Alone Together (Benny Carter album)

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Alone Together
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Studio album by
Benny Carter with His Strings and the Oscar Peterson Quartet
Released1956 (1956)
RecordedSeptember 18 & 19, 1952
Studio Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Norgran
Producer Norman Granz
Benny Carter chronology
Alone Together
(1956)		 Cosmopolite
(1954)
The Formidable Benny Carter Cover
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Alone Together is an album by American jazz saxophonist Benny Carter and his orchestra with the Oscar Peterson Quartet. The album was recorded in 1952 and released by Norgran Records. [1] [2] [3] It includes tracks that were released on the 10 inch LP The Formidable Benny Carter and recordings from the same sessions. [4]

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Reception

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Allmusic gave the album two stars. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Isn't It Romantic?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)3:40
2."Some Other Spring" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Irene Kitchings)3:45
3."These Things You Left Me" (Harold Dickinson, Sidney Lippman)3:38
4."Gone with the Wind" (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson)2:59
5."I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)2:57
6."Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin)3:05
7."Alone Together" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)2:36
8."Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Rodgers, Hart)3:13
9."Cocktails for Two" (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow)2:58
10."Key Largo" (Carter, Karl Suessdorf, Leah Worth)3:07
11."I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)3:21
12."'Round About Midnight" (Thelonious Monk)3:17

Note: tracks 1-3, 7-10, 12 are included on the original The Formidable Benny Carter 10" album.

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Norgran Label Discography, accessed March 29, 2016
  2. ↑ Norgran Records Catalog: 1000 series accessed March 29, 2016
  3. ↑ Encilopedia del Jazz: Benny Carter, accessed June 7, 2019
  4. ↑ Norgran Records Catalog: Ten Inch series accessed March 29, 2016
  5. 1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed March 29, 2016
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