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Benny Carter

08/08/1907-07/12/2003 in New York, NY

Genres

  • Big Band/Swing
  • Jump Blues/Piano Blues
  • Classic Jazz
  • East Coast Blues
  • Jazz

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Biography

Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. He was a major figure in jazz from the 1930s to the 1990s, and was recognized as such by other jazz musicians who called him King. Carter performed with major artists from several generations of jazz, and at major festivals, such as his 1958 appearance with Billie Holiday at the Monterey Jazz Festival. ... (see more)


Popular Songs

The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records album cover
Honeysuckle Rose by Benny Carter
The Verve Story 1944-1994 album cover
My One And Only Love by Benny Carter
West Coast Jazz Box: An Anthology of California Jazz album cover
A Walking Thing by Benny Carter
Echoes Of Harlem Big Bands album cover
Poinciana

Albums by Release Date

Echoes Of Harlem Big Bands album cover
Echoes Of Harlem Big Bands
by Benny Carter, Cootie Williams
Further Definitions album cover
Further Definitions
by Benny Carter
Cookin' At Carlos Vol.1 album cover
Cookin' At Carlos Vol.1
by Benny Carter
My Man Benny My Man Phil album cover
My Man Benny My Man Phil
by Benny Carter, Phil Woods
Central City Sketches album cover
Central City Sketches
by American Jazz Orchestra, Benny Carter
All That Jazz-Live At Princeton album cover
All That Jazz-Live At Princeton
by Benny Carter
Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson album cover
Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson
by Benny Carter, Oscar Peterson

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With His American Friends album cover
With His American Friends
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Compilations

The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records album cover
The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records
by Various Artists
An Anthology Of Big Band Swing (1930-1955) album cover
An Anthology Of Big Band Swing (1930-1955)
by Various Artists
West Coast Jazz Box: An Anthology of California Jazz album cover
West Coast Jazz Box: An Anthology of California Jazz
by Various Artists
The Verve Story 1944-1994 album cover
The Verve Story 1944-1994
by Various Artists

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