Alone Together
Benny Carter and His Strings And The Oscar Peterson Quartet
Verve MGV-8148
Benny Carter(as), Oscar Peterson(p), Ray Brown(b), Barney Kessel(g), Buddy Rich(ds)

side1
ISN'T IT ROMANTIC?
SOME OTHER SPRING
THESE THINGS YOU LEFT ME
GONE WITH THE WIND
I GOT IT BAD AND THAT AIN'T GOOD
LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY

side2
ALONE TOGETHER
BEWITCHED, BOTHERED AND BEWILDERED
COCKTAILS FOR TWO
KEY LARGO
I'VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING
'ROUND MIDNIGHT

Benny Carterの芳醇なアルトサックスの音色が楽しめる一枚。
strings backのjazz albumは軽視の傾向があるが彼の音色となめらかなフレージングは却って引き立って聞こえます。
side2のalone togetherからBewitchedのくだりが最高だ！