Benny Carter

Benny Carter
Background information
Birth name	Bennett Lester Carter
Also known as	King
Born	(1907-08-08)August 8, 1907 Harlem, New York, United States
Died	July 12, 2003(2003-07-12) (aged 95) Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Swing, big band, jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, bandleader, composer, musical arranger
Instruments	Saxophone, trumpet, clarinet
Years active	1920s–1997
Labels	Columbia, OKeh, Crown, Decca, Vocalion, Brunswick, Bluebird, Music Masters, Verve, United Artist, Norgran, Swingville, Clef
Associated acts	Billie Holiday, Fats Waller, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Phil Woods, Marian McPartland
Website	www.BennyCarter.com

Bennett Lester "Benny" 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. In 1958, he performed with Billie Holiday at the Monterey Jazz Festival.

The National Endowment for the Arts honored Benny Carter with its highest honor in jazz, the NEA Jazz Masters Award for 1986.  He was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987, and both won a Grammy Award for his solo "Prelude to a Kiss" and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994.  In 2000 awarded the National Endowment for the Arts, National Medal of Arts, presented by President Bill Clinton.

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Benny Carter - A Gentleman And His Music

Benny Carter-alto saxophone
Joe Wilder-trumpet and flugelhorn
Scott Hamilton-tenor saxophone
Ed Bickert-guitar
Gene Harris-piano
John Clayton-bass
Jimmie Smith-drums.
Recorded at Coast Recorders,San Francisco,California,1985.
Concord Jazz,1985.

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