Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader
Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career in the 1920s, he worked as an arranger, including writing charts for Fletcher Henderson's big band that shaped the swing style. He had an unusually long career that lasted into the 1990s. During the 1980s and 1990s, he was nominated for eight Grammy Awards, which included receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Works
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- A Walkin’ Thing
- All That Jazz
- Apollo Jumps
- Blue Light Blues
- Blues in My Heart
- Cow Cow Boogie
- Dream of You
- How Can You Lose
- I'm in the Mood for Swing
- Jazz Cocktail
- Key Largo
- Melancholy Lullaby
- Nightfall
- Once Upon a Time
- Only Trust Your Heart
- People Time
- Rainbow Rhapsody
- Summer Serenade
- Symphony in Riffs
- The Courtship
- When Lights Are Low