Benny Carter Plays Pretty
{{Infobox album
| name = Benny Carter Plays Pretty
| type = studio
| artist = Benny Carter
| cover = Benny Carter Plays Pretty.jpg
| released = 1955
| recorded = June 23 and September 14, 1954
| studio =Los Angeles and Fine Sound Studios, New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Norgran
| producer = Norman Granz
| chronology = Benny Carter
| prev_title = Cosmopolite
| prev_year = 1956
| next_title = New Jazz Sounds
| next_year = 1955
}}
Benny Carter Plays Pretty (also released as Moonglow) is an album by jazz saxophonist Benny Carter that was recorded in 1954 and released by Norgran Records.Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. [http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/norgran.pdf Norgran Label Discography], accessed March 29, 2016[http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/norgran-records-catalog-1000-series/#mgn-1015 Norgran Records Catalog: 1000 series] accessed March 29, 2016
Billboard in 1955 wrote: "This is mainly 'mood music' in the jazz idiom, and highly effective."{{cite magazine |date=April 2, 1955 |title=Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums |magazine=Billboard |volume=67 |issue=14 |page=42}}
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/benny-carter-plays-pretty-mw0000902558 Allmusic listing], accessed March 29, 2016
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Moonglow
| note1 = Will Hudson, Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange
| length1 = 2:44
| title2 = My One and Only Love
| note2 = Guy Wood, Robert Mellin
| length2 = 3:51
| title3 = Love Is Here to Stay
| note3 = George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
| length3 = 3:35
| title4 = Tenderly
| note4 = Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence
| length4 = 3:37
| title5 = Unforgettable
| note5 = Irving Gordon
| length5 = 3:21
| title6 = Laura
| note6 = David Raksin, Johnny Mercer
| length6 = 7:41
| title7 = Ruby
| note7 = Heinz Roemheld, Mitchell Parish
| length7 = 4:32
| title8 = Moon Song
| note8 = Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston
| length8 = 3:56
}}
Personnel
- Benny Carter – alto saxophone
- Don Abney (tracks 1–5, 7 & 8) – piano
- Oscar Peterson (track 6) – piano
- George Duvivier (track 1–5, 7 & 8) – double bass
- Ray Brown (track 6) – double bass
- Louis Bellson (tracks 1–5, 7 & 8) – drums
- Buddy Rich (track 6) – drums
- Herb Ellis (track 6) – guitar
- Bill Harris (track 6) – trombone
References
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