The Jazz Show Episode June 13, 2022

Tenor saxophonist Walter Benton: "Out of This World"

9:04pm - 12:45am

Tonight the Jazz Feature spotlight is on a sadly neglected and forgotten great voice of the tenor saxophone: Walter Benton. Walter after touring with Latin bandleader Perez Prado Walter returned to his home town of L.A. and freelanced there until he decided to move to New York in 1960. Here he joined Max Roach and his band and achieved a higher profile. He was asked to do an album for Jazzland Records, a division of Riverside Records run by the indominable Orrin Keepnews. This album is our Jazz Feature but sadly Walter Benton's only album under his name. Walter was given carte blanche and he picked a young Freddie Hubbard on trumpet for the front line and Miles Davis' rhythm section for the rest with Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums for the first session and Albert "Tootie" Heath replacing Cobb for the second session a few days later. This fine album has 5 good original compositions by Walter and two fine standards beginning with the title track "Out of This World" and Walter's ballad feature "Lover Man". The highlight is Walter's smoky sounding saxophone and his authoritative concept. Walter was a distinctive and original player who deserved much more recognition and opportunities than he received but I'm very happy to share this fine album with you as our Jazz Feature tonight.

Track Listing:

Walter's Alter
Walter Benton · Out of This World
Iris
Walter Benton · Out of This World
Azil
Walter Benton · Out of This World
Out of This World
Walter Benton · Out of this World
Night Movement
Walter Benton · Out of This World
Lover Man
Walter Benton · Out of This World
A Blues Mood
Walter Benton · Out of This World
Invitation
Roy Haynes · People
Alone Together
Roy Haynes · People
What Kind of Fool Am I
Roy Haynes · People
Softly as In A Morning Sunrise
Roy Haynes · People
Bouncin' at Bonafide
Jacob Chung · Epistle
Epistle 1V: Glorification
Jacob Chung · Epistle
Sizzler Kabab
Jacob Chung · Epistle
Baby Have Pity On Me
Cecile McLorin Salvant · Woman Child
John Henry
Cecile McLorin Salvant · Woman Child
Jitterbug Waltz
Cecile McLorin Salvant · Woman Child
Moose The Mooche
Charlie Parker · Bird at Storyville
I'll Walk Alone
Charlie Parker · Bird at Storyville
Ornithology
Charlie Parker · Bird at Storyville
Out of Nowhere
Charlie Parker · Bird at Storyville
Jesse Jackson
Don Patterson · The Genius of the B3
Theme from "The Odd Couple"
Don Patterson · The Genius of the B3
Lori
Don Patterson · The Genius of the B3
Equinox
John Coltrane · Coltrane's Sound