New Jazz Sounds Explained

New Jazz Sounds
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Benny Carter with Dizzy Gillespie and Bill Harris
Cover:	New Jazz Sounds.jpg
Released:	1955
Recorded:	June 23, September 14 and November 12, 1954 Los Angeles, CA and Fine Sound Studios, NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Norgran MGN 1044
Producer:	Norman Granz
Chronology:	Benny Carter
Prev Title:	Benny Carter Plays Pretty
Prev Year:	1954
Next Title:	Urbane Jazz
Next Year:	1955

New Jazz Sounds is an album by American jazz saxophonist Benny Carter featuring trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and trombonist Bill Harris recorded in 1954 and originally released on the Norgran label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 2 stars.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) - 6:08
2. "Marriage Blues" (Benny Carter) - 7:41
3. "Angel Eyes" (Matt Dennis, Earl Brent) - 3:27
4. "That Old Black Magic" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 6:47
5. "The Song Is You" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 4:49
6. "This Can't Be Love" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:27
7. "Frenesí" (Alberto Domínguez, Leonard Whitcup) - 4:42

Personnel

• Benny Carter – alto saxophone
• Dizzy Gillespie (tracks 1 & 2) – trumpet
• Bill Harris (tracks 1-5) – trombone
• Oscar Peterson (tracks 1-5 & 7) – piano
• Don Abney (track 6) – piano
• Herb Ellis (tracks 1-5 & 7) – guitar
• Ray Brown (tracks 1-5 & 7) – double bass
• George Duvivier (track 6) – double bass
• Buddy Rich (tracks 1-5) – drums
• Louis Bellson (track 6) – drums
• Bobby White (track 7) – drums

Notes and References

1. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Norgran Label Discography, accessed December 9, 2015
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/norgran-records-catalog-1000-series/#mgn-1044 Norgran Records Catalog: 1000 series
3. http://www.allmusic.com/album/new-jazz-sounds-mw0000894169 Allmusic listing