Wonderland (Benny Carter album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Wonderland
| type = Studio
| artist = The Benny Carter Group
| cover = Wonderland (Benny Carter album).jpg
| released = 1986
| recorded = November 1976
| studio = RCA Studios, New York City, NY
| genre = Jazz
| length = 38:44
| label = Pablo
2310-922
| producer = Norman Granz
| chronology = Benny Carter
| prev_title = Carter, Gillespie Inc.
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = 'Live and Well in Japan!
| next_year = 1977
}}
Wonderland is an album by saxophonist/composer Benny Carter recorded in 1976 but not released by the Pablo label until 1986.Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. [https://www.bsnpubs.com/new/pablo.pdf Both Sides Now: Discography of the Pablo Label], accessed May 21, 2019[https://www.jazzdisco.org/pablo-records/discography-1973-1976/#760211 Jazzdisco: Pablo Records Discography: 1973-1976], accessed May 21, 2019[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2015/06/04/benny-carter/ Encilopedia del Jazz: Benny Carter], accessed June 7, 2019
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
| rev2Score = {{rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |author-link=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=230 }}
}}
AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "Although it often has the feeling of a jam session, the fact that, in addition to two standards, there are five obscure Carter compositions makes one realize that more planning than usual went into this date, and it shows".{{AllMusic|first= Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000192987 |title=Benny Carter: Wonderland – Review |accessdate=May 21, 2019}} In JazzTimes Stanley Dance wrote "Saxophonist Benny Green’s admiring notes scarcely conceal regret at the changes time wrought on Benny Carter’s fluent style-“a tendency to tongue more notes instead of playing extended legato passages, and a penchant for crotchet-triplets which had a way of breaking up the old suave flow.” What, in other words, was a gain for one part of the audience was a grievous loss for another. Here, nevertheless, are rewards for both. Besides “Misty” and “Three Little Words,” there are five of Carter’s own numbers. He is joined by Sweets Edison and Lockjaw Davis on three of these to good effect".Dance, S. [https://jazztimes.com/archives/benny-carter-wonderland/ JazzTimes Review], accessed May 21, 2019
Track listing
All compositions by Benny Carter except where noted
- "Stroll" – 7:18
- "Johnny" – 4:38
- "Alta Vista" – 5:40
- "Misty" (Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke) – 5:38
- "Wonderland" – 6:40
- "Three Little Words" (Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar) – 5:14
- "Editation" – 3:36
Personnel
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