Benny Carter

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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 legendary Monterey Jazz Festival.

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Discography

Album

Year Title Artist Rating Releases
1966 Additions to Further Definitions Benny Carter 2
1987 Jazz Giant Benny Carter 3
1988 Swingin' the '20s Benny Carter 2
1989 My Kind of Trouble (feat. Joe Pass, Art Hillery, Andy Simpkins & Ronnie Bedford) Benny Carter 1
1994 Elegy in Blue Benny Carter 1
1995 Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson 1
1996 Songbook Benny Carter 1
1996 My Man Benny, My Man Phil Benny Carter & Phil Woods 2
1997 Songbook, Volume II Benny Carter 1
2002 Americans Swinging in Paris Benny Carter 1
2002 More Cookin' Benny Carter 1
— Cookin' at Carlos I Benny Carter 1
— Cosmopolite: The Oscar Peterson Verve Sessions Benny Carter 1
— Montreux 77 Benny Carter 1
— The Complete Benny Carter on Keynote Benny Carter 1

Album + Compilation

Year Title Artist Rating Releases
1993 An Introduction to Benny Carter: His Best Recordings 1929-1940 Compilation Benny Carter 1
1994 Symphony in Riffs Compilation Benny Carter 1
1995 Complete Edition, Volume 1 (1928-1931) Compilation Benny Carter 1
1995 Complete Edition, Volume 3 (1933-1934) Compilation Benny Carter 1
1998 Jazz Greats, Volume 58: Benny Carter: All of Me Compilation Benny Carter 1
— Black Bottom Compilation Benny Carter 1
— Love for Sale Compilation Benny Carter 1
— Swinging the Blues Compilation Benny Carter 1
— The Chronological Classics: Benny Carter 1954 Compilation Benny Carter 1
— Volume 8: 1937 Compilation Benny Carter 1

Album + Live

Year Title Artist Rating Releases
1992 All That Jazz: Live at Princeton Live Benny Carter 1

Unspecified type

Year Title Artist Rating Releases
1987 In the Mood for Swing Benny Carter 1
1992 Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Inc. Benny Carter & Dizzy Gillespie 1
— A Gentleman and His Music Benny Carter 1
— Aspects Benny Carter 1
— Harlem Renaissance Benny Carter 1
— Harlem Renaissance Benny Carter 1
— King Benny Carter 1
— Legends Benny Carter 1
— Live and Well in Japan Benny Carter 1
— Wonderland Benny Carter 1

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