Benny Carter Week: Crazy Rhythm

Benny Carter

1937

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How about Coleman Hawkins, Django Rheinhardt, Stephan Grappelli, and Benny Carter all on one 3:00 minute side?

Around 2:30, you can hear Django tell Coleman Hawkins “Go on!” and keep his golden solo going.

How I wish someone had filmed this, but if we want to understand Carter’s career, we’ve got to be satisfied with the vinyl. (Tomorrow we get back to our regular video programming.)

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