Further Definitions (album)

Further Definitions (1961) is a jazz album by Benny Carter and his orchestra, rereleased on CD in 1997 coupled with his follow-up album, the 1966 Additions to Further Definitions. The earlier album is Carter's best-known, recorded with an all-star line-up that included Coleman Hawkins, with whom Carter had recorded in Paris before World War II using the same configuration of instruments: four saxophones, piano, guitar, bass, and drums.

Reception
The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested "Core Collection" calling it "a good value purchase."

Track listing

 * Further Definitions


 * 1) "Honeysuckle Rose" (Razaf–Waller) –3:50
 * 2) "The Midnight Sun Will Never Set" (Jones–Cochran–Salvador) –3:57
 * 3) "Crazy Rhythm" (Caesar–Meyer–Kahn) –3:23
 * 4) "Blue Star" (Carter) –5:19
 * 5) "Cotton Tail" (Ellington) –4:24
 * 6) "Body and Soul" (Green–Sour–Heyman–Eyton) –4:09
 * 7) "Cherry" (Redman–Gilbert) –4:52
 * 8) "Doozy" (Carter) –3:32


 * Additions to Further Definitions
 * 1) "Fantastic, That's You" (Cates–Greene–Thiele) –6:11
 * 2) "Come on Back" (Carter) –4:14
 * 3) "We Were in Love" (Carter) –4:27
 * 4) "If Dreams Come True" (Sampson–Goodman–Mills) –5:49
 * 5) "Prohibido" (Carter) –3:20
 * 6) "Doozy" (Carter) –5:33
 * 7) "Rock Bottom" (Carter) –4:14
 * 8) "Titmouse" (Carter) –3:02

''1–8 recorded in 1961 in New York City, on 13 November (1–3, 7) and 15 November (4–6, 8).

9–16 recorded in 1966 in Los Angeles, on 2 March (9, 10–13) and 4 March (11, 14–16).

Solo Order, by Track:
 * 1) Rouse, Woods, Hawkins, Carter
 * 2) Hawkins, Katz, Carter
 * 3) Hawkins, Woods, Rouse, Carter, Katz
 * 4) Hawkins, Carter, Katz, Carter (ad-libbing)
 * 5) Hawkins, Carter, Rouse, Woods, Hawkins, Katz
 * 6) Woods, Rouse, Carter, Hawkins
 * 7) Carter (Intro), Rouse, Carter, Rouse, Woods, Hawkins
 * 8) Katz, Woods, Hawkins, Carter, Rouse, Katz

Personnel

 * Benny Carter &mdash; alto saxophone
 * Phil Woods &mdash; alto saxophone (1–8)
 * Coleman Hawkins &mdash; tenor saxophone (1–8)
 * Charlie Rouse &mdash; tenor saxophone (1–8)
 * John Collins &mdash; guitar (1–8)
 * Dick Katz &mdash; piano (1–8)
 * Jimmy Garrison &mdash; bass (1–8)
 * Jo Jones &mdash; drums (1–8)
 * Bud Shank &mdash; alto saxophone (9–16)
 * Buddy Collette &mdash; tenor saxophone (9–10, 12–13)
 * Bill Perkins &mdash; tenor saxophone (11, 14–16)
 * Teddy Edwards &mdash; tenor saxophone (9–16)
 * Bill Hood &mdash; baritone saxophone (9–16)
 * Barney Kessel &mdash; guitar (9–16)
 * Mundell Lowe &mdash; guitar (9–16)
 * Don Abney &mdash; piano (9–16)
 * Ray Brown &mdash; bass (9–16)
 * Alvin Stoller &mdash; drums (9–16)

Production

 * Pete Turner - photography