Featured In
ALBUMBenny Carter and FriendsBenny Carter
Albums by Benny Carter
ALBUMBenny Carter and FriendsBenny Carter
ALBUMStoryville Presents The A-Z Jazz Encyclopedia-CBuck Clayton & Benny Carter
ALBUMThe Three C'sBenny Carter
ALBUMThe Jubilee Shows No. 207 & No. 214Charlie Barnet & Benny Carter
ALBUMSkyline Drive and TowardsBenny Carter
ALBUMBenny Carter Songbook, Vol. IIBenny Carter
ALBUMBenny Carter: The Complete Jazz Heritage Society Recordings - Vol. 4: Great Singers Meet the Benny Carter SongbookBenny Carter
ALBUMCosmopolite: The Oscar Peterson Verve SessionsBenny Carter & Oscar Peterson
ALBUMLegendsBenny Carter
ALBUM3,4,5: The Verve Small Group SessionsBenny Carter
Artist Playlists
Benny Carter Essentials
A selection of the many highlights in the career of one of jazz's true giants.
Benny Carter: Deep Cuts
The swing sax giant never let a single style define him.
Artist 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 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
Genre
Jazz