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Saturday August 8 2015 - Benny Carter

Charlie Johnson's Paradise Orch., "Charleston Is the Best Dance After All," v/a: Hot Notes: New York, Vol. 1 (Frog)

Little Chocolate Dandies, "Six or Seven Times," Benny Carter: 1929-1933 (Classics)

Fletcher Henderson & His Orch., "Keep a Song in Your Soul," A Study in Frustration (Columbia)

Chocolate Dandies, "Dee Blues," Benny Carter: When Lights Are Low (ASV)

Chick Webb & His Orch., "Heebie-Jeebies," Rhythm Man (Hep)

Chocolate Dandies, "Once Upon a Time," Benny Carter: When Lights Are Low (ASV)

Benny Carter & His Orch., "Devil's Holiday," Spike Hughes & Benny Carter: 1933 (Retrieval)

Benny Carter & His Orch., "Big Ben Blues," Spike Hughes & Benny Carter: 1933 (Retrieval)

Teddy Wilson & His Orch., "Sugar," Billie Holiday: Quintessential, Vol. 7 (Columbia)

Lionel Hampton & His Orch., "When Lights Are Low," Hot Mallets, Vol. 1 (Bluebird)

Coleman Hawkins & the Chocolate Dandies, "Smack (#3)," Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Vol. 1 (Mosaic)

Coleman Hawkins & the Chocolate Dandies, "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me," Benny Carter: When Lights Are Low (ASV)

Benny Carter & His Orch., "Stardust," Jazz off the Air, Vol. 3 (Spotlite)

Arnold Ross Quintet, "Stairway to the Stars," Complete Benny Carter (Mercury)

Jazz at the Philharmonic, "The Trumpet Battle," First Ten Years (Proper)

Benny Carter, "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)," Cosmopolite: Oscar Peterson Verve Sessions (Verve)

Art Tatum, "(I'm Left with the) Blues in My Heart," Group Masterpieces, Vol. 1 (Pablo)

Benny Carter, "Frenesi," Cosmopolite: Oscar Peterson Verve Sessions (Verve)

Benny Carter, "I'm Coming Virginia," Jazz Giant (Contemporary/OJC)

Benny Carter & His Orch., "The Midnight Sun Will Never Set," Further Definitions (Impulse)

Benny Carter, "In a Mellow Tone," Montreux '77 (Pablo/OJC)

Benny Carter, "Lover Man," A Gentleman and His Music (Concord)

Seth Markow has been playing piano since age 7, clarinet (now bass clarinet) since 9, and has been a dedicated jazz fan since he was 13. He has bachelor's and master's degrees in music composition, has played and studied African and Asian music, and is a longtime member of the Javanese orchestra Gamelan Kyai Gandrung. He has also played in jazz, blues, rock, reggae, and world beat bands, as well as various classical ensembles. A radio host since 1976 and a Hawaii resident since 1979, his jazz show The Real Deal began in 1983 and has been heard on HPR-2 since that stream went on the air in 1989.
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