Over the Rainbow (Benny Carter album) explained

Over the Rainbow
Type:	Studio
Artist:	The Benny Carter All-Star Sax Ensemble
Cover:	Over the Rainbow (Benny Carter album).jpg
Released:	1989
Recorded:	October 18 & 19, 1988
Studio:	RCA Recording Studio, New York City, NY
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	62:12
Label:	MusicMasters CIJD 60196Y
Producer:	Ed Berger
Chronology:	Benny Carter
Prev Title:	My Kind of Trouble
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	Cookin' at Carlos I
Next Year:	1990

Over the Rainbow is an album by saxophonist/composer Benny Carter recorded in 1988 and released by the MusicMasters label.^[1] ^[2]

Reception

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "Benny Carter has recorded so frequently since the mid-'70s that it must be a constant challenge to come up with new settings for his alto. This particular Music Masters CD finds Carter taking his place in a saxophone section ... The program is split evenly between standards and Carter compositions with the altoist also writing all of the colorful arrangements. This swinging and tasteful Benny Carter recording is a credit to his superb series of Music Masters dates".

Track listing

All compositions by Benny Carter except where noted

"Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 8:20
"Out of Nowhere" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 5:39
"Straight Talk" – 9:24
"The Gal from Atlanta" – 7:39
"The Pawnbroker" (Quincy Jones) – 5:18
"Easy Money" – 11:10
"Ain't Misbehavin'" (Fats Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf) – 9:04
"Blues for Lucky Lovers" – 5:38

Personnel

Benny Carter – alto saxophone, arranger
Herb Geller – alto saxophone
Frank Wess, Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone
Joe Temperley – baritone saxophone
Richard Wyands – piano
Milt Hinton – bass
Ronnie Bedford – drums

Notes and References

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