More of the Music of Benny Carter

• Boasting seriously good Double Plus (A++) grades from top to bottom, this vintage Contemporary pressing is doing just about everything right
• These sides are bigger and more open, with more bass and energy, than most others we played – the saxes and trumpets are immediate and lively
• Mr. Earl Hines himself showed up, a man who knows this music like nobody’s business – Leroy Vinnegar and Shelly Manne round out the quartet
• “Great musicians produce great results, and most of the LP’s tracks were done in one or two takes. The result is ‘a spontaneous, swinging record of what happened’ when Carter met Hines ‘for the first time. . . .'”

For us audiophiles, both the sound and the music here are enchanting. If you’re looking to demonstrate just how good a 1959 All Tube Analog recording can sound, this killer copy will do the trick. (more…)