Jazz Giant (Benny Carter album)

This article is about the album by Benny Carter. For the album by Bud Powell, see Jazz Giant.

Jazz Giant is an album by saxophonist Benny Carter, recorded in 1957 and 1958 and released by Contemporary Records.^[1][2]

Jazz Giant
Studio album by Benny Carter
Released	1958 (1958)
Recorded	June 11, July 22 and October 7, 1957, and April 21, 1958
Studio	Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:44
Label	Contemporary
Producer	Lester Koenig
Benny Carter chronology
Urbane Jazz (1955) Jazz Giant (1958) Swingin' the '20s (1958)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[4]

At AllMusic, Scott Yanow called the album a "particularly strong septet session" and stated, "This timeless music is beyond the simple categories of 'swing' or 'bop' and should just be called 'classic.'"^[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote that the album "is a terrific small-group record, full of imagination and invention, and the interchanges with Webster are classic".^[4]

Track listing

1. "Old Fashioned Love" (James P. Johnson, Cecil Mack) - 7:51
2. "I'm Coming Virginia" (Will Marion Cook, Donald Heywood) - 5:48
3. "A Walkin' Thing" (Carter) - 6:00
4. "Blue Lou" (Irving Mills, Edgar Sampson) - 4:58
5. "Ain't She Sweet" (Milton Ager, Jack Yellen) - 3:40
6. "How Can You Lose" (Carter) - 6:13
7. "Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me" (Charles McCarron, Russ Morgan, Arthur Swanstrom) - 4:39

Personnel

• Benny Carter – alto saxophone, trumpet, arrangements
• Frank Rosolino – trombone (tracks 1–4 & 6)
• Ben Webster – tenor saxophone (tracks 1–4 & 6)
• André Previn (tracks 1 & 4–7) – piano
• Jimmy Rowles (tracks 2 & 3) – piano
• Barney Kessel – guitar
• Leroy Vinnegar – double bass
• Shelly Manne – drums