Benny Carter 1943/45 Live Session

こんばんはJazzyIsshiです。今夜はBenny Carter (1907-2003)のBig Bandです。メンバーに後年のModern派が数多く含まれています。

Benny Carter 1943/45 Live Session
Jazz Anthology　30JA5123

A
1  Love For Sale (Porter)
2  Jump Call (Carter)
3  I Can't Get Started (Duke)
4  Sunday
5  Somebody Loves Me (Gershwin)
6  Early Boyd (Carter)
7  Rose Room (Hickman-Williams)
B
1  Oofadah (Carter)
2  Sweet Georgia Brown (Pinkard-Casey-Bernier)
3  Jubilee Jump (Barnet)
4  Habanera (from Carmen) (Bizet)
5  Sleep
6  Without A Song (Youmance)
7  Slick Mix

A7, B2  1943 late or 1944 early, Hollywood
Benny Carter and his Orchestra
Claude Dunson, Vernon "Jack" Porter, Teddy Buckner, Freddie Webster (tp), Alton "Slim" Moore, J.J.Johnson, John "Shorty" Haughton (tb), Benny Cartet (as,tp,arr,ldr), Porter Kilbert (as), Bumps Meyers, Gene Porter (ts), Willard Brown (bs), Teddy Branon (p), Ulysses Livingston (g), Curley Russell (b), Oscar Bradley (ds)

A4, B3,5,7  1943 late or 1944 early, Hollywood
Benny Carter and his Orchestra
Claude Dunson, Vernon "Jack" Porter, Teddy Buckner, Freddie Webster (tp), Alton "Slim" Moore, J.J.Johnson, John "Shorty" Haughton (tb), Benny Cartet (as,tp,arr,ldr), Porter Kilbert (as), Bumps Meyers, Gene Porter (ts), Willard Brown (bs), Sonny White (p), Ulysses Livingston (g), Curley Russell (b), Oscar Bradley (ds)

A1,6 B4  1944 June, Hollywood
Benny carter and his Orchestra
Irving Lewis, Fred Trainer, Gerald Wilson, Emmett Berry, Paul Cohen (tp), Henry Coker, Alton "Slim" Moore, George Washington, Louis Tylor (tb), Benny Carter (as, arr), Jewell Grant, Porter Kilbert (as), Bumps Myers, Harold Clark (ts), John Taylor (bs), Rufus Webster (p), Herman Mitchell (g), Charlie Drayton (b), Max Roach (ds)

A2,3 B1,6  1945 August, Hollywood
Benny Carter and his Orchestra
Paul Cohen, Ira Pettiford, Walter Williams (tp), Al Grey, Clarence Candy Ross(tb), Benny Carter (as,tp,arr), Bumps Myers,(ts), Willard Brown (bs), Sonny White (p), Jimmy Cannady (g), Tohmas Moultrie (b), Percy Brice (ds)

大二次世界大戦中はBig Bandの維持は困難を極めたといいます。若手が次々に兵役に取られ、次から次に補充していかねばなりません。それがあらぬか、ここでもメンバーの交代は激しく、その分、後年活躍する若手の名前を見出すことができます。J.J.Johnson, Curley Russell, Max Roach,  Geral Wilson, Henry Coker, Percy Brice。しかしsoloを執るのは、Bumps Myer (1912-1968), Alton Moore (1908-1978), Sonny White (1917-1971)、リーダーのCarterが主体となり若手の出番はほとんどありません。Freddie Webster (1916-1947)も名前があるだけです。Ira Pettiford (1916-1982)はOscar Pettifordの兄です。Carterのバンドも1930年代の甘さと優雅さは薄れ、先鋭的なbop風のPassageも聞かれるようになっています。しかしリズムは旧来のSwingです。A2はBugle Call Ragです。