Okin, Earl - British Airways' In-Flight Magazine, 'High Life' (June, 1998)- When Benny Smiles (The King With Nine Lives)

Excerpt from a review of Benny Carter's last gig ever played: "... Speaking of which, I was Benny's (Carter's) guest at Catalina's, a lovely little Jazz Club-Restaurant in LA a couple of nights later, where he performed two sets of standards and originals to an intimate and knowledgeable audience of aficianados. Demonstrating how years of bandleading have taught the skill of entertaining, humorous between-number banter, he was also clearly enjoying the solos of the other members of his quintet.  During one particularly mind-boggling solo by the bass-player, John Leitham, Benny remarked into the mike 'I want you to understand that what he's doing is actually impossible. It's just that he doesn't know it'."