Search - Ike Carpenter :: Dancers in Love

A devote of Duke Ellington pianist Ike Carpenter worked with several lesser known big bands before forming his own 10 piece unit which with carefully written arrangements sounded much larger. The pieces presented here are mostly Ellington based, a Radio Transcription and an audition album from 1947, plus singles recorded for Jules Bihari at Modern Records the latter including false starts and two previous unreleased tracks one of which has Hadda Brooks as vocalist. Scattered throughout are the talents of tenor saxophonists Lucky Thompson & Corky Corcoran resulting in another exciting album from a relatively unknown band.