With a career spanning 80 years, Jazz Great Benny Carter has accomplished and pioneered and left a great legacy for many to follow and appreciate. Please take a listen here and have a sweet Saturday: Honeysuckle Rose , Blue Lou , Bugle call Rag , Tell all your daydreams to me and Prelude to a kiss
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Carter
| Background information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Bennett Lester Carter |
| Also known as | King |
| Born | August 8, 1907 Harlem, New York, United States |
| Died | July 12, 2003 (aged 95) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Genres | Swing, big band, jazz |
| Occupations | Musician, bandleader, composer,musical arranger |
| Instruments | Saxophone, trumpet, clarinet |
| Years active | 1920s–1997 |
| Labels | Columbia, OKeh, Crown, Decca,Vocalion, Brunswick,Bluebird,Music Masters, Verve,United Artist, Norgran, Swingville, Clef |
| Associated acts | Billie Holiday, Fats Waller, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Phil Woods, Marian McPartland |
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