DescriptionIn this episode of Jazz From the Archives, host Loren Schoenberg interviews Mel Lewis, an American jazz drummer. This is the first hour of their two-hour conversation.
DescriptionAt 0:02, the Nat King Cole Trio performs Movie Tonight. At 1:48, the announcer and Benny Carter introduce I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder, which is then performed by the trio. The performance...
DescriptionNat King Cole and Benny Carter perform Cocktails for Two. The performance features Oscar Moore on guitar, Johnny Miller on bass, and Nat King Cole on piano. Both sides of the lacquer disc derive...
DescriptionScat Man Crothers performs I'd Rather Be a Rooster (London 17008). Composed by Benny Carter (under pseudonym Johnny Gomez) and Paul Vance Vandervoort.
DescriptionAn unidentified vocalist, accompanied by the piano, performs a demo of "That's The Kind of Boy (For Me)," composed by Benny Carter and Paul Vandervoort.
DescriptionAn unidentified singer performs a demo of "That's My Home Town," accompanied by the piano. The tune was composed by Benny Carter and Paul Vandervoort.
DescriptionAn unidentified singer performs a demo of "Baby Loves It," accompanied by the piano. The tune was composed by Benny Carter and Paul Vandervoort.