained

Legends
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Benny Carter featuring Hank Jones
Cover:	Legends (Benny Carter album).jpg
Released:	1993
Recorded:	June 16 & 17, 1992
Studio:	BMG Studios, New York City, NY
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	68:37
Label:	MusicMasters 65087-2
Producer:	Ed Berger
Chronology:	Benny Carter
Prev Title:	Harlem Renaissance
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	Elegy in Blue
Next Year:	1993

Legends is an album by saxophonist/composer Benny Carter recorded in 1992 and released by the MusicMasters label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "The great altoist Benny Carter is in typically remarkable form at age 85 with a quartet, on five duets with pianist Hank Jones, and on three selections with the truly remarkable trumpeter Doc Cheatham (87 years old at the time). ... there is not a weak track on this classic disc. This set would be recommended even if Carter were 55 rather than 85; the music is timeless and often glorious".

Track listing

All compositions by Benny Carter except where noted

1. "The More I See You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 6:46
2. "I Was Wrong" – 6:50
3. "Wonderland" – 6:26
4. "Blues in My Heart" – 10:52
5. "You Are" – 4:44
6. "People Time" – 3:28
7. "No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 6:32
8. "Sunset Glow" – 3:21
9. "The Little Things That Mean So Much" (Teddy Wilson, Harold Adamson) – 6:33
10. "The Legend" – 5:06
11. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Fats Waller, Andy Razaf) – 7:59

Personnel

• Benny Carter – alto saxophone
• Doc Cheatham – trumpet (tracks 4, 9 & 11)
• Chris Neville (tracks 9 & 11), Hank Jones (tracks 1-8 & 10) – piano
• Christian McBride – bass (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 9 & 11)
• Lewis Nash – drums (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 9 & 11)

Notes and References

1. https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2015/06/04/benny-carter/ Encilopedia del Jazz: Benny Carter
2. http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/ijs/bc/disc.htm Benny Carter: Selected Discography - Bibliography