Further Definitions

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Further Definitions
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Studio album by
Released1962, 1966
Recorded1961, 1966
Genre Jazz
Length33:38, 37:45
Label Impulse!
Producer Bob Thiele
George Cates, Bob Thiele
Benny Carter chronology
Sax ala Carter!
(1960)
Further Definitions
(1962)
BBB & Co.
(1962)

Further Definitions is a 1962 jazz album by Benny Carter and his orchestra, rereleased on CD in 1997 coupled with his follow-up album, 1966's Additions to Further Definitions. The earlier album features an all-star octet that includes Coleman Hawkins, with whom Carter had recorded in Paris in 1937, using the same configuration of instruments: four saxophones, piano, guitar, bass, and drums. [1] [2]

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Reception

Professional ratings
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SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
(Further Definitions)
AllMusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
(Additions to Further Definitions)
DownBeat Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
(Original Lp version)
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [6]
(Further Definitions)
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [7]
(Further Definitions)
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record GuideStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
(Additions to Further Definitions)

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested "Core Collection", calling it "a good value purchase." [6]

Track listing

Further Definitions
  1. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf Fats Waller) 3:50
  2. "The Midnight Sun Will Never Set" (JonesCochranSalvador) 3:57
  3. "Crazy Rhythm" (CaesarMeyerKahn) 3:23
  4. "Blue Star" (Carter) 5:19
  5. "Cotton Tail" (Ellington) 4:24
  6. "Body and Soul" (GreenSourHeymanEyton) 4:09
  7. "Cherry" (RedmanGilbert) 4:52
  8. "Doozy" (Carter) 3:32
     
    Additions to Further Definitions
  9. "Fantastic, That's You" (CatesGreeneThiele) 6:11
  10. "Come on Back" (Carter) 4:14
  11. "We Were in Love" (Carter) 4:27
  12. "If Dreams Come True" (SampsonGoodmanMills) 5:49
  13. "Prohibido" (Carter) 3:20
  14. "Doozy" (Carter) 5:33
  15. "Rock Bottom" (Carter) 4:14
  16. "Titmouse" (Carter) 3:02

18 recorded in 1961 in New York City, on 13 November (13, 7) and 15 November (46, 8).
916 recorded in 1966 in Los Angeles, on 2 March (9, 1013) and 4 March (11, 1416).

Solo Order, by Track:

  1. Rouse, Woods, Hawkins, Carter
  2. Hawkins, Katz, Carter
  3. Hawkins, Woods, Rouse, Carter, Katz
  4. Hawkins, Carter, Katz, Carter (ad-libbing)
  5. Hawkins, Carter, Rouse, Woods, Hawkins, Katz
  6. Woods, Rouse, Carter, Hawkins
  7. Carter (Intro), Rouse, Carter, Rouse, Woods, Hawkins
  8. Katz, Woods, Hawkins, Carter, Rouse, Katz

Personnel

Further Definitions

Additions to Further Definitions

Production

References

  1. Dance, Stanley (December 1997), "Benny Carter: Further Definitions", JazzTimes.
  2. Riccardo Di Filippo, "Benny Carter", Enciclopedia del Jazz. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  3. Further Definitions at AllMusic
  4. Additions to Further Definitions at AllMusic
  5. DownBeat : April 26, 1962, vol. 29, no. 9.
  6. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 229-230. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  7. 1 2 Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 37. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.