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Benny Carter

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Also known as Bennet Lester Carter, Bennett Lester "Benny" Carter

American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)

Person · Open Library

Works
6

Top works

  • Jamey Aebersold Jazz -- Benny Carter, Vol 87
  • Benny Carter
  • The Chocolate dandies
  • I maestri del sax alto
  • Benny Carter Collection

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1907-08-08
Active to
2003-07-12
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176,465
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933,085

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Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. He was a major figure in jazz from the 1930s to the 1990s, and was recognised as such by other jazz musicians who called him King. As a youth, Carter lived in Harlem around the corner from Bubber Miley who was Duke Ellington's star trumpeter. Carter was inspired by Miley and bought a trumpet, but when he found he couldn't play like Miley he traded the trum

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