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Benny Carter / Earl Hines Quartet

Title: Swingin' the 20s + Livin' with the Blues

Label: Essential Jazz Classics

Cat No:EJC55522
Format:CD

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Discovery Records
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• The complete original 1958 album ‘Swingin’ the ‘20s’ (originally on Contemporary), consisting of an astounding quartet collaboration by jazz greats Benny Carter and Earl Hines.

• The only three extant alternate takes from the session, as well as the long unavailable 1959 album ‘Livin’ with the Blues’ (originally on Dot) by singer Barbara Dane (also featuring Benny Carter and Earl Hines), have been added as a bonus.

• This CD contains the complete discography of Benny Carter and Earl Hines together.

• Total Time : 76:13 mins. - 25 tracks - includes 16-page booklet.

• Personnel : Benny Carter, alto sax & trumpet & Earl Hines, piano, Leroy Vinnegar, bass; Shelly Manne, drums - on all tracks ; plus, on bonus tracks : Barbara Dane, vocals; Plas Johnson, tenor sax; and Herbie Harper, John Halliburton, trombones.

Track Listing for Swingin' the 20s + Livin' with the Blues
01. Thou Swell 2:53
02. My Blue Heaven 3:22
03. Just Imagine 2:35
04. If I Could Be With You 2:42
05. Sweet Lorraine 5:03
06. Who’s Sorry Now? 2:23
07. Laugh ! Clown ! Laugh ! 3:21
08. All Alone 3:13
09. Mary Lou 3:10
10. In A Little Spanish Town 2:47
11. Someone To Watch Over Me 2:40
12. A Monday Date 3:10
13. Who’s Sorry Now? [Alt. Take] 2:25*
14. Laugh ! Clown ! Laugh ! [Alt. Take] 2:51*
15. All Alone [Alt. Take] 3:10*
16. Livin’ With The Blues 2:50**
17. How Long, How Long Blues 2:59**
18. If I Could Be With You 3:09**
19. In The Evening 2:55**
20. Bye Bye Blackbird 2:29**
21. A Hundred Years From Today 3:28**
22. Mecca Flat Blues 3:00**
23. Why Don’t You Do Right? 2:46**
24. Porgy 3:52**
25. Since I Fell For You 2:48**
Tt. 76:13

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Benny Carter / Earl Hines Quartet

Swingin' the 20s + Livin' with the Blues