Benny Carter - Further Definitions (Acoustic Sounds)

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: 5708557 
Barcode: 0199957085571
Release Date: 20 Nov 2026
Genre: Jazz

In his only session as bandleader for Impulse!, Further Definitions found alto saxophonist, composer and arranger Benny Carter — just a few years removed from a plum assignment scoring and performing for the hit crime drama M Squad — at the head of a sturdy octet anchored by a four-saxophone front line of Carter, fellow altoist Phil Woods, and tenor saxophonists Coleman Hawkins and Charlie Rouse.

The album offers swings and standards including ‘Body and Soul’, ‘Honeysuckle Rose’, and ‘Crazy Rhythm’, as well as the Carter originals ‘Blue Star’, and ‘Doozy’.

Verve Acoustic Sounds Series titles are mastered from the original analog tapes by Matthew Lutthans, pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings (QRP) and packaged in high-quality tip-on gatefold jackets.

Tracklist

Side A
1. Honeysuckle Rose
2. The Midnight Sun Will Never Set
3. Crazy Rhythm
4. Blue Star

Side B
1. Cotton Tail
2. Body & Soul
3. Cherry
4. Doozy