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1.StopBugle Call Rag – Wilbert Baranco Orchestra 03:12
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2.StopNight and Day – Wilbert Baranco Orchestra 03:18
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3.StopEverytime I Think of You – Wilbert Baranco Orchestra 02:53
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4.StopBaranco Boogie – Wilbert Baranco Orchestra 06:01
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5.StopLove for Sale – Benny Carter 03:22
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6.StopPatience and Fortitude – Benny Carter 02:37
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7.StopWithout a Song – Benny Carter Orchestra 03:38
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8.StopOofdah – Benny Carter Orchestra 04:30
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9.StopI Can't Get Started – Benny Carter 03:02
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10.StopJump Call – Benny Carter 03:40
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11.StopBack Bay Boogie – Benny Carter 05:28
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12.StopAir Mail Special – Jimmy Mundy Orchestra 03:03
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13.StopHello, Goodbye, Forget It – Jimmy Mundy Orchestra 04:02
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14.StopFiesta in Blue – Jimmy Mundy Orchestra 04:16
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15.StopFiesta in Brass – Jimmy Mundy Orchestra 04:14
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16.StopI Don't Know What It Is – Gerald Wilson Orchestra 03:05
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17.StopCruisin' With Cab – Gerald Wilson Orchestra 04:05
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18.StopCome Sunday – Gerald Wilson Orchestra 03:53
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19.StopGroovin' High – Gerald Wilson Orchestra 04:27
In 2006, Hep records released what amounted to a really exciting addition to the Benny Carter discography. Groovin' High in L.A. is a multifaceted sampler of jazz in transition (as Dizzy Gillespie's bop title would seem to indicate) recorded in the Los Angeles area during the spring and summer of 1946. Multi-instrumentally facile Carter is heard leading his own band on various radio broadcasts (tracks 5-11), and sitting in with orchestras led by pianist Wilbert Baranco (tracks 1-4), composer and arranger Jimmy Mundy (tracks 12-15), and trumpeter Gerald Wilson (tracks 16-19). Instrumentalists worth crowing about are trumpeters Hobart Dotson, Snooky Young, and Miles Davis; trombonists Melba Liston, Britt Woodman, Al Grey, and Juan Tizol; saxophonists Willie Smith, Babe Russin, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Lucky Thompson, and Buddy Collette; guitarist Irving Ashby and bassist Charles Mingus. This is a valuable stash of early modern jazz as it was being conceived and performed on the West Coast during the first half of the year 1946. It also fills in some of the gaps in our understanding of the long life and productive career of Benny Carter. arwulf arwulf, All Music Guide
- Genre: Jazz, Blues
- Subgenre: Soul Jazz/Groove, Cool, Bop, New Orleans/Classic Jazz, Hard Bop, Big Band/Swing, East Coast Blues
- Category Dixieland, West Coast Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Jump Blues, Big Band, East Coast Blues, Swing, Bop, Hard Bop
- Release Date: December 7, 1995
- Artist: Carter Benny [Sax]
- Additional Artist: Wilbert Barranco (Vocals ), Gerald Wilson Orchestra (Performer )