Benny Carter Plays Pretty

1955 studio album by Benny Carter

Studio album by

Benny Carter

Released

1955

Recorded

June 23 and September 14, 1954

Studio

Los Angeles and Fine Sound Studios, New York City

Genre

Jazz

Label

Norgran

Producer

Norman Granz

Benny Carter chronology

Cosmopolite
(1956)

Benny Carter Plays Pretty
(1955)

New Jazz Sounds
(1955)

Benny Carter Plays Pretty (also released as Moonglow) is an album by jazz saxophonist Benny Carter that was recorded in 1954 and released by Norgran Records.^[1]^[2]

Billboard in 1955 wrote: "This is mainly 'mood music' in the jazz idiom, and highly effective."^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Moonglow" (Will Hudson, Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange)	2:44
2.	"My One and Only Love" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin)	3:51
3.	"Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)	3:35
4.	"Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence)	3:37
5.	"Unforgettable" (Irving Gordon)	3:21
6.	"Laura" (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer)	7:41
7.	"Ruby" (Heinz Roemheld, Mitchell Parish)	4:32
8.	"Moon Song" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston)	3:56

Personnel

Benny Carter – alto saxophone
Don Abney (tracks 1-5, 7 & 8) – piano
Oscar Peterson (track 6) – piano
George Duvivier (track 1-5, 7 & 8) – double bass
Ray Brown (track 6) – double bass
Louis Bellson (tracks 1-5, 7 & 8) – drums
Buddy Rich (track 6) – drums
Herb Ellis (track 6) – guitar
Bill Harris (track 6) – trombone

References

^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Norgran Label Discography, accessed March 29, 2016
^ Norgran Records Catalog: 1000 series accessed March 29, 2016
^ "Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums". Billboard. Vol. 67, no. 14. April 2, 1955. p. 42.
^ ^a ^b Allmusic listing, accessed March 29, 2016

Benny Carter

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.

As leader
or co-leader

Alone Together (1952)
Cosmopolite (1952–54)
Benny Carter Plays Pretty (1954)
New Jazz Sounds (and Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Harris, 1954)
Urbane Jazz (and Roy Eldridge, 1955)
Jazz Giant (1957–58)
Swingin' the '20s (and Earl Hines, 1958)
Further Definitions/Additions to Further Definitions (1961/1966)
Carter, Gillespie Inc. (and Dizzy Gillespie]], 1976)
Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson (1986)
Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter (1986)

Songs

"Cow-Cow Boogie" (1942)

Oscar Peterson

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Note: All-Star albums feature sideman who are not necessarily listed while titles which include "Oscar Peterson" or the OP Trio are usually shortened.

As
leader
or
co-leader

Plays series	Duke Ellington (1952) George Gershwin (1952) Harold Arlen (1954) Count Basie (1955)
1955–58	In a Romantic Mood (with Russ Garcia, 1955) At the Stratford Shakespearean Festival (1956) At the Concertgebouw (1957) Soft Sands (with Buddy Bregman, 1957) Trio with Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones at Newport (1957) My Fair Lady (1958) On the Town (1958) A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra (1959) The Jazz Soul (1959) Swinging Brass (with Russ Garcia, 1959) Fiorello! (1960)
Plays the Songbook (1959)	Cole Porter Duke Ellington George Gershwin Harold Arlen Jerome Kern Richard Rodgers Porgy & Bess
The London House Sessions (1961)	Put On a Happy Face Something Warm The Sound of the Trio The Trio (Verve)
Trio & Guests	Very Tall (with Milt Jackson, 1961) Affinity (1962) Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band! (1962) Night Train (1962) West Side Story (1962) And Nelson Riddle (1963) Canadiana Suite (1964) Plays (1964) + One (with Clark Terry, 1964) We Get Requests (1964) Eloquence (1965) I/We Had a Ball (multiple groups, 1965) With Respect to Nat (1965) Blues Etude (1966) Soul Español (1966) The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple groups, 1967)
Exclusively for My Friends	Action (1963–64) Girl Talk (1965–68) The Way I Really Play (1967) The Lost Tapes (1967–68) Mellow Mood (1968) My Favorite Instrument (1968) Travelin' On (1968)
1969–79	Hello Herbie (1969) Motions and Emotions (with Claus Ogerman, 1969) Another Day (1970) Tracks (1970) Tristeza on Piano (1970) Walking the Line (1970) Great Connection (1971) In Tune (and The Singers Unlimited, 1971) Reunion Blues (and Milt Jackson, 1971) In Tokyo (1972) Solo (1972) The History of an Artist, Vol. 1 (1972) The History of an Artist, Vol. 2 (1972) The trio (Pablo, 1973) In Russia (1974) The Giants (1974) The Good Life (1974) Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à Salle Pleyel (1975) Porgy and Bess (and Joe Pass, 1975) The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux (1975) The Tenor Giants (and Zoot Sims and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1975) And the Bassists – Montreux '77 (and Ray Brown & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, 1977) Jam – Montreux '77 (1977) The London Concert (1978) The Paris Concert (1978) Digital at Montreux (1979) Night Child (1979) Skol (with Stéphane Grappelli, 1979)
With The Trumpet Kings	Roy Eldridge (1974) Dizzy Gillespie (1974) Jousts (1974) Harry Edison (1974) Clark Terry (1975) Jon Faddis (1975) At Montreux '75 (Eldridge, Gillespie & Terry, 1975) The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (with Gillespie, Hubbard & Terry, 1980) The Alternate Blues (with Gillespie, Hubbard & Terry, 1980)
1980–2004	Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980) The Personal Touch (1980) A Royal Wedding Suite (1981) Nigerian Marketplace (1981) Face to Face (with Freddie Hubbard, 1982) Freedom Song (1982) A Tribute to My Friends (1983) If You Could See Me Now (1983) Jazz at the Philharmonic – Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness (multiple groups, 1983) Two of the Few (with Milt Jackson, 1983) Live! (1986) Time After Time (1986) Live at the Blue Note (1990) Saturday Night at the Blue Note (1991) Last Call at the Blue Note (1992) Encore at the Blue Note (1993) Side by Side (with Itzhak Perlman, 1994) The More I See You (1995) An Oscar Peterson Christmas (1995) A Tribute to Oscar Peterson – Live at the Town Hall (1996) Oscar in Paris (1996) Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore (1996) Oscar and Benny (with Benny Green, 1998) Summer Night in Munich (1998) Trail of Dreams: A Canadian Suite (2000) A Night in Vienna (2004)