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Music : Jazz Giant
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Jazz Giant by: Benny Carter |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0025218616720 Label: Ojc Manufacturer: Ojc Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Ojc Release Date: October 25, 1990 Studio: Ojc Sales Rank: 100511 Disc 1:
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 Rating: - RecomendoPelo fato de ter sido uma pessoa absolutamente normal durante toda sua longa carreira, Carter não costuma ser muito festejado nos meios jazzísticos. Sem a ira dionisíaca de um Charles Mingus, sem a excentricidade esquizofrênica de um Thelonious Monk e sem o sorriso perigoso de Duke Ellington, Carter dificilmente é citado como um dos maiores músicos do jazz. É grande o engano ou flagrante a injustiça colocá-lo no segundo escalão. Carter é, entre outras coisas, o melhor arranjador da transição entre as décadas de 1920 e 1930, época em que Heisenberg proclamava o princípio da incerteza na Física. Tendo aprendido o ofício da orquestração por conta própria, chegou a rivalizar e até mesmo superar alguns mestres da ... Read More: Rating: - NirvanaI bought this because I like Benny Carter and I love the sound that Roy DuNann got at the Contemporary studios in LA. I had no idea that Ben Webster was on this session. I thought I had all the great Ben Webster, so this is a major find. In addition Jimmy Rowles, one of the great jazz piano guys of all time, Barney Kessel and Shelly Manne join Mr Carter. This is a must have for all 50s jazz fans. Simply an amazing CD. Rating: - SuperbThis album was released at the end of the 50's and blends a little of the new jazz from that era (bop), with a hint of big band sound (incorporates more than a half dozen musicians on some tracks), but mostly a lot of the traditional roots. Benny Carter is probably one of the most talented Jazz musicians of all time because he was highly capable in several areas: able to play a variety of instruments, and highly successful at promoting, managing, and composing. This album is just one notch in Benny's many contributions to Jazz music and a very noteworthy notch. Rating: - Giant jazz album indeed!Everything here is great, but the first track took a couple listens to grown on me, while most of the other tracks had me going "wow!" the very first time I heard them. Rating: - A Gathering of "Jazz Giants""Jazz Giant" is an appropriately titled album. Benny Carter is definitely one, having been in the jazz limelight at the time of this recording (1957-58) for more than twenty years. But what makes "Jazz Giant" special is that Carter's bandmates are giants in their own right -- Ben Webster, Shelly Manne, Barney Kessel, Leroy Vinnegar and Andre Previn (in the days before he became a giant of classical music). There is also trombonist Frank Rosolino, a giant talent and a casualty of the jazz lifestyle, who was sadly underrepresented on album but holds his own easily with these other greats. (Those curious about Rosolino would be well served to check out his OJC CD "Free For All.") In terms of the album's songs, there are two Carter ... Read More: |
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