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]

Further Definitions
Studio album by
Released1962, 1966
Recorded1961, 1966
GenreJazz
Length33:38, 37:45
LabelImpulse!
ProducerBob Thiele
George Cates & Bob Thiele
Benny Carter chronology
Sax ala Carter!
(1960)
Further Definitions
(1962)
BBB & Co.
(1962)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
(Further Definitions)
Down Beat     [4]
(Original Lp version)
AllMusic     [5]
(Additions to Further Definitions)
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide     [6]
(Further Definitions)
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide     [6]
(Additions to Further Definitions)
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings     [7]
(Further Definitions)

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested "Core Collection", calling it "a good value purchase."[7]

Track listing

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Further Definitions
  1. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy RazafFats Waller) – 3:50
  2. "The Midnight Sun Will Never Set" (Jones–Cochran–Salvador) – 3:57
  3. "Crazy Rhythm" (Caesar–Meyer–Kahn) – 3:23
  4. "Blue Star" (Carter) – 5:19
  5. "Cotton Tail" (Ellington) – 4:24
  6. "Body and Soul" (Green–Sour–Heyman–Eyton) – 4:09
  7. "Cherry" (Redman–Gilbert) – 4:52
  8. "Doozy" (Carter) – 3:32
     
    Additions to Further Definitions
  9. "Fantastic, That's You" (Cates–Greene–Thiele) – 6:11
  10. "Come on Back" (Carter) – 4:14
  11. "We Were in Love" (Carter) – 4:27
  12. "If Dreams Come True" (Sampson–Goodman–Mills) – 5:49
  13. "Prohibido" (Carter) – 3:20
  14. "Doozy" (Carter) – 5:33
  15. "Rock Bottom" (Carter) – 4:14
  16. "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:

  1. Rouse, Woods, Hawkins, Carter
  2. Hawkins, Katz, Carter
  3. Hawkins, Woods, Rouse, Carter, Katz
  4. Hawkins, Carter, Katz, Carter (ad-libbing)
  5. Hawkins, Carter, Rouse, Woods, Hawkins, Katz
  6. Woods, Rouse, Carter, Hawkins
  7. Carter (Intro), Rouse, Carter, Rouse, Woods, Hawkins
  8. Katz, Woods, Hawkins, Carter, Rouse, Katz

Personnel

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Further Definitions

Additions to Further Definitions

Production

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References

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  1. ^ Dance, Stanley (December 1997), "Benny Carter: Further Definitions", JazzTimes.
  2. ^ Riccardo Di Filippo, "Benny Carter", Enciclopedia del Jazz. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  3. ^ Further Definitions at AllMusic
  4. ^ Down Beat: April 26, 1962, vol. 29, no. 9.
  5. ^ Additions to Further Definitions at AllMusic
  6. ^ a b Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 37. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  7. ^ 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.
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