Carter, Benny
Overview
Works: | 2,783 works in 5,176 publications in 4 languages and 29,682 library holdings |
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Genres: | Jazz Jazz vocals Drama Popular music Swing (Music) Bop (Music) Live sound recordings Western films Comedy films Biography |
Roles: | Performer, Instrumentalist, Author, Conductor, Composer, Arranger, Singer, Producer, Interviewee, Other, Musician, Author of introduction, Contributor, Editor, Honoree |
Classifications: | M1366, 781.65 |
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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 by Gale (Firm)( )
- Contemporary musicians : profiles of the people in music by Suzanne M Bourgoin( )
- 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 )
- Central Avenue sounds Art Farmer by Art Farmer( )
- Symphony in riffs by Benny Carter( Visual )
- Central Avenue sounds. Clora Bryant by Clora Bryant( Book )
- Central Avenue sounds Gerald S. Wilson by Gerald Wilson( )
- All of me by Seymour Simons( Recording )
- The swing era, one more time : Swing lives!( Book )
- A salute to Benny Carter : with the Harvard Jazz Band by Benny Carter( Recording )
- Oral history interview with Yusef Lateef by Yusef Lateef( Visual )
- [Interview with Benny Carter, legendary alto saxophonist/leader/composer at 80] by Benny Carter( Recording )
- Benny Carter and Edward Berger discuss Carter's career and play examples of his music by Benny Carter( Recording )
- Central Avenue sounds William Douglass by Bill Douglass( )
- Carter, Bennett Lester (Benny) : composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger by Authors and Publishers American Society of Composers( )
- Central Avenue sounds Gerald Wiggins by Gerald Wiggins( )
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Most widely held works by
Benny Carter
Jive at five : [the style-makers of jazz, 1920s-1940s] by
Count Basie(
Recording
)
3 editions published between 1976 and 2007 and held by 413 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published between 1976 and 2007 and held by 413 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Buck and the preacher by
Sidney Poitier(
Visual
)
9 editions published between 1972 and 2011 in English and held by 386 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is the story of the perils faced by a wagon train of courageous black settlers. It's the 1860s and Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation has just freed the country's slaves, but a group of vigilate nightraiders are resentful of the black men's newly-gained freedom
9 editions published between 1972 and 2011 in English and held by 386 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is the story of the perils faced by a wagon train of courageous black settlers. It's the 1860s and Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation has just freed the country's slaves, but a group of vigilate nightraiders are resentful of the black men's newly-gained freedom
Jazz giant by
Benny Carter(
Recording
)
31 editions published between 1958 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 372 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
31 editions published between 1958 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 372 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The complete RCA Victor recordings by
Dizzy Gillespie(
Recording
)
1 edition published in 1995 in English and held by 362 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1995 in English and held by 362 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Bird : the complete Charlie Parker on Verve by
Charlie Parker(
Recording
)
5 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 324 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
5 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 324 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Lady in autumn : the best of the Verve years by
Billie Holiday(
Recording
)
4 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 303 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 303 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the mood for swing by
Benny Carter(
Recording
)
22 editions published between 1988 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 301 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
22 editions published between 1988 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 301 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Further definitions : the complete further definitions sessions by
Benny Carter(
Recording
)
13 editions published between 1997 and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 286 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
13 editions published between 1997 and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 286 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Benny Carter meets Oscar Peterson by
Benny Carter(
)
23 editions published between 1987 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 277 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
23 editions published between 1987 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 277 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Count Basie jam : Montreux '77 by
Count Basie(
)
14 editions published between 1977 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 274 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
14 editions published between 1977 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 274 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An anthology of big band swing (1930-1955)(
Recording
)
3 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 263 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 263 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The best of Benny Carter by
Benny Carter(
)
18 editions published between 1980 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 260 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
18 editions published between 1980 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 260 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Carter, Gillespie, inc. by
Dizzy Gillespie(
)
13 editions published between 1976 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 254 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
13 editions published between 1976 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 254 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
King by
Benny Carter(
)
24 editions published between 1976 and 2008 in 6 languages and held by 253 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
24 editions published between 1976 and 2008 in 6 languages and held by 253 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Swingin' the 20's by
Benny Carter(
)
28 editions published between 1958 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 242 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
28 editions published between 1958 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 242 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Elegy in blue by
Benny Carter(
Recording
)
12 editions published between 1994 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 240 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
12 editions published between 1994 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 240 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Coleman Hawkins : Ken Burns jazz by
Coleman Hawkins(
Recording
)
1 edition published in 2000 and held by 237 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 2000 and held by 237 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Live and well in Japan by
Benny Carter(
)
20 editions published between 1978 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 236 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
20 editions published between 1978 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 236 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Harlem renaissance by
Benny Carter(
Recording
)
13 editions published between 1992 and 1996 in 4 languages and held by 226 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
13 editions published between 1992 and 1996 in 4 languages and held by 226 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Basie jam #3 by
Count Basie(
)
6 editions published between 1979 and 2008 in No Linguistic content and Undetermined and held by 223 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
6 editions published between 1979 and 2008 in No Linguistic content and Undetermined and held by 223 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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- Peterson, Oscar 1925-2007 Performer Instrumentalist Author Composer
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- Bellson, Louis Other Arranger Performer Conductor Author Instrumentalist Composer
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B. Carter
Benny Carter
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Benny Carter Amerikaans trompettist (1907-2003)
Benny Carter amerykański muzyk jazzowy
Benny Carter en amerikansk jazzmusiker
Benny Carter músic estatunidenc
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Benny Carter músico estadounidense
Benny Carter sassofonista, trombettista e arrangiatore statunitense
Benny Carter US-amerikanischer Jazz-Saxophonist
Benny Carter Usana muzikisto
Benny Carter usona muzikisto
Benny Carter yhdysvaltalainen jazzmuusikko
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Carter, Bennet Lester 1907-2003
Carter, Bennett L. 1907-2003
Carter Bennett Lester
Carter Bennett Lester 1907-2003
Clump, Clarence
Gomez, Johnny, 1907-2003
Karteris Benis
Μπένι Κάρτερ
Бенни Картер
Картер Бенни
בני קרטר
בני קרטר מוזיקאי אמריקאי
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