Benny Carter

Benny Carter
Born: Aug 8, 1907 in New York, NY
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Died: Jul 12, 2003 in Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Swing, Mainstream Jazz, Big Band, East Coast Blues, Jump Blues
Biography: To say that Benny Carter had a remarkable and productive career would be an extreme understatement. As an altoist, arranger, composer, bandleader, and occasional trumpeter, Carter was at the top of his field since at least 1928, and in the late '90s, Carter was as strong an altoist at the age of 90 as ...Read full biography
Further Definitions
Released: 1961
Label: Impulse! Records
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This essential single-CD combines altoist/arranger Benny Carter's classic Further Definitions with the related Additions to Further Definitions. The former set was a revisit, instrumentation-wise, to the ...Read full review
Songbook
Released: 1995
Label: Tokuma
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Due to his being such a talented altoist, arranger and occasional trumpeter for seven decades, it is often forgotten that Benny Carter wrote some worthy songs along the way. "When Lights Are Low" and "Blues ...Read full review
More Benny Carter & His Orchestra albums: Main Albums (59), Compilations (88), DVD/Video (4)
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