Further Definitions
Compilation album
Further Definitions is a 1962 jazz album by Benny Carter and his orchestra, rereleased on CD in 1997 coupled with his follow-up album, 1966's Additions to Further Definitions . The earlier album features an all-star octet that includes Coleman Hawkins , with whom Carter had recorded in Paris in 1937, using the same configuration of instruments: four saxophones , piano , guitar , bass , and drums .[ 1] [ 2]
Reception
The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested "Core Collection", calling it "a good value purchase."[ 7]
Track listing
Further Definitions
"Honeysuckle Rose " (Andy Razaf –Fats Waller ) – 3:50
"The Midnight Sun Will Never Set" (Jones–Cochran–Salvador) – 3:57
"Crazy Rhythm" (Caesar–Meyer–Kahn) – 3:23
"Blue Star" (Carter) – 5:19
"Cotton Tail " (Ellington) – 4:24
"Body and Soul" (Green–Sour–Heyman–Eyton) – 4:09
"Cherry" (Redman–Gilbert) – 4:52
"Doozy" (Carter) – 3:32
Additions to Further Definitions
"Fantastic, That's You" (Cates–Greene–Thiele) – 6:11
"Come on Back" (Carter) – 4:14
"We Were in Love" (Carter) – 4:27
"If Dreams Come True" (Sampson–Goodman–Mills) – 5:49
"Prohibido" (Carter) – 3:20
"Doozy" (Carter) – 5:33
"Rock Bottom" (Carter) – 4:14
"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:
Rouse, Woods, Hawkins, Carter
Hawkins, Katz, Carter
Hawkins, Woods, Rouse, Carter, Katz
Hawkins, Carter, Katz, Carter (ad-libbing)
Hawkins, Carter, Rouse, Woods, Hawkins, Katz
Woods, Rouse, Carter, Hawkins
Carter (Intro), Rouse, Carter, Rouse, Woods, Hawkins
Katz, Woods, Hawkins, Carter, Rouse, Katz
Personnel
Further Definitions
Additions to Further Definitions
Production
References
^ Dance, Stanley (December 1997), "Benny Carter: Further Definitions" , JazzTimes .
^ Riccardo Di Filippo, "Benny Carter" , Enciclopedia del Jazz . Retrieved June 7, 2019.
^ Further Definitions at AllMusic
^ Down Beat : April 26, 1962, vol. 29, no. 9.
^ Additions to Further Definitions at AllMusic
^ a b Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 37. ISBN 0-394-72643-X .
^ a b Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin . p. 229-230. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0 .
External links
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader Songs
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums as leader or co-leader
Body and Soul (1939–56)/The Hawk in Hi Fi (1956)
Disorder at the Border (1952)
The Hawk Talks (1952–53)
The Hawk Returns (released 1954)
Timeless Jazz (1954)
Accent on Tenor Sax (1955)
The Hawk in Paris (1956)
The Gilded Hawk (1956–57)
Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957)
The Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Pete Brown, Jo Jones All Stars at Newport (1957)
The Genius of Coleman Hawkins (1957)
The Hawk Flies High (1957)
Bean Bags (and Milt Jackson , 1958)
Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (1958)
Soul (1958)
The High and Mighty Hawk (1958)
The Saxophone Section (1958)
Coleman Hawkins with the Red Garland Trio (1959)
Hawk Eyes (1959)
Coleman Hawkins All Stars (with Vic Dickenson and Joe Thomas , 1959)
Very Saxy (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , Buddy Tate , Arnett Cobb , 1959)
At Ease with Coleman Hawkins (1960)
Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra (1960)
Night Hawk (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960)
The Hawk Swings (1960)
Jazz Reunion (and Pee Wee Russell, 1961)
The Hawk Relaxes (1961)
Back in Bean's Bag (and Clark Terry , 1962)
Bluesy Burrell (with Kenny Burrell , 1962)
Coleman Hawkins Plays Make Someone Happy from Do Re Mi (1962)
Desafinado (1962)
Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (1962)
Good Old Broadway (1962)
Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate (1962)
Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! (1962)
The Jazz Version of No Strings (1962)
Today and Now (1962)
Sonny Meets Hawk! (and Sonny Rollins , 1963)
Wrapped Tight (1965)
The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple leaders, 1967)
With others
Further Definitions (Benny Carter , 1951)
All the Cats Join In (Buck Clayton , 1953–56)
Jumpin' at the Woodside (Buck Clayton, 1954–55)
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie , 1939)
Blues Groove (Tiny Grimes , 1958)
At Newport '63 (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan , 1963)
Straight Ahead (Abbey Lincoln , 1961)
2-3-4 (Shelly Manne , 1962)
Monk's Music (Thelonious Monk , 1957)
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (also Hawkins, 1957)
We Insist! (Max Roach , 1960)
Ben Webster and Associates (1959)
Live at the Five Spot (Randy Weston , 1959)
At Newport '63 (Joe Williams , 1963)