June in january, february fiesta, march wind, i'll remember april, one morning in may, june is busting out all over, sleigh ride in june, august moon, septembre song, something for octobre, swingin' in november, roses in decembre
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Joe Gordon, Pete Candoli, Stu Williamson, Al Porcino (trumpet), Herbie Harper, George Roberts, Frank Rosolino (tb), Benny Carter (alto sax), Barney Kessel (guitar), Larry Bunker (vib), Arnold Ross or Gerald Wiggins (piano), Joe Confort (bass), Shelly Manne (drum) +others
Squatty roo, when it's sleepy time down south, confessin' that i love you, when you're smiling, them there eyes, it don't mean a thing
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Cat Anderson, Joe Newman, Nat Pierce (trumpet), Britt Woodman (tb), Benny Carter (alto sax), Budd Johnson (tenor sax), Cecil Payne (bs), Mundell Lowe (guitar), George Duvivier (bass), Harold Jones (drum)
Doozy, when lights are low, kiss from you, sleep, central dity blues, hello, people, promenade, remember, sky dance, lonesome nights, easy money, symphony in riffs, souvenir, blues in my heart
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Marvin Stamm, John Eckert, Virgil Jones (trumpet), Eddie Bert, Britt Woodman, Jack Jeffers, Jimmy Knepper (tb), Benny Carter (alto sax) (trumpet), John Purcell (alto sax) (fl), Danny Bank (cl), John Lewis or Dick Katz (piano), Ron Carter (bass), Mel Lewis (drum) +others
What is this thing called love?, easy money, shadow of your smile, secret love, when lights are low, on green dolphin street, but beautiful, just in time, perdido
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Benny Carter (alto sax), Chris Neville (piano), Steve LaSpina (bass), Sherman Ferguson (drum)
Old fashioned love, i'm coming Virginia, a walkin0 thing, blue Lou, ain't she sweet, how can you lose, blues my naughty sweetie gives to me
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Benny Carter (alto sax), Ben Webster (tenor sax), Frank Rosolino (tb), André Previn or Jimmy Rowles (piano), Barney Kessel (guitar), Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Shelly Manne (drum)
CD Album
CONT 7028 - Réédition : OJC 167, CONT 7555
AND HIS STRINGS: ALONE TOGETHER (01-08-1952) by benny carter
Songs
Isn't it romantic?, some other spring, these things you left me, gone with the wind, i got it bad and that ain't good, long ago and far away, i've got the world on a string,'round about midnight, alone together, bewitched bothered and bewildered
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Benny Carter (alto sax), Oscar Peterson (piano), Barney Kessel (guitar), Ray Brown (bass), Buddy Rich (drum) +strings & horns, Joe Clovers (arr)
Street scene, imagination, pick yourself, i get a kick out of youi'll be around, beautiful love, blue star, flamingo, with a song in my heart, can't we be friends, sorry
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Benny Carter (alto sax), Oscar Peterson or Gerry Wiggins (piano), Barney Kessel (guitar), Ray Brown or Red Callender (bass), J.C. Heard or Bill Douglas (drum) + horns, strings
Moonglow, my one and only love, love is here to stay, tenderly, unforgettable, Ruby, moon song, Laura
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Bill Harris (tb), Benny Carter (alto sax), Don Abney or Oscar Peterson (piano), Herb Ellis (guitar), George Duvivier or Ray Brown (bass), Buddy Rich or Louie Bellson (drum)
That old black magic, angel eyes, the song is you, marriage, just one of those things, frenesi
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Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet), Bill Harris (tb), Benny Carter (alto sax), Oscar Peterson (piano), Herb Ellis (guitar), Ray Brown (bass), Buddy Rich or Bobby White (drum)
CD Album
VERVE 8135 - Réédition : VERVE 531 637
SWINGIN' THE TWENTIES (02-11-1958) by benny carter
Songs
Thou swell, my blue heaven, just imagine, if i could be with you, sweet Lorraine, who's sorry now, laugh! clown! laugh!, all alone, Mary Lou, in a little spanish town, someone to watch over me, a monday date
Honeysuckle rose, the midnight sun will never set, crazy rhythm, blue star, cotton tail, body and soul, cherry, doozy
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Benny Carter, Phil Woods, Bud Shank (alto sax), Buddy Colette, Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax), John Collins or Barney Kessel (guitar), Dick Katz (piano), Jimmy Garrison (bass), Jo Jones (drum)
Opening blues, Lula, when lights are low, you can't tell the difference
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Shorty Sherock (trumpet), Barney Bigard (cl), Benny Carter (alto sax), Ben Webster (tenor sax), Jimmy Rowles (piano), Dave Barbour (guitar), Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Mel Lewis (drum)
CD Album
SWING 2032
SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE THE SAX PLAYERS (20-11-1996) by ray brown
Songs
Love walked in, fly me to the moon, Moose the moche, these foolish thing, howhigh the moon, easy living, when it's sleepy time down south, just you just me, port of Rico, God bless the child
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benny green (piano), ray brown (bass), gregory hutchinson (drum), benny carter or jesse davis (alto sax) or joe lovano or ralph moore or joshua redman or stanley turrentine (tenor sax)
In a mellow tone, gee baby ain't i good to you, on the trail, when my dreamboat comes home, Ron's blues, for all we know, blues for Lisa, squatty roo, the more i see you
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clark terry (trumpet) (flh), benny carter (alto sax), oscar peterson (piano), lorne lofsky (guitar), ray brown (bass), lewis nash (drum)
Dream a little dream of me, my last affair, baby don't you quit now, look at me now, the jersey bounce, when your lover has gone, that old devil called love, all that jazz, just when we're falling in love, good morning hearthache, *the nearness of you
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ella fitzgerald (vcl), harry edison (trumpet), benny carter (alto sax), al grey (tb), clark terry (trumpet), kenny barron (piano), ray brown (bass), bobby durham (drum)
Sunday in New York, in a mellotone, i'm comin' home again, Christopher Columbus, London by night, little bird, be mine, lend me your life, sack full of dreams
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benny carter (alto sax), ernestine anderson (vcl), marshall otwell (piano), ron eschete (guitar), ray brown (bass), jimmie smith (drum)
You'd be so nice to come home to, my funny Valentine, here's that rainy day, summertime, a kiss from you, i've got the world on a string, now that i need you, over the rainbow, september song, autumn leaves, didn't we
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billy eckstine (vcl), benny carter (alto sax) (trumpet), bobby tucker (piano), paul west (bass), vernell fournier (drum), helen merrill (vcl)
Theme for Celine, the happy hour, party time, Elliott (the silent partner), theme for Susannah, blues for Chris
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clark terry (trumpet), benny carter (alto sax), zoot sims (tenor sax), milt jackson (vib), oscar peterson (piano), john heard (bass), grady tate (drum)
Mama don't wear no drawers, doggin' around, Kansas city line, jjjjump
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clark terry (trumpet), al grey (tb), benny carter (alto sax), eddie davis (tenor sax), count basie (piano), joe pass (guitar), john heard (bass), louie bellson (drum)
CD Album
PABLO 2310-786 - Réédition : OJC 631
AT MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL 1975 (16-07-1975) by jatp
Songs
For you, autumn leaves, if i had you, i never knew
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roy eldridge (trumpet), clark terry (trumpet) (flh), benny carter (alto sax), zoot sims (tenor sax), tommy flanagan (piano), joe pass (guitar), keeter betts (bass), bobby durham (drum)
No regrets, i've got a feeling i'm falling, deep purple, rain, on green Dolphin street, just friends, i cried forr you, seems like old times, you stepped out of a dream, if i give my heart to you, once in a while, the lamp is low, where are you, ....
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ella fitzgerald (vcl), harry edison (trumpet), benny carter (alto sax), george auld (tenor sax), jimmy jones (piano), john collins (guitar), bob west (elb), panama francis or louie bellson (drum)
I'm always drunk in San Francisco, elusive butterfly, day by day, when you get around me, walking happy, my very own person, ask any woman, boy do i have a surprise for you, loads of love, i haven't got anything better to do, wonder why
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carmen mcrae (vcl) +orchestra, benny carter or shorty rogers or oliver nelson (arr)
My silent love, i never had a chance, whisper not, the lady is a tramp, i won't dance, i could write a book, as long as i live, days of wine and roses, close your eyes, cloudy morning, where can i go without you, *i'm a fool to want you, *i'll get by, ..
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peggy lee (vcl), jack sheldon (trumpet), justin gordon or harry klee (fl) (tenor sax), lou levy or bob corwin (piano), herb ellis or john pisano (guitar), max bennett (bass), mel lewis (drum) + others, benny carter (arr)
Boston beans, Kansas city, Basin street blues, New York city blues, Los Angeles blues, San Francisco blues, i lost my sugar in Salt Lake city, St. Louis blues, fisherman's wharf, the train blues, the grain belt blues, *hey! Look me over, *the shining sea
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peggy lee (vcl) + quincy jones orchestra: al porcino, jack sheldon (trumpet), frank rosolino (tb), benny carter (alto sax), plas johnson, bill perkins (tenor sax), jack nimitz (bs), lou levy or jimmy rowles (piano), dennis budimir (guitar), max bennett (bass), stan levey (drum) + other
All the things you are, Bernie's tune, swedish jam
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roy eldridge, dizzy gillespie (trumpet), j.j. johnson (tb), coleman hawkins, don byas, stan getz (tenor sax), cannonball adderley, benny carter (alto sax), lalo schifrin (piano), art davis (bass), jo jones or chuck lampkin (drum)
I can't get started, old folks, body and soul, the very thought of you, you're mine you, whispering grass, solitude, dedicated to you, close, be anything, congratulations to someone, my wish
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dakota staton (vcl) + orchestra, benny carter (arr)
CD Album
CAPITOL 1427
'TAIN'T NOBODY'S BIZ-NESS IF I DO (05-01-1959) by helen humes
Songs
You depend on me, trouble in mind, among my souvenirs, ain't misbehavin', stardust, a good man is hard to find,'tain't nobody's biz-ness if i do, i got bad, when the saints go marching in, Bill Bailey, when i grow too old to dream
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helen humes (vcl), benny carter (alto sax), frank rosolino (tb), taddy edwards (tenor sax)andré previn (piano), leroy vinnegar (bass), shelly manne or mel lewis (drum)
The Gene Krupa story, i love my baby, royal garden blues, indiana jam session, spiritual jazz, cherokee, indiana montage, memories of you, way down in New Orleans, song of India, cahu dance
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pete candoli, ray triscari, conrad gozzo (trumpet), ed kusby, murray mceachern, george roberts (tb), benny carter (alto sax), jerry casper, dave harris (tenor sax), dave pell (bs), jimmy rowles (piano), barney kessel (guitar), morty corb (bass), gene krupa (drum), anita o'day (voc)
Dancin' pants, be my guest, kings road blues, bright moon, the oom is blues, what' new, we'll together again, time on my hands, Laura
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benny carter, art pepper, herb geller, charlie mariano (alto sax) or buddy collette, bill perkins, walter benton (tenor sax), pepper adams (bs), lou levy or carl perkins (piano), red mitchell or leroy vinnegar (bass), shelly manne (drum)
Love walked in, i didn't know about you, would i love you, i wake up smiling, this can't be love, crazy he calls me, two cigarettes in the dark, the masquerade is over, take me in yours arms, together, affair, no more, warm valley, *you do something to m
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abbey lincoln (vcl) + orchestra, marty paich or benny carter or jack montrose (arr)
Ot had to be you, come rain or come shine, i don't want to cry anymore, ghost of a chance, a fine romance, gone with the wind, i get a kick out of you, isn't it a lovely day
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billie holiday (vcl), benny carter (alto sax), jimmy rowles (piano), barney kessel (guitar), john simmons (bass), larry bunker (drum)
Prelude to a kiss, when your lover has gone, please don't talk about me when i'm gone, nice work if you can get it, i gotta right to sing the blues, what's new, i hahn't anyone till you, everything i have is yours
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billie holiday (vcl), harry edison (trumpet), benny carter (alto sax), jimmy rowles (piano), barney kessel (guitar), john simmons (bass), larry bunker (drum)
Where's Art?, i don't know, striding, wailing, i still love him so, the moon is low, close your eyes, i missed my hat, polite blues, i'll remember you, Chelsea bridge, i've got the world on a string
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roy eldridge (trumpet), benny carter (alto sax), bruce mcdonald (piano), john simmons (bass), alvin stoller (drum)
CD Album
VERVE 8202 - Réédition : VERVE 531 637
THE SWINGING BUDDY RICH (27-08-1954) by buddy rich
Songs
Sweets' opus, strike it Rich, sportin' life, Sonny and Sweets, two mothers, willow weep for me, let's fall in love, me and my jaguar, just blues
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harry edison (trumpet), milt bernhardt (tb), willie smith or sonny criss or benny carter (alto sax), georgie auld (tenor sax), bob poland (bs), barney kessel (guitar), gerald wiggins or jimmy rowles (piano), joe confort or john simmons (bass), buddy rich (drum), jack costanzo (bgo)
Unforgettable Gordon, almost like being in love, lover, if dreams come true, don't be that way, stompin' at the Savoy, our love is here to stay, sweet and lovely, little girl blue, june in january, Rosetta, birth of the blueside, when your lover has gone
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benny carter (alto sax), teddy wilson (piano), milt hinton (bass), jo jones or sticks evans (drum)
Jam session blues, cotton tail, the nearness of you, someone to watch over me, flamingo, i surrender dear, sweet and lovely, stardust, embraceable you, tenderly, alone together, cocktails for two, don't be that way, body and soul, ...
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roy eldridge (trumpet), bill harris (tb), willie smith, benny carter (alto sax), flip phillips, ben webster (tenor sax), oscar peterson (piano), herb ellis (guitar), ray brown (bass), j.c. heard (drum)
Flying home, cool blues, ballad medley, the drum battle, one o' clock jump, blues, swinging on a star, love for sale, swinging till the girls come home, Lester's blues, i cover the waterfront, Lester leaps in, Laura, Indiana, somebody loves me
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charlie shavers, roy eldridge (trumpet), bill harris (tb), willie smith, benny carter (alto sax), lester young, ben webster, flip phillips (tenor sax), oscar peterson (piano), herb ellis (guitar), ray brown (bass), gene krupa, j.c. heard (drum)
Flying home, cool blues, septembre song, someone to watch over me, flamingo, i can't get started, makin' whoopee, young man with a horn, embraceable you, the challenges, the drum battle, one o'clock jump, blues, pompton turnpike, swinging in the air, ...
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charlie shavers, roy eldridge (trumpet), bill harris (tb), willie smith, benny carter (alto sax), lester young, ben webster, flip phillips (tenor sax), oscar peterson (bass), herb ellis (guitar), ray brown (bass), gene krupa, j.c. heard (drum)
Caxton hall swing, for europeans only, phalanges, skin deep, fascinatin' rhythm, copasetic, percussionistically speaking, all god's chillun got rhythm, Loris
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harry edison, conrad gozzo, ray linn, maynard ferguson (trumpet), herb harper, tommy pederson (tb), benny carter, willie smith (alto sax), wardell gray, bumps myers (tenor sax), bob lawson (bs), jimmy rowles (piano), barney kessel (guitar), john simmons (bass), louie bellson (drum)
Cottontail, danny boy, bounce blues, tenderly, that's all, pennies for heaven, jive at six, don't get around much anymore, *poutin'
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harry edison (trumpet), ben webster (tenor sax), benny carter (alto sax), oscar peterson (piano), herb ellis (guitar), ray brown (bass), alvin stoller or j.c. heard (drum)
Cotton tail, air mail special, swinging on a star, the man i love, seven come eleven, D.B. blues, i cover the waterfront, up-N Adam
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roy eldridge charlie shavers (trumpet), ben webster, flip phillips (tenor sax), benny carter, willie smith (alto sax), bill harris (tb), herb ellis (guitar), ray brown (bass), gene krupa or j.c. heard (drum)
The trumper battle, jam session blues, i can't get started, summertime, sweet Lorraine, it's the talk of the town, cocktails for two, perdido, cocktail, Idaho, sophisticated lady, sweet Georgia Brown, cheek to cheek, C jam blues
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roy eldridge, charlie shavers (trumpet), benny carter or willie smith (alto sax), lester young, flip phillips (tenor sax), oscar peterson or hank jones (piano), barney kessell (guitar), ray brown (bass), buddy rich or gene krupa (drum)
The trumpet battle, jam session blues, i can't get started, summertime, sweet Lorraine, it's the talk of the town, cocktails for two, perdido, cottontail, drum battle, idaho, sophisticated lady, sweet Georgia Brown, cheek to cheek, C jam blues, tenderly
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roy eldridge, charlie shavers (trumpet), benny carter or willie smith (alto sax), lester young, flip phillips (tenor sax), oscar peterson or hank jones (piano), barney kessel (guitar), ray brown (bass), buddy rich, gene krupa (drum)
charlie shavers (trumpet), benny carter, charlie parker, johnny hodges (alto sax), flip phillips, ben webster (tenor sax), oscar peterson (piano), barney kessel (guitar), ray brown (bass), j.c. heard (drum)
Jam blues, all the things you are, dearly beloved, the nearness of you, i'll get by, everything happens to me, what's new, someone to watch over me, isn't romantic?, *funky blues
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charlie shavers (trumpet), benny carter, charlie parker, johnny hodges (alto sax), flip phillips, ben webster (tenor sax), oscar peterson (piano), barney kessel (guitar), ray brown (bass), j.c. heard (drum)
Bookie blues, she's funny that way, these foolish things, kidney stew, trio blues, i got it bad, jumpin' at the woodside
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vic dickenson, al grey (tb), roy eldridge (trumpet), benny carter (alto sax), zoot sims (tenor sax), count basie (piano), ray brown (bass), jimmie smith (drum)
Bye bye blues, moten swing, i surrender dear, song of the islands
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clark terry (trumpet), al grey (tb), benny carter (alto sax), eddie davis (tenor sax), count basie (piano), joe pass (guitar), john heard (bass), louie bellson (drum)
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing, don't get around much anymore, sophisticated lady, solitude, Duke's place, come sunday, i'm beginning to see the light, i got it bad and that ain't god, i let a song go out of my heart
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teresa brewer (vcl), oscar brashear (trumpet), benny carter (alto sax), mick long (piano), chuck domanico (bass), shelly manne (drum)
Ow!, stardust, yesterday, you go to my head, what is this thing called love, tin tin deo, the champ, woman you must be crazy, goin' to Chicago, storny monday, shiny shockings, undecided, i've got the world on a string, blue Lou, septembre song, ...
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dizzy gillespie, clark terry (trumpet), zoot sims (tenor sax), james moody (tenor sax) (fl), teddy wilson (piano), bob cranshaw (bass), louie bellson (drum), benny carter (alto sax), coleman hawkins (tenor sax), t-bone walker (voc)
There goes my heart, snatch it and grab it, king size papa, craz world, tonight's the night, dragging my heart around, last call
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julia lee (vcl) (piano), ernie royal (trumpet), vick dickenson (tb), dave cavanaugh (tenor sax), benny carter (alto sax), jack marshall (guitar), harry babasin or billy hadnott (bass), sam lovett (drum) or others
Come on over to my house, ain't it a crime?, i was wrong, king size papa, tonight the night, don't save it too long, after hours waltz, you ain't got it no more
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julia lee (vcl), bobby sherwood (co), vic dickenson (tb), benny carter (alto sax), dave cavanaugh or tommy douglas (tenor sax), red norvo (xyl), jack marshall or jimmy walker (guitar), red callender (bass), sam lovett (drum) or others
When lights are low, i'm in the mood for swing, key largo, another time another place, summer serenade, doozy, lonely woman, only trust your heart, easy money, *a kiss for you, *evening star
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benny carter (alto sax), marian mcpartland (piano), john clayton (bass), harold jones (drum)
Rose room, royal garden blues, Anitra's dance, it feels so good, tootsie roll, double walk, undecided, blue skies, coquette, opus 5, 20th century closet, then i'll be happy
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ray linn (trumpet), dave pell (cl), benny carter (alto sax), john towner williams (piano), lyle ritz (bass), frank capp (drum), harry betts, marty paich (arr)
So in love, first thing first, i won't worry, let them talk, hey lawdy mama, don't explain, the folks who live on the hill,'round midnight, you call it madness, will you still be mine, knock me a kiss, Indiana
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dakota staton (vcl) + orchestra, benny carter (arr)
I'll close my eyes, trapped, the masquerade is over, pick yourself up, everybody's somebody fool, if i love again, wait for the rain, meet me at no special place, don't leave me now, rock me to sleep, make me a present of you, on green Dolphin street
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dakota staton (vcl) + orchestra, benny carter (arr)