Urbane Jazz

Urbane Jazz
Urbane Jazz
Studio album by Roy Eldridge and Benny Carter
Released	1955
Recorded	March 21 & 23, 1955
Venue	Radio Recorders, Hollywood
Genre	Jazz
Length	50:48
Label	Verve; MGV 8202
Producer	Norman Granz
Roy Eldridge chronology
Benny Carter chronology

Urbane Jazz is an album by American jazz trumpeter Roy Eldridge and saxophonist Benny Carter recorded in 1955 and released on the Verve label.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars, stating: "This release features the swing-inflected trumpet of Roy Eldridge combined with the always cosmopolitan-sounding alto sax of the venerable Benny Carter. This combination was quite fortuitous because Eldridge took his main inspiration not from Louis Armstrong, but from saxophonists Carter and Coleman Hawkins, transposing that rapid arpeggio style and rich tone to his horn. This gave the trumpet player a keen awareness of harmony and unparalleled dexterity, especially in his solos."^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Roy Eldridge except as indicated

"I Still Love Him So" (Benny Carter) - 5:47
"The Moon Is Low" (Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown) – 6:07
"I Missed My Hat" - 5:19
"Ballad Medley: I Remember You/Chelsea Bridge/I've Got the World on a String" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer/Billy Strayhorn/Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 6:20
"Polite Blues" - 8:36
"Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) - 2:40
"Where's Art" - 4:07
"I Don't Know" - 4:37
"Striding" - 4:37
"Wailing" - 3:14

Personnel

Roy Eldridge – trumpet, piano
Benny Carter – alto saxophone
Bruce McDonald – piano
John Simmons – double bass
Alvin Stoller – drums

References

^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Verve Label Discography, accessed November 24, 2015.
^ Roy Eldridge Catalog, accessed November 24, 2015.
^ Encilopedia del Jazz: Benny Carter, accessed June 7, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Nathan, Dave. The Urbane Jazz of Roy Eldridge – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 24, 2015.

[1] Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Verve Label Discography, accessed November 24, 2015.

[2] Roy Eldridge Catalog, accessed November 24, 2015.

[3] Encilopedia del Jazz: Benny Carter, accessed June 7, 2019.

[Allmusic-4] Nathan, Dave. The Urbane Jazz of Roy Eldridge – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 24, 2015.

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v t e Benny Carter
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Alone Together (1952) Cosmopolite (1952–54) Benny Carter Plays Pretty (1954) New Jazz Sounds (and Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Harris, 1954) Urbane Jazz (and Roy Eldridge, 1955) Jazz Giant (1957–58) Swingin' the '20s (and Earl Hines, 1958) Further Definitions/Additions to Further Definitions (1961/1966) Carter, Gillespie Inc. (and Dizzy Gillespie]], 1976) Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson (1986) Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter (1986)
Songs	"Cow-Cow Boogie" (1942)

v t e Roy Eldridge
Studio albums	Rockin' Chair [with Buddy Tate, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown] (1951–52) Dale's Wail (1953) Little Jazz (1954) Roy and Diz [with Dizzy Gillespie, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Louie Bellson] (1954) Roy's Got Rhythm (1955) Urbane Jazz [with Benny Carter] (1955) Oscar Peterson and Roy Eldridge (1974) The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner [with Big Joe Turner, Dizzy Gillespie, Harry "Sweets" Edison and Clark Terry] (1974) Happy Time (1975) Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From (1975) Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1975)
Compilation albums	Heckler's Hop (1995)
Live albums	Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! (with Coleman Hawkins and Johnny Hodges (1962) The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 (with Dizzy Gillespie and Clark Terry) (1975) Montreux 1977 (with Oscar Peterson, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Bobby Durham (1977)