Further Definitions
| Further Definitions | ||||
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| Studio album by Benny Carter | ||||
| Released | 1961, 1966 | |||
| Recorded | 1961, 1966 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 33:38, 37:45 | |||
| Label | Impulse! | |||
| Producer |
Bob Thiele George Cates & Bob Thiele | |||
| Benny Carter chronology | ||||
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Further Definitions is a 1961 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 is Carter's best-known, recorded with an all-star line-up that included 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]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [2](Further Definitions) |
| Down Beat |  [3](Original Lp version) |
| AllMusic |  [4](Additions to Further Definitions) |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [5] (Further Definitions) |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [5] (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
- "Honeysuckle Rose" (Razaf–Waller) – 3:50
- "The Midnight Sun Will Never Set" (Jones–Cochran–Salvador) – 3:57
- "Crazy Rhythm" (Caesar–Meyer–Kahn) – 3:23
- "Blue Star" (Carter) – 5:19
- "Cotton Tail" (Ellington) – 4:24
- "Body and Soul" (Green–Sour–Heyman–Eyton) – 4:09
- "Cherry" (Redman–Gilbert) – 4:52
- "Doozy" (Carter) – 3:32
- Additions to Further Definitions
- "Fantastic, That's You" (Cates–Greene–Thiele) – 6:11
- "Come on Back" (Carter) – 4:14
- "We Were in Love" (Carter) – 4:27
- "If Dreams Come True" (Sampson–Goodman–Mills) – 5:49
- "Prohibido" (Carter) – 3:20
- "Doozy" (Carter) – 5:33
- "Rock Bottom" (Carter) – 4:14
- "Titmouse" (Carter) – 3:02
1–8 recorded in 1961 in New York City, on 13 November (1–3, 7) and 15 November (4–6, 8).
9–16 recorded in 1966 in Los Angeles, on 2 March (9, 10–13) and 4 March (11, 14–16).
Solo Order, by Track:
- Rouse, Woods, Hawkins, Carter
- Hawkins, Katz, Carter
- Hawkins, Woods, Rouse, Carter, Katz
- Hawkins, Carter, Katz, Carter (ad-libbing)
- Hawkins, Carter, Rouse, Woods, Hawkins, Katz
- Woods, Rouse, Carter, Hawkins
- Carter (Intro), Rouse, Carter, Rouse, Woods, Hawkins
- Katz, Woods, Hawkins, Carter, Rouse, Katz
Personnel
Further Definitions
- Benny Carter – alto saxophone
- Phil Woods – alto saxophone
- Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
- Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
- John Collins – guitar
- Dick Katz – piano
- Jimmy Garrison – bass
- Jo Jones – drums
Additions to Further Definitions
- Benny Carter – alto saxophone
- Bud Shank – alto saxophone
- Buddy Collette – tenor saxophone (9–10, 12–13)
- Bill Perkins – tenor saxophone (11, 14–16)
- Teddy Edwards – tenor saxophone
- Bill Hood – baritone saxophone
- Barney Kessel – guitar
- Mundell Lowe – guitar
- Don Abney – piano
- Ray Brown – bass
- Alvin Stoller – drums
Production
- Johnny Cue - engineer
- Pete Turner - photography
References
- ↑ Dance, Stanley (December 1997) "Benny Carter: Further Definitions" JazzTimes.
- ↑ Further Definitions at AllMusic
- ↑ Down Beat: April 26, 1962 vol. 29, no. 9
- ↑ Additions to Further Definitions at AllMusic
- 1 2 Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 37. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ↑ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006). "Benny Carter". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th. ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 212. ISBN 0-14-102327-9.