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and his orchestra, rereleased on CD in 1997 coupled with his follow-up album, 1966's ''Additions to Further Definitions''. The earlier album features an all-star octet that includes

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, with whom Carter had recorded in

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in 1937, using the same configuration of instruments: four

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, and

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.Riccardo Di Filippo
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''Enciclopedia del Jazz''. Retrieved June 7, 2019.

Reception

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'' selected this album as part of its suggested "Core Collection", calling it "a good value purchase."

Track listing

:::''Further Definitions'' #" Honeysuckle Rose" (

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–

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) – 3:50 #"The Midnight Sun Will Never Set" (Jones–Cochran–Salvador) – 3:57 #"Crazy Rhythm" (Caesar–Meyer–Kahn) – 3:23 #"Blue Star" (Carter) – 5:19 #" Cotton Tail" (Ellington) – 4:24 #"Body and Soul" (Green–Sour–Heyman–Eyton) – 4:09 #"Cherry" (Redman–Gilbert) – 4:52 #"Doozy" (Carter) – 3:32
#:''Additions to Further Definitions'' #"Fantastic, That's You" (Cates–Greene–Thiele) – 6:11 #"Come on Back" (Carter) – 4:14 #"We Were in Love" (Carter) – 4:27 #"If Dreams Come True" (Sampson–Goodman–Mills) – 5:49 #"Prohibido" (Carter) – 3:20 #"Doozy" (Carter) – 5:33 #"Rock Bottom" (Carter) – 4:14 #"Titmouse" (Carter) – 3:02 ''1–8 recorded in 1961 in

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, on 13 November (1–3, 7) and 15 November (4–6, 8).''
''9–16 recorded in 1966 in

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, on 2 March (9, 10–13) and 4 March (11, 14–16).'' Solo Order, by Track: # Rouse, Woods, Hawkins, Carter # Hawkins, Katz, Carter # Hawkins, Woods, Rouse, Carter, Katz # Hawkins, Carter, Katz, Carter (ad-libbing) # Hawkins, Carter, Rouse, Woods, Hawkins, Katz # Woods, Rouse, Carter, Hawkins # Carter (Intro), Rouse, Carter, Rouse, Woods, Hawkins # Katz, Woods, Hawkins, Carter, Rouse, Katz

Personnel

''Further Definitions'' *

– alto saxophone *

Phil Woods Philip Wells Woods (November 2, 1931 – September 29, 2015) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer. Biography Woods was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. After inheriting a saxophone at age 12, he began t ...

– alto saxophone *

– tenor saxophone * Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone * John Collins – guitar * Dick Katz – piano *

Jimmy Garrison James Emory Garrison (March 3, 1934 – April 7, 1976) was an American jazz double bassist. He is best remembered for his association with John Coltrane from 1961 to 1967. Career Garrison was born in Miami, Florida, and moved when he was 1 ...

– bass *

Jo Jones Jonathan David Samuel Jones (October 7, 1911 – September 3, 1985) was an American jazz drummer. A band leader and pioneer in jazz percussion, Jones anchored the Count Basie Orchestra rhythm section from 1934 to 1948. He was sometimes k ...

– drums ''Additions to Further Definitions'' *

– alto saxophone *

Bud Shank Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank Jr. (May 27, 1926 – April 2, 2009) was an American alto saxophonist and flautist. He rose to prominence in the early 1950s playing lead alto and flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra and thro ...

– alto saxophone *

Teddy Edwards Theodore Marcus "Teddy" Edwards (April 26, 1924 – April 20, 2003) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Biography Edwards was born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. He learned to play at a very early age, first on alto saxophone ...

– tenor saxophone * Buddy Collette – tenor saxophone (9–10, 12–13) * Bill Perkins – tenor saxophone (11, 14–16) *Bill Hood – baritone saxophone *

Barney Kessel Barney Kessel (October 17, 1923 – May 6, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist. Known in particular for his knowledge of chords and inversions and chord-based melodies, he was a member of many prominent jazz groups as well as a "first call" gu ...

– guitar (9–10, 12–13) * Mundell Lowe – guitar (11, 14–16) * Don Abney – piano * Ray Brown – bass *

Alvin Stoller Alvin Stoller (October 7, 1925 – October 19, 1992) was an American Jazz drumming, jazz drummer. He was best known for playing drums on both Mitch Miller's recording of "The Yellow Rose of Texas (song), The Yellow Rose of Texas" and Stan Fr ...

– drums

Production

*Johnny Cue - engineer * Pete Turner - photography

References

External links

Impulse!/Verve page
{{Authority control 1962 albums Benny Carter albums Impulse! Records albums 2007 compilation albums Albums produced by Bob Thiele Albums produced by George Cates