http://www.artnet.com/awc/eugene-j-martin.html .
Colored pencil drawings created by visual artist Eugene James Martin in Washington DC in 1976. Video clip montage by S. Fredericq, filmed in Lafayette, Louisiana (LA).
"Moonglow", music by Will Hudson, Eddie De Lange and Irving Mills. Benny Carter Quartet: Benny Carter (alto saxophone); Sonny White (piano), Los Angeles, 1946.
"Blue Interlude", music by Benny Carter. Benny Carter with Kai Ewan's Orchestra: Axel Skouby, Olaf Carlsson, Kurt Pederson (trumpet); Peter Rasmussen, Palmer Traulsen (trombone); Benny Carter (trumpet, alto saxophone, arranger); Kai Ewans (alto saxophone); Aage Voss (clarinet, alto saxophone); Knut Knutsson, Anker Skjoldborg (tenor saxophone); Christian Jensen (piano); Hans Ulrik Neumann (guitar); Kelof Nielsen (bass);Eric Kragh (drums). Copenhagen, 1936.
"I can't get started over you", music by Vernon Duke and Ira Gershwin. Benny Carter and his Orchestra: John Carroll, Karl George, Edwin Davis, Milton Fletcher (trumpet); J. J. Johnson, Alton Moore, Shorty Haughton, Bart Varsalona (trombone); Benny Carter (trumpet, alto saxophone); Porter Kilbert (alto saxophone); Willard Brown (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Eugene Porter, Bumps Meyers (tenor saxophone); Gerald Wiggins (piano); W. J. Edwards (guitar); Charles Drayton (bass); Max Roach (drums). Los Angeles, 1944
Benny Carter The Music Master, Proper Records. http://www.amazon.com/Music-Master-Benny-Carter/dp/B0001ZXOL6/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1213130758&sr=1-13
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