IN THE GROOVE

Centennial of Birth of Benny Carter (Aug. 8, 1907- July 12, 2003) [Carter wrote all the tunes in this feature and performed in all but the first]:
• Ella Mae Morse with Freddie Slack and his Orch—Cow-Cow Boogie—1942—VA: Sentimental Journey—Capitol
• Chocolate Dandies—Dee Blues—1930—Complete Recordings 1930-1940, Vol. 1—Affinity
• Chocolate Dandies—Blue Interlude—1933—Complete Recordings 1930-1940, Vol. 1—Affinity
• Chocolate Dandies—Krazy Kapers—1933—Complete Recordings 1930-1940, Vol. 1—Affinity
• Chocolate Dandies—Once Upon A Time—1933—Complete Recordings 1930-1940, Vol. 1—Affinity

• Benny Carter, etc.—When Lights Are Low—1962—Benny Carter, Ben Webster & Barney Bigard: BBB & Co.—Swingville/Original Jazz Classics
• Benny Carter and his Orch—Doozy—1961—Impulse LP
• Benny Carter, incl. Dizzy Gillespie—Another Time, Another Place—1987—In The Mood For Swing—Musical Heritage Society
• Benny Carter Group—Stroll—1976—Wonderland—Pablo LP
• Benny Carter—My Kind Of Trouble Is You—1988—My Kind Of Trouble Is You—Pablo LP

Bassists Art Davis (Dec. 5, 1934-July 29. 2007) passed away recently at age 73:
• Max Roach—Tuba De Nod—1959—Award Winning Drummer—Time Records/Bainbridge
• Booker Little—Quiet Please—1961—Out Front—Candid
• Elvin Jones Trio—Six And Four—1961—Elvin!—Riverside LP

• Roland Kirk—A Sack Full Of Soul—1961—We Free Kings--Mercury
• Roland Kirk—The Haunted Melody—1961—We Free Kings—Mercury
• Hasaan Ibn Ali with the Max Roach Trio—Din-ka Street—1964—Max Roach Trio Featuring The Legendary Hassan—Atlantic LP
• John Coltrane—Acknowledgement (alt. take)—1964—A Love Supreme—Impulse
• Mark Murphy—Li’l Darlin’—1961—Rah—Riverside LP