Notes: | Jazz quintets supplemented with strings and horns (1st-8th selections), and jazz quartets supplemented with strings (9th-16th selections). Originally issued as compact disc. Previously released on 2 separate discs: Alone together ; Cosmopolite. Program notes in Japanese, and reprints of original liner notes ([4] p. : ill.), inserted in original container. The 1st-8th selections arr. by Joe Oliver; 9th-16th selections arr. by Joe Glover. Benny Carter, alto saxophone ; with The Oscar Peterson Quartet, strings and horns, Joe Oliver, conductor (1st-8th selections) ; with assisting instrumentalists, Joe Glover, conductor (9th-16th selections). Recorded in Los Angeles, Aug. 1952 (1st-8th selections), 31 Dec. 1953 (9th-12th selections), and 4 Jan. 1954 (13th- 16th selections). Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (Jazz music library). Available via World Wide Web.
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