Urbane Jazz
Urbane Jazz | ||||
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Studio album by Roy Eldridge and Benny Carter | ||||
Released | 1955 | |||
Recorded | March 21 & 23, 1955 | |||
Venue | Radio Recorders, Hollywood | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 50:48 | |||
Label | Verve MGV 8202 | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Benny Carter chronology | ||||
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Urbane Jazz is an album by American jazz trumpeter Roy Eldridge and saxophonist Benny Carter recorded in 1955 and released on the Verve label.[1][2][3]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [4] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars, stating: "This release features the swing-inflected trumpet of Roy Eldridge combined with the always cosmopolitan-sounding alto sax of the venerable Benny Carter. This combination was quite fortuitous because Eldridge took his main inspiration not from Louis Armstrong, but from saxophonists Carter and Coleman Hawkins, transposing that rapid arpeggio style and rich tone to his horn. This gave the trumpet player a keen awareness of harmony and unparalleled dexterity, especially in his solos."[4]
Track listing
All compositions by Roy Eldridge except as indicated
- "I Still Love Him So" (Benny Carter) - 5:47
- "The Moon Is Low" (Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown) – 6:07
- "I Missed My Hat" - 5:19
- "Ballad Medley: I Remember You/Chelsea Bridge/I've Got the World on a String" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer/Billy Strayhorn/Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 6:20
- "Polite Blues" - 8:36
- "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) - 2:40
- "Where's Art" - 4:07
- "I Don't Know" - 4:37
- "Striding" - 4:37
- "Wailing" - 3:14
Personnel
- Roy Eldridge – trumpet, piano
- Benny Carter – alto saxophone
- Bruce McDonald – piano
- John Simmons – double bass
- Alvin Stoller – drums
References
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or co-leader
- Alone Together (1952)
- Cosmopolite (1952–54)
- Benny Carter Plays Pretty (1954)
- New Jazz Sounds (and Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Harris, 1954)
- Urbane Jazz (and Roy Eldridge, 1955)
- Jazz Giant (1957–58)
- Swingin' the '20s (and Earl Hines, 1958)
- Further Definitions/Additions to Further Definitions (1961/1966)
- Carter, Gillespie Inc. (and Dizzy Gillespie]], 1976)
- Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson (1986)
- Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter (1986)
- "Cow-Cow Boogie" (1942)