as, 1907-2003 US, Harlem, Georgia
Musician / Composer / Arranger of Jazz
A.k.a. Bennett Lester Carter L. Lee
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. Carter performed with major artists from several generations of jazz, and at major festivals, such as his 1958 appearance with Billie Holiday at the Monterey Jazz Festival.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Live In Amsterdam 1960 | Jazz At The Philharmonic Featuring Coleman Hawkins, Don Byas, Roy Eldridge, Benny Carter And Dizzy Gillespie, Leo Wright, Stan Getz, J.J. Johnson | 2018 | Album |
The Warren Vaché Quintet Remembers Benny Carter | The Warren Vaché Quintet, Benny Carter, Houston Person, Nicki Parrott, Tardo Hammer, Leroy Williams | 2015 | Album |
Benny Carter With The Chocolate Dandies | Benny Carter With The Chocolate Dandies | 2015 | Compil. |
Seven Classic Albums | Benny Carter | 2014 | Compil. |
My Jazz Collection 19 | Benny Carter | 2014 | Album |
My Jazz Collection 18 | Benny Carter | 2014 | Album |
Four Classic Albums Plus | Benny Carter | 2012 | Compil. |
Further Definitions + Jazz Giant | Benny Carter | 2012 | Compil. |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Volume Three | Lyn Murray, Leonard Rosenman, Lalo Schifrin, Benny Carter | 2012 | Compil. |
They All Had Rhythm ~ '45 - '46 | Benny Carter, Jimmy Mundy, Gerald Wilson | 2012 | Compil. |
Plays Cole Porter's Can-Can And Anything Goes | Benny Carter | 2009 | Album |
Waltzing The Blues | Benny Carter | 2007 | Compil. |
Lazy Afternoon | Benny Carter | 2007 | Compil. |
Royal Garden Blues | Benny Carter | 2005 | Compil. |
Jazz Masters Series [Jazz at The Smithsonian] | Benny Carter | 2005 | Album |
Norman Granz' Jazz In Montreux Presents Benny Carter '77 | Benny Carter | 2004 | Album |
The Formidable Mr. Benny Carter | Benny Carter | 2004 | Single |
The Music Master | Benny Carter | 2004 | Compil. |
These Foolish Things | Benny Carter | 2004 | Compil. |
Live At The Smithsonian | Benny Carter | 2003 | Album |
Master Lessons | Benny Carter | 2003 | Compil. |
Sketches On Standards | Benny Carter & The Oscar Peterson Trio | 2002 | Compil. |
Julia Lee And Her Boyfriends | Julia Lee, Benny Carter, Vic Dickenson, Jay McShann, Red Norvo | 2001 | Compil. |
The Alternate Takes In Chronological Order 1936-1940 Volume 1 | Benny Carter | 2001 | Compil. |
Love For Sale | Benny Carter | 2000 | Compil. |
Central Avenue Sounds, Jazz In Los Angeles (1921-1956) | Wardell Gray, Nat King Cole, Dexter Gordon, Jelly Roll Morton, T-Bone Walker, Art Tatum, Lionel Hampton, Charles Mingus, Gerald Wilson, Benny Carter | 1999 | Compil. |
Echoes Of Harlem Big Bands: The Complete Capitol Sessions | Benny Carter, Cootie Williams | 1999 | Compil. |
Benny Carter And The Jazz Giants | Benny Carter | 1998 | Compil. |
All Of Me | Benny Carter | 1998 | Compil. |
American Love Songs | The Jim Cullum Jazz Band With Benny Carter, Nina Ferro, Dick Hyman, Joe Williams, Carol Woods | 1997 | Album |
Songbook Volume II | Benny Carter | 1997 | Album |
New York Nights | Benny Carter | 1997 | Album |
Songbook | Benny Carter | 1997 | Album |
Benny Carter: Legends | Benny Carter | 1997 | Album |
Further Definitions: The Complete Further Definitions Sessions | Benny Carter | 1997 | Album |
Jazz Profile: Benny Carter | Benny Carter | 1997 | Compil. |
Another Time, Another Place | Benny Carter ,& Phil Woods | 1996 | Album |
New Jazz Sounds: The Urbane Sessions | Benny Carter | 1996 | Compil. |
Journey To Next | Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones | 1996 | Compil. |
Jazz & Blues Collection | Benny Carter | 1996 | Compil. |
Benny Carter Plays Pretty, Album #1 | Benny Carter | 1995 | Single |
Best of Benny Carter | Benny Carter | 1995 | Compil. |
Frenesi: Quintet Sessions 1946-1954 | Benny Carter | 1995 | Compil. |
Benny Carter | Benny Carter | 1995 | Compil. |
Cosmopolite: The Oscar Peterson Verve Sessions | Benny Carter | 1994 | Compil. |
Great Moments in Jazz Vol.2: Alto Masters | Johnny Hodges, Benny Carter, Willie Smith | 1994 | Album |
The Tatum-Carter-Bellson Trio Album # 3 | Art Tatum, Benny Carter, Louis Bellson | 1994 | Single |
Elegy In Blue | Benny Carter | 1994 | Album |
Volume 3 - 1933-1934 | Benny Carter | 1993 | Compil. |
Benny Carter In Europe | Benny Carter | 1993 | Compil. |
An Introduction To Benny Carter - His Best Recordings 1929-1940 | Benny Carter | 1993 | Compil. |
Harlem Renaissance | Benny Carter | 1992 | Album |
Benny Carter | Benny Carter | 1992 | Compil. |
Volume 2 - 1931-1933 | Benny Carter | 1992 | Compil. |
Jazz The Essential Collection Vol. 4 | Benny Goodman, Benny Carter, Lionel Hampton, Django Reinhardt, Billie Holiday | 1991 | Compil. |
The Various Facets Of A Genious | Benny Carter | 1991 | Compil. |
All That Jazz - Live At Princeton | Benny Carter | 1991 | Album |
All Of Me | Benny Carter | 1991 | Compil. |
More Cookin' | Benny Carter | 1991 | Album |
3, 4, 5, The Verve Small Group Sessions | Benny Carter | 1991 | Compil. |
Symphony In Riffs | Benny Carter | 1990 | Compil. |
My Man Benny, My Man Phil | Benny Carter / Phil Woods | 1990 | Album |
Re Bop Boogie | Benny Carter | 1990 | Compil. |
Marian McPartland Plays The Benny Carter Songbook | Marian McPartland, Benny Carter | 1990 | Album |
Cookin' At Carlos I | Benny Carter | 1990 | Album |
The Greatest Of The Small Bands Vol. 2 | Coleman Hawkins - Lucky Thompson, Mary Lou Williams, Dizzy Gillespie - Benny Carter | 1989 | Compil. |
My Kind Of Trouble | Benny Carter | 1989 | Album |
Benny Carter | Benny Carter | 1989 | Compil. |
Montreux Jazz Festival Vol 6 - Two Saxes | Benny Carter, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis | 1989 | Album |
Jammin' The Blues | Coleman Hawkins & Benny Carter Feat. Teddy Wilson, Bob Cranshaw, Louis Bellson | 1989 | Album |
Three Great Swing Saxophones | Coleman Hawkins / Ben Webster / Benny Carter | 1989 | Compil. |
Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra / Benny Carter &His Orchestra 1940 | Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter | 1988 | Compil. |
The Late Forties | Benny Carter | 1988 | Compil. |
More Cookin' | Benny Carter | 1988 | Album |
In The Mood For Swing | Benny Carter | 1988 | Album |
The Early Forties | Benny Carter | 1988 | Compil. |
Alone Together + Cosmopolite | Benny Carter With The Oscar Peterson Quartet | 1988 | Compil. |
Featuring Benny Carter | Claude Tissendier / Saxomania Featuring Benny Carter | 1988 | Album |
The Complete Benny Carter | Benny Carter, Arnold Ross Quintet | 1987 | Compil. |
Central City Sketches (World Premiere Recording) | The American Jazz Orchestra / Benny Carter | 1987 | Album |
The Benny Carter Collection | Benny Carter | 1987 | Compil. |
Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson | Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson | 1987 | Album |
Sarah Vaughan With Count Basie & Benny Carter | Sarah Vaughan with Count Basie & Benny Carter | 1986 | Compil. |
Benny Carter | Benny Carter | 1986 | Compil. |
Swing Reunion | Teddy Wilson, Benny Carter, Red Norvo, Louis Bellson, Remo Palmieri, George Duvivier, Freddie Green | 1985 | Album |
A Gentleman And His Music | Benny Carter | 1985 | Album |
The Uncollected Benny Carter And His Orchestra -1944 | Benny Carter | 1985 | Album |
Coleman Hawkins & Benny Carter | Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter | 1985 | Compil. |
The Greatest Recordings Of The Big Band Era 49/50 | Benny Carter, Alvino Rey, Harlan Leonard, Phil Harris, Ray Anthony | 1983 | Compil. |
Jazz Masters Of The Sax | Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Benny Carter, Johnny Hodges | 1983 | Compil. |
Skyline Drive | Arne Domnérus, Bengt Hallberg And The Swedamerican All Stars Featuring Benny Carter | 1983 | Album |
The Gentleman Of Jazz 1940-1941 | Benny Carter | 1982 | Album |
Benny Carter 1945 Plus The Metronome All-Stars | Benny Carter Plus Metronome All Stars | 1982 | Compil. |
Street Of Dreams | Benny Carter | 1981 | Album |
Los Grandes Del Jazz 26 | Harry "The Hipster" Gibson, Cecil Gant, Benny Carter | 1981 | Album |
Giants Of Jazz: Benny Carter | Benny Carter | 1980 | Compil. |
Big Bands Uptown 1931-1940 | Don Redman, Claude Hopkins, Benny Carter | 1980 | Compil. |
Benny Carter | Benny Carter | 1980 | Compil. |
Jazz Off The Air Vol. 4 | Cab Calloway And His Orchestra, Ike Quebec, Illinois Jacquet, Benny Carter, Jonah Jones, Hilton Jefferson, Tyree Glenn | 1980 | Compil. |
The Best Of | Benny Carter | 1980 | Compil. |
Benny Carter (1928 - 1952) | Benny Carter | 1979 | Compil. |
Benny On The Coast | Benny Carter | 1978 | Album |
Benny And The Hawk On The Loose In Europe Vol.4 | Benny Carter And Coleman Hawkins | 1978 | Compil. |
'Live And Well In Japan! | Benny Carter | 1978 | Album |
Benny And The Hawk On The Loose In Europe Vol.2 | Benny Carter And Coleman Hawkins | 1977 | Compil. |
Benny And The Hawk On The Loose In Europe Vol.1 | Benny Carter And Coleman Hawkins | 1977 | Compil. |
Benny And The Hawk On The Loose In Europe Vol. 3 | Benny Carter And Coleman Hawkins | 1977 | Compil. |
Benny And The Hawk On The Loose In Europe Vol. 5 | Benny Carter And Coleman Hawkins | 1977 | Compil. |
The King | Benny Carter | 1976 | Album |
Carter, Gillespie, Inc. | Benny Carter & Dizzy Gillespie | 1976 | Album |
Sessions, Live | Terry Gibbs, Benny Carter And Pete Jolly | 1976 | Album |
The Charlie Parker Sides - Norman Granz' Jam Session | Charlie Parker / Benny Carter / Johnny Hodges | 1976 | Compil. |
The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vols. 1 y 2 | Art Tatum, Benny Carter, Louis Bellson | 1975 | Album |
The Tatum Group Masterpieces Vol. 1 | Art Tatum / Benny Carter / Louis Bellson | 1975 | Album |
The Tatum Group Masterpieces Vol. 2 | Art Tatum / Benny Carter / Louis Bellson | 1975 | Album |
Benny Carter In Hollywood - Live Sessions 1943/1945 | Benny Carter | 1975 | Compil. |
The Tatum Group Masterpieces | Art Tatum, Louis Bellson, Benny Carter, Red Callender, Buddy DeFranco, Bill Douglass, Harry Edison, Roy Eldridge, Lionel Hampton, Jo Jones, Barney Kessel, Buddy Rich, John Simmons, Alvin Stoller, Ben Webster | 1975 | Compil. |
Benny Carter | Benny Carter | 1973 | Compil. |
Sessions At Midnight | Benny Carter | 1972 | Album |
Big Band Bounce | Benny Carter & Cootie Williams | 1972 | Compil. |
KPM 157A-162B | Benny Carter / Steve Race | 1970 | Album |
Benny Carter | Benny Carter | 1970 | Single |
Big Bands Uptown Volume 1 (1931 - 1943) | Don Redman, Claude Hopkins, Benny Carter, Lucky Millinder | 1969 | Compil. |
1933 | Benny Carter | 1969 | Compil. |
Swing, 1946 | Benny Carter / Gene Sedric / Jonah Jones | 1968 | Compil. |
The Early Benny Carter | Benny Carter | 1968 | Album |
Autumn Leaves | Benny Carter | 1967 | Album |
Additions To Further Definitions | Benny Carter | 1966 | Album |
A Man Called Adam | Benny Carter Featuring The Voices Of Sammy Davis Jr., Louis Armstrong And Mel Tormé | 1966 | Album |
Vinho Verde / Easy Go | Benny Carter, Steve Race, Group Ten Players | 1964 | Album |
With The Ramblers And His Orchestra 1937 | Benny Carter With The Ramblers And Benny Carter And His Orchestra | 1964 | Compil. |
The Music Of | Duke Ellington, Benny Carter, Jimmy Dorsey, Una Mae Carlisle | 1964 | Compil. |
Benny Carter In Paris | Benny Carter | 1963 | Album |
BBB & Co. | Benny Carter With Ben Webster & Barney Bigard | 1962 | Album |
Visages Du Jazz N°6 | Benny Carter, The Chocolate Dandies | 1960 | Compil. |
The Benny Carter Jazz Calendar | Benny Carter | 1960 | Album |
Stringin' Along (Twilight Jazz With String Presentation) | Bill Holman, Benny Carter, Jack Montrose, Calvin Jackson | 1958 | Album |
Makin' Whoopee | Art Tatum, Benny Carter, Louis Bellson | 1958 | Album |
The Fabulous Benny Carter Band | Benny Carter | 1958 | Album |
Jazz Giant | Benny Carter | 1958 | Album |
The Urbane Jazz Of Roy Eldridge And Benny Carter | Roy Eldridge And Benny Carter | 1957 | Album |
Cosmopolite | Benny Carter | 1956 | Album |
Cosmopolite | Benny Carter | 1955 | Single |
The Tatum - Carter - Bellson Trio, Album #1 | Art Tatum / Benny Carter / Louis Bellson | 1955 | Single |
New Jazz Sounds | Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Harris | 1955 | Album |
The Tatum-Carter-Bellson Trio Album #2 | Art Tatum / Benny Carter / Louis Bellson | 1955 | Single |
Plays Pretty | Benny Carter | 1955 | Album |
The Tatum-Carter-Bellson Trio | Art Tatum / Benny Carter / Louis Bellson | 1955 | Album |
Harlem In The Twenties Volume 2 | Charlie Johnson & His Paradise Band | 1954 | Compil. |
The Urbane Mr. Carter | Benny Carter | 1954 | Album |
The Urbane Mr. Carter | Benny Carter | 1954 | Single |
The Urbane Mr. Carter | Benny Carter | 1954 | Single |
The Formidable Benny Carter | Benny Carter | 1954 | Album |
Cosmopolite | Benny Carter | 1953 | Album |
Black Bottom / I'll Never Give In | Benny Carter Met The Ramblers | 1937 | Album |
The Man I Love / Drop In Next Time You're Passing | Elisabeth Welch And Her Swing Quartet With Benny Carter | 1936 | Album |
Waltzing The Blues / Tiger Rag | Benny Carter And His Orchestra Featuring Benny Carter | 1936 | Album |
Swingin' At Maida Vale / Nightfall | Benny Carter And His Orchestra Featuring Benny Carter | 1936 | Album |
These Foolish Things / Swingin' The Blues | Benny Carter And His Orchestra Featuring Benny Carter | 1936 | Album |
Just A Mood / When Day Is Done | Benny Carter And His Orchestra Featuring Benny Carter | 1936 | Album |
Masters Of Jazz - Black Bottom | Benny Carter | Album | |
Art Tatum & His Friends Vol.I | Art Tatum With Benny Carter & Louis Bellson | Compil. | |
Alto Artistry 1944 | Benny Carter, Pete Brown, Willie Smith | Compil. | |
Benny Carter In Hollywood 1943-46 | Benny Carter | Compil. | |
Verve Jazz No. 4 | Ben Webster With Harry Edison, Roy Eldridge, Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins | Compil. | |
The Urbane Jazz Of Roy Eldridge And Benny Carter | Roy Eldridge, Benny Carter, Bruce MacDonald, Alvin Stoller, John Simmons | Album | |
The Deluxe Recordings Vol. 1 1946 | Benny Carter | Compil. | |
Benny Carter 1933/39 | Benny Carter | Compil. | |
Capitol Presents | Sam Donahue And Benny Carter | Album | |
All Of Me / The Sheik Of Araby | Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins' All Star Octet | Album | |
Memphis Blues / Bugle Call Rag | Benny Carter Med Kai Ewans Og Hans Orkester | Album | |
The Three C's | Benny Carter / Bill Coleman / Henri Chaix | Compil. | |
Swingin' The Blues / I Can't Get Started | Benny Carter + Henri Chaix | Single | |
Henri Chaix Piano Workshop / Benny Carter + Henri Chaix And His Orchestra | Henri Chaix / Benny Carter | Album | |
Swinging The Blues | Benny Carter | Compil. | |
Billy Eckstine Sings With Benny Carter | Billy Eckstine . Benny Carter . Helen Merrill | Album | |
Some of These Days / Gloaming | Benny Carter Med Sonora Swing Band | Album | |
The Great swing bands of the ‘40’s | Jimmie Lunceford, Les Brown, Tommy Dorsey, Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich, Harry James, Sam Donahue, Jack Teagarden, Woody Herman, Charlie Barnet, Benny Carter, Boyd Raeburn, Jimmy Mundy | Compil. | |
Benny Carter's Jubilee | Benny Carter | Album | |
Swing Sessions 6 - 1946 | Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter, Gene Sedric, Billy Taylor | Compil. | |
MP3 Collection | Benny Carter | Album | |
Recorded 1943 | Benny Carter | Single |