Alone Together (Benny Carter album)

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]

Alone Together
Studio album by
Benny Carter with His Strings and the Oscar Peterson Quartet
Released1956 (1956)
RecordedSeptember 18 & 19, 1952
StudioReeves Sound Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
LabelNorgran
ProducerNorman Granz
Benny Carter chronology
Alone Together
(1956)
Cosmopolite
(1954)
The Formidable Benny Carter Cover

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]

Allmusic gave the album two stars.[5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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

Personnel

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References

  1. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Norgran Label Discography, accessed March 29, 2016
  2. Norgran Records Catalog: 1000 series accessed March 29, 2016
  3. Encilopedia del Jazz: Benny Carter, accessed June 7, 2019
  4. Norgran Records Catalog: Ten Inch series accessed March 29, 2016
  5. Allmusic listing, accessed March 29, 2016
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