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Benny Carter: Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson

In December 1986, “Pablo” label released “Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson”, album by Benny Carter and Oscar Peterson (the 27 Benny Carter album overall).It was recorded in November 1986, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Benny Carter – alto saxophone
  • Oscar Peterson – piano
  • Joe Pass – guitar
  • Dave Young – double bass
  • Martin Drew – drums
  • Allen Sides – engineer
  • Sheldon Marks – design
  • Norman Granz – layout

Track listing:

  1. Just Friends – John Klemmer, Sam M.  Lewis
  2. Sweet Lorraine – Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish
  3. Baubles, Bangles and Beads – Robert C. Wright, George Forrest, Alexander Borodin
  4. It’s a Wonderful World – Harold Adamson, Jan Savitt, Johnny Watson
  5. If I Had You – Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro
  6. Whispering – Richard H. Coburn, Vincent Rose, John Schoenberger
  7. Some Kind of Blues – Benny Carter, Oscar Peterson

Etta James: All the Way

On March 14, 2006, “RCA Victor” label released “All the Way”, the 28th Etta James album. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by Sametto James, Donto James and Joshua Sklair.

Personnel:

  • Etta James – lead and backing vocals, executive producer
  • Joshua Sklair – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals, recording, mastering, music director
  • Bobby Murray – electric guitar
  • David K. Mathews – keyboards, strings
  • Sametto James – acoustic and electric bass, backing vocals, recording
  • Donto James – drums, percussion, backing vocals, recording
  • Ronnie Buttacavoli – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Randy Williams – backing vocals
  • Tamara Oliver – backing vocals
  • Ed Cherney – mixing, mastering
  • Anthony Montes De Oca – photography
  • Lithofayne Pridgeon – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. All the Way – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  2. Stop On By – Thomas Truman, Bobby Womack
  3. Strung Out – Johnny Watson
  4. Somewhere – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
  5. Holding Back the Years – Michael James Hucknall, Neil Moss
  6. Imagine – John Lennon
  7. I Believe I Can Fly – R. Kelly
  8. It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World – James Brown, Betty Newsome
  9. Purple Rain – Prince
  10. What’s Going On – Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye
  11. Calling You – Robert E. Telson