| Alone Together | ||||
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| Studio album by Benny Carter with His Strings and the Oscar Peterson Quartet | ||||
| Released | 1956 | |||
| Recorded | September 18 & 19, 1952 | |||
| Studio | Reeves Sound Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Norgran | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Alone Together is an album by American jazz saxophonist Benny Carter and his orchestra with the Oscar Peterson Quartet. The album was recorded in 1952 and released by Norgran Records.[1][2][3] It includes tracks that were released on the 10 inch LP The Formidable Benny Carter and recordings from the same sessions.[4]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Isn't It Romantic?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | 3:40 |
| 2. | "Some Other Spring" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Irene Kitchings) | 3:45 |
| 3. | "These Things You Left Me" (Harold Dickinson, Sidney Lippman) | 3:38 |
| 4. | "Gone with the Wind" (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson) | 2:59 |
| 5. | "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) | 2:57 |
| 6. | "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin) | 3:05 |
| 7. | "Alone Together" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) | 2:36 |
| 8. | "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Rodgers, Hart) | 3:13 |
| 9. | "Cocktails for Two" (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) | 2:58 |
| 10. | "Key Largo" (Carter, Karl Suessdorf, Leah Worth) | 3:07 |
| 11. | "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) | 3:21 |
| 12. | "'Round About Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) | 3:17 |
Note: tracks 1-3, 7-10, 12 are included on the original The Formidable Benny Carter 10" album.
Personnel
- Benny Carter – alto saxophone
- Oscar Peterson – piano
- Barney Kessel – guitar
- Ray Brown – double bass
- Buddy Rich – drums
- Arranged and conducted by Joe Glover
References
- ↑ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Norgran Label Discography, accessed March 29, 2016
- ↑ Norgran Records Catalog: 1000 series accessed March 29, 2016
- ↑ Encilopedia del Jazz: Benny Carter, accessed June 7, 2019
- ↑ Norgran Records Catalog: Ten Inch series accessed March 29, 2016
- 1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed March 29, 2016
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