The Quarantined Jazz Voyager

Reveling in my space during this time of temporary seclusion, I am with my music and having lit a few candles, a couple of sticks of incense burning I prepare myself for the talented alto saxophonist and composer Benny Carter. As I drop the needle on his  self-produced Aspects album, I kick back, stretch out and enjoy. Recorded in late summer of 1958 in Los Angeles, California it was released the following year on United Artists.

Except where noted, all compositions by Benny Carter 

1. June in January (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) ~ 3:12
2. February Fiesta (Hal Schaefer) ~ 1:54
3. March Wind ~ 3:16
4. I’ll Remember April (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) ~ 3:21
5. One Morning in May (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) ~ 2:49
6. June Is Bustin’ Out All Over (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:59
7. Sleigh Ride in July (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) ~ 2:50
8. August Moon ~ 3:39
9. September Song (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) ~ 2:39
10. Something for October ~ 2:52
11. Swingin’ in November ~ 3:02
12. Roses in December (Ben Oakland, Herb Magidson, George Jessel) ~ 2:36

• Benny Carter – alto saxophone, arranger

• Pete Candoli, Conrad Gozzo, Uan Rasey, Shorty Sherock – trumpet
• Herbie Harper, Tommy Pederson, George Roberts – trombone
• Buddy Collette, Chuck Gentry, Justin Gordon, Bill Green – saxophone
• Arnold Ross – piano
• Larry Bunker – vibraphone
• Bobby Gibbons – guitar
• Joe Comfort – bass
• Shelly Manne – drums

• Joe Gordon, Al Porcino, Ray Triscari, Stu Williamson – trumpet
• Russ Brown, Tommy Pederson, Frank Rosolino – trombone
• Buddy Collette, Jewell Grant, Bill Green, Plas Johnson – saxophone
• Gerald Wiggins – piano
• Barney Kessel – guitar
• Joe Comfort – bass
• Shelly Manne – drums

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