Top Benny Carter Albums
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Princeton Concerts (And Beyond) [Vol. 5 October 12, 1979 Live at Princeton]
Princeton Concerts (And Beyond) [Vol. 5 October 12, 1979 Live at Princeton]
[2022]
Princeton Concerts (And Beyond) [Vol.1 April 19, 1973 Live at Princeton]
Princeton Concerts (And Beyond) [Vol.1 April 19, 1973 Live at Princeton]
[2022]
Skyline Drive and Towards
Skyline Drive and Towards
[2020]
Jazz for a Lazy Day
Jazz for a Lazy Day
[2015]
What'll Be (Live)
What'll Be (Live)
[2014]
Walkin' Thing
Walkin' Thing
[2014]
Cotton Tail
Cotton Tail
[2014]
September Song
September Song
[2014]
Benny Carter Plays Cole Porter's Can Can and Anything Goes + Aspects
Benny Carter Plays Cole Porter's Can Can and Anything Goes + Aspects
[2014]
Easy Money (feat. Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Dick Katz & Phil Woods)
Easy Money (feat. Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Dick Katz & Phil Woods)
[2014]
The Great American Songbook
The Great American Songbook
[2013]
Further Definitions (Bonus Track Version)
Further Definitions (Bonus Track Version)
[2013]
Jazz Giant: Complete Sessions (feat. Frank Rosolino, Ben Webster, André Previn, Barney Kessel, Leroy Vinnegar & Shelly Manne)
Jazz Giant: Complete Sessions (feat. Frank Rosolino, Ben Webster, André Previn, Barney Kessel, Leroy Vinnegar & Shelly Manne)
[2012]
Imagination (feat. Barney Bigard, Ben Webster & Shorty Sherock)
Imagination (feat. Barney Bigard, Ben Webster & Shorty Sherock)
[2012]
Benny Carter in Paris (Jazz En France 1937 - 1938)
Benny Carter in Paris (Jazz En France 1937 - 1938)
[2012]
Six or Seven Times (1929 - 1933)
Six or Seven Times (1929 - 1933)
[2012]
Vintage Jazz No. 165 - EP: Street Scene
Vintage Jazz No. 165 - EP: Street Scene
[2011]
Vintage Dance Orchestras No. 224 - EP: Aspects - EP
Vintage Dance Orchestras No. 224 - EP: Aspects - EP
[2010]
Blue Evening
Blue Evening
[2009]
The Classic Years Disc 2
The Classic Years Disc 2
[2009]
The Classic Years Disc 1
The Classic Years Disc 1
[2009]
Groovin High In L.A. 1946
Groovin High In L.A. 1946
[2009]
Benny Carter (Digital Only)
Benny Carter (Digital Only)
[2008]
Volume 3 (1933-1934)
Volume 3 (1933-1934)
[2002]
More Cookin'
More Cookin'
[2002]
1946-1948
1946-1948
[1999]
Songbook, Vol. II
Songbook, Vol. II
[1997]
New York Nights
New York Nights
[1997]
Legends
Legends
[1997]
Benny Carter: The Complete Jazz Heritage Society Recordings - Vol. 4: Great Singers Meet the Benny Carter Songbook
Benny Carter: The Complete Jazz Heritage Society Recordings - Vol. 4: Great Singers Meet the Benny Carter Songbook
[1996]
New Jazz Sounds: The Benny Carter Urbane Sessions
New Jazz Sounds: The Benny Carter Urbane Sessions
[1996]
Songbook
Songbook
[1996]
The Complete Jazz Heritage Society Recordings - Vol. 1: Small Group Studio Sessions
The Complete Jazz Heritage Society Recordings - Vol. 1: Small Group Studio Sessions
[1994]
Elegy In Blue
Elegy In Blue
[1994]
Cosmopolite
Cosmopolite
[1994]
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance
[1992]
3,4,5: The Verve Small Group Sessions
3,4,5: The Verve Small Group Sessions
[1991]
All That Jazz - Live At Princeton
All That Jazz - Live At Princeton
[1991]
All of Me (1940 - 1941)
All of Me (1940 - 1941)
[1991]
The Complete Jazz Heritage Society Recordings - Vol. 3: Live Recordings
The Complete Jazz Heritage Society Recordings - Vol. 3: Live Recordings
[1990]
Cookin' At Carlos I
Cookin' At Carlos I
[1990]
In the Mood for Swing
In the Mood for Swing
[1988]
Swingin' the '20s
Swingin' the '20s
[1988]
Jazz Giant
Jazz Giant
[1987]
The King
The King
[1976]
The Early Benny Carter
The Early Benny Carter
[1968]
Additions To Further Definitions
Additions To Further Definitions
[1966]
Aspects
Aspects
[1959]
Related Information for Benny Carter
Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. He was a major figure in jazz from the 1930s to the 1990s, and was recognised as such by other jazz musicians who called him King.As a youth, Carter lived in Harlem around the corner from Bubber Miley who was Duke Ellington's star trumpeter. Carter was inspired by Miley and bought a trumpet, but when he found he couldn't play like Miley he traded the trumpet in for a saxophone.Carter began playing professionally at 15. He first recorded in 1928 and formed his first big band the following year. He played with Fletcher Henderson in 1930 and 1931, then briefly led McKinney's Cotton Pickers... read more
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