Tag: Benny Carter

From the Record Shelves #54 - Once Upon a TimeFrom the Record Shelves #54 – Once Upon a Time. This is a heavenly record, especially if you like saxophone and good arrangements. The key persons and masters in both departments are Don Redman and Benny Carter. Still I have chosen a number (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #41 - It’s a Lonesome Old TownFrom the Record Shelves #41 – It’s a Lonesome Old Town. The double LP contains the last recordings of McKinney’s Cotton Pickers which are put together with sessions from 1939-40 by Don Redman’s Orchestra (…) read more and listenread more and listen