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 |
Publication Timeline
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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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Related Identities
- Hawkins, Coleman Conductor Performer Instrumentalist Author Composer
- Webster, Ben 1909-1973 Performer Instrumentalist Author Composer
- Brown, Ray 1926-2002 Conductor Performer Instrumentalist Author Composer
- Eldridge, Roy 1911-1989 Singer Conductor Performer Instrumentalist Author
- Peterson, Oscar 1925-2007 Performer Instrumentalist Author Composer
- Basie, Count 1904-1984 Conductor Performer Instrumentalist Author Composer
- Kessel, Barney Performer Instrumentalist
- Edison, Harry 1915-1999 Performer Instrumentalist Author
- Bellson, Louis Other Arranger Performer Conductor Author Instrumentalist Composer
- Gillespie, Dizzy 1917-1993 Singer Performer Conductor Author Instrumentalist Composer
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African American musicians African Americans Ali, Hana Ali, Muhammad, Alternate takes (Sound recordings) American Federation of Musicians Basie, Count, Big band music Blacks Blues (Music) Bop (Music) Braithwaite, William Stanley, California--Los Angeles California--Los Angeles--Central Avenue Carter, Benny Charles, Pierre Collette, Buddy, Dance orchestra music Freedmen Freeman, Aaron Gillespie, Dizzy, Gordon, Dexter, Henry, Lenny Jazz Jazz ensemble with orchestra Jazz musicians Jazz vocals Kente, Gibson Live sound recordings Man-woman relationships Music Musicians Ntshona, Winston Parker, Charlie, Parker, Nicole Ari Piano music (Jazz) Piano with jazz ensemble Popular music Rogers, John W Russell, Brenda Saxophone music (Jazz) Saxophone with jazz ensemble Saxophonists Spears, Warren Suites (Jazz ensemble with orchestra) Swindlers and swindling Swing (Music) Trumpet with jazz ensemble United States White, Josh,--Jr
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Alternative Names
B. Carter
Benny Carter
Benny Carter 4
Benny Carter Amerikaans trompettist (1907-2003)
Benny Carter amerykański muzyk jazzowy
Benny Carter en amerikansk jazzmusiker
Benny Carter músic estatunidenc
Benny Carter musicien américain
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
Benny Cater
Carter
Carter B.
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
بنی کارتر
ベニー・カーター
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