Latest Release
- 18 NOV 2022
- 18 Songs
- Paris Swing Sessions · 2011
- The Formidable Benny Carter · 1952
- Krazy Kapers · 2006
- New Jazz Sounds: The Benny Carter Urbane Sessions · 1955
- Talkin' Bird · 1952
- Benny Carter in Paris (Jazz En France 1937 - 1938) · 2002
- The King · 1976
- New York In The 20ties · 2009
- Music for Lounging · 1986
- Cosmopolite: The Oscar Peterson Verve Sessions · 1953
- 2015
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- 2013
- 2013
Artist Playlists
- A selection of the many highlights in the career of one of jazz's true giants.
- The swing sax giant never let a single style define him.
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
Appears On
- Spike Hughes
About Benny Carter
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 for many decades. Essentially self-taught, he formed his first big band in 1928 and began contributing arrangements to Fletcher Henderson and Duke Ellington. By the mid-'30s, Carter was considered one of the two top altoists in jazz (along with Johnny Hodges). He relocated to Los Angeles in 1943, wrote for the film studios, and made a few tours with Jazz at the Philharmonic. His concert and recording schedule remained active through the '90s, slowing only at the end of the millennium after eight decades.
- HOMETOWN
- New York, NY, United States
- BORN
- 8 August 1907
- GENRE
- Jazz