Legends (Benny Carter album)

Legends
Studio album by Benny Carter featuring Hank Jones
Released	1993
Recorded	June 16 & 17, 1992
Studio	BMG Studios, New York City, NY
Genre	Jazz
Length	68:37
Label	MusicMasters 65087-2
Producer	Ed Berger
Benny Carter chronology
Harlem Renaissance (1992) Legends (1993) Elegy in Blue (1993)

Legends is an album by saxophonist/composer Benny Carter recorded in 1992 and released by the MusicMasters label. ^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "The great altoist Benny Carter is in typically remarkable form at age 85 with a quartet, on five duets with pianist Hank Jones, and on three selections with the truly remarkable trumpeter Doc Cheatham (87 years old at the time). ... there is not a weak track on this classic disc. This set would be recommended even if Carter were 55 rather than 85; the music is timeless and often glorious". ^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Benny Carter except where noted

1. "The More I See You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 6:46
2. "I Was Wrong" – 6:50
3. "Wonderland" – 6:26
4. "Blues in My Heart" – 10:52
5. "You Are" – 4:44
6. "People Time" – 3:28
7. "No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 6:32
8. "Sunset Glow" – 3:21
9. "The Little Things That Mean So Much" (Teddy Wilson, Harold Adamson) – 6:33
10. "The Legend" – 5:06
11. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Fats Waller, Andy Razaf) – 7:59

Personnel

• Benny Carter – alto saxophone
• Doc Cheatham – trumpet (tracks 4, 9 & 11)
• Chris Neville (tracks 9 & 11), Hank Jones (tracks 1-8 & 10) – piano
• Christian McBride – bass (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 9 & 11)
• Lewis Nash – drums (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 9 & 11)

References

1. Encilopedia del Jazz: Benny Carter, accessed June 10, 2019
2. Benny Carter: Selected Discography - Bibliography Archived June 21, 2017, at the Wayback Machine , accessed June 10, 2019.
3. Yanow, Scott. Benny Carter: Legends – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved June 10, 2019.