Swingin' the '20s is an album by saxophonist Benny Carter's Quartet with pianist Earl Hines, recorded in 1958 and released on the Contemporary label.[1][2]

Swingin' the '20s
Studio album by
Benny Carter Quartet
Released1959 (1959)
RecordedNovember 2, 1958
StudioContemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
GenreJazz
Length45:16
LabelContemporary
ProducerLester Koenig
Benny Carter chronology
Jazz Giant
(1958)
Swingin' the '20s
(1959)
Aspects
(1959)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz    [4]

At Allmusic, Scott Yanow wrote, "but the results of this 1958 session are relaxed rather than explosive. Carter and Hines explore a dozen tunes with respect and light swing, but one wishes that there were a bit more competitiveness to replace some of the mutual respect".[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that "The rhythm section was one of the best money could buy at the time", but that the album was "generally pretty bland".[4]

Track listing

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  1. "Thou Swell" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:50
  2. "My Blue Heaven" (Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting) - 3:18
  3. "Just Imagine" (Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) - 2:31
  4. "If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)" (James P. Johnson, Henry Creamer) - 2:40
  5. "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) - 5:00
  6. "Who's Sorry Now?" (Ted Snyder, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) - 2:23
  7. "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" (Sam M. Lewis, Ted Fio Rito, Joe Young) - 2:24
  8. "All Alone" (Irving Berlin) - 3:20
  9. "Mary Lou" (J. Russel Robinson, Abe Lyman, George Waggner) - 2:50
  10. "In a Little Spanish Town" (Mabel Wayne, Lewis, Young) - 3:12
  11. "Someone to Watch over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:08
  12. "A Monday Date" (Earl Hines) - 3:08
  13. "Who's Sorry Now?" [alternate take] (Snyder, Kalmar, Ruby) - 2:44 Bonus track on CD reissue
  14. "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" [alternate take] (Lewis, Fio Rito, Young) - 2:38 Bonus track on CD reissue
  15. "All Alone" [alternate take] (Berlin) - 3:10 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Contemporary Records discography accessed June 8, 2015
  2. ^ Encilopedia del Jazz: Benny Carter, accessed June 7, 2019
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Swingin' the 20s – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.