Carter, Benny

Overview

Works:	2,629 works in 4,156 publications in 4 languages and 21,790 library holdings
Genres:	Biography Drama Music Interviews
Roles:	Performer, Author, Instrumentalist, Conductor, Composer, Arranger, Singer, Producer, Interviewee, Author of introduction, Other, Musician, Contributor, Editor, Honoree
Classifications:	ML419.C4, B

Publication Timeline

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Publications about Benny Carter

Publications by Benny Carter

Publications by Benny Carter, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Benny Carter

Benny Carter, a life in American music by Morroe Berger ( Book )
Contemporary Black biography. profiles from the international Black community ( Book )
Contemporary musicians. profiles of the people in music ( Book )
The alto saxophone, trumpet and clarinet of Benny Carter, 1927-1946 : with a critical assessment of all his known records and broadcasts by Jan Evensmo ( Book )
Benny Carter symphony in riffs ( Visual )

Benny Carter : a life in American music. Vol. 2 by Morroe Berger ( Book )
Benny Carter by Morroe Berger ( Book )
Symphony in riffs by Benny Carter ( Visual )
A salute to Benny Carter with the Harvard Jazz Band by Benny Carter ( Recording )
A tribute to Benny Carter by Benny Carter ( Visual )
Central Avenue sounds Art Farmer by Art Farmer ( )
Central Avenue sounds Gerald S. Wilson by Gerald Wilson ( )
Central Avenue sounds Clora Bryant by Clora Bryant ( )
Benny Carter and Edward Berger discuss Carter's career and play examples of his music by Benny Carter ( Recording )
Oral history interview with Yusef Lateef by Yusef Lateef ( Visual )
Central Avenue sounds Buddy Collette by Buddy Collette ( )
Central Avenue sounds Gerald Wiggins by Gerald Wiggins ( )
Benny Carter portrait collection ( Visual )
Central Avenue sounds William Douglass by Bill Douglass ( )
Carter, Bennett Lester (Benny): composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger by Authors and Publishers American Society of Composers ( )

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Most widely held works by Benny Carter

Jive at five [the style-makers of jazz, 1920s-1940s] ( Recording )
2 editions published between 1976 and 2007 and held by 462 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Buck and the preacher by Sidney Poitier ( Visual )
5 editions published between 1999 and 2011 in English and held by 338 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An ex-Union Army Cavalry sergeant becomes a scout for freed slaves heading to the Colorado frontier. Tagging along with him are his wife and a Bible-thumping con artist. Attacked by racist bounty hunters, Buck and his followers must summon courage in order to help settle the wild west

Jazz giant by Benny Carter ( Recording )
32 editions published between 1958 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 298 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Further definitions by Benny Carter ( Recording )
30 editions published between 1961 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 295 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Lady in autumn the best of the Verve years by Billie Holiday ( Recording )
3 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 272 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Coleman Hawkins Ken Burns jazz by Coleman Hawkins ( Recording )
1 edition published in 2000 and held by 267 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Solomon Jazz Collection

In the mood for swing by Benny Carter ( Recording )
21 editions published between 1988 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 263 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An anthology of big band swing (1930-1955) ( Recording )
2 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 245 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bird the original recordings of Charlie Parker by Charlie Parker ( Recording )
1 edition published in 1988 in English and held by 229 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

All that jazz by Ella Fitzgerald ( Recording )
8 editions published between 1989 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 220 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bassically speaking : an oral history of George Duvivier by Edward Berger ( Book )
3 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 218 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An American in Paris by George Gershwin ( Recording )
1 edition published in 1996 in English and held by 217 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Along with two of Gershwin's most popular works, Barry Wordsworth and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, along with acclaimed pianist Christopher O'Riley, perform works by Ravel and Debussy

Elegy in blue by Benny Carter ( Recording )
12 editions published between 1994 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 200 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The rockin' chair lady [1931-1950] by Mildred Bailey ( Recording )
1 edition published in 1994 in English and held by 194 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Further definitions the complete further definitions sessions by Benny Carter ( Recording )
10 editions published between 1997 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 194 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dizzy's diamonds the best of the Verve years by Dizzy Gillespie ( Recording )
2 editions published in 1992 in Undetermined and English and held by 191 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Benny Carter meets Oscar Peterson by Benny Carter ( Recording )
18 editions published between 1987 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 183 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Marian McPartland plays the Benny Carter songbook by Benny Carter ( Recording )
4 editions published in 1990 in 3 languages and held by 181 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The best of Benny Carter by Benny Carter ( Recording )
13 editions published between 1980 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 165 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ella Fitzgerald 75th birthday celebration by Ella Fitzgerald ( Recording )
1 edition published in 1993 in English and held by 165 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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