Carter, Benny

Overview

Works:	2,482 works in 4,906 publications in 5 languages and 27,247 library holdings
Genres:	Biography Drama Jazz Live sound recordings Western films Comedy films Interviews
Roles:	Performer, Author, Instrumentalist, Conductor, Composer, Arranger, Singer, Producer, Interviewee, Other, Author of introduction, Musician, Contributor, Editor, Honoree
Classifications:	M1366, 781.65

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Benny Carter

Benny Carter, a life in American music by Morroe Berger( 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 by Morroe Berger( Book )
Central Avenue sounds Art Farmer by Art Farmer( )

All of me by Benny Carter( Recording )
The swing era, one more time : Swing lives!( Book )
Central Avenue sounds Gerald S. Wilson by Gerald Wilson( )
A salute to Benny Carter : with the Harvard Jazz Band by Benny Carter( Recording )
Symphony in riffs by Benny Carter( Visual )
Central Avenue sounds. Clora Bryant by Clora Bryant( Book )
Bird said 'play' by Carl Schurer( Book )
Central Avenue sounds : Buddy Collette : by Buddy Collette( )
Central Avenue sounds Clora Bryant by Clora Bryant( )
Oral history interview with Yusef Lateef by Yusef Lateef( Visual )
Benny Carter and Edward Berger discuss Carter's career and play examples of his music by Benny Carter( Recording )
Carter, Bennett Lester (Benny) : composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger by Authors and Publishers American Society of Composers( )
Benny Carter portrait collection( Visual )
Contemporary musicians : profiles of the people in music (Vol. 3) by Michael L LaBlanc( )
Contemporary Black biography. profiles from the international Black community( )

fewer

Most widely held works by Benny Carter

Further definitions : the complete further definitions sessions by Benny Carter( Recording )

52 editions published between 1961 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 548 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Jive at five : [the style-makers of jazz, 1920s-1940s] by Joe Newman Quintet( Recording )

3 editions published between 1976 and 2007 and held by 427 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The style-makers of Jazz 1920's-1940's

The complete RCA Victor recordings by Dizzy Gillespie( Recording )

1 edition published in 1995 in English and held by 374 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Jazz giant by Benny Carter( Recording )

36 editions published between 1958 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 369 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Buck and the preacher by Sidney Poitier( Visual )

6 editions published between 1972 and 2011 in English and held by 365 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

Lady in autumn : the best of the Verve years by Billie Holiday( Recording )

3 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 290 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

All that jazz by Ella Fitzgerald( )

11 editions published between 1989 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 276 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Coleman Hawkins : Ken Burns jazz by Coleman Hawkins( Recording )

2 editions published in 2000 in No Linguistic content and English and held by 255 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Solomon Jazz Collection

In the mood for swing by Benny Carter( Recording )

22 editions published between 1988 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 253 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Benny Carter meets Oscar Peterson by Benny Carter( )

20 editions published between 1987 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 249 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An anthology of big band swing (1930-1955)( Recording )

2 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 246 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

King by Benny Carter( )

23 editions published between 1976 and 2008 in 6 languages and held by 234 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The best of Benny Carter by Benny Carter( )

17 editions published between 1980 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 234 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 232 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Count Basie jam : Montreux '77 by Count Basie( Recording )

15 editions published between 1977 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 232 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Carter, Gillespie, inc. by Benny Carter( )

13 editions published between 1976 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 229 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Live and well in Japan by Benny Carter( )

18 editions published between 1978 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 216 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Swingin' the 20's by Benny Carter( Recording )

28 editions published between 1958 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 196 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Elegy in blue by Benny Carter( Recording )

13 editions published between 1994 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 192 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Harlem renaissance by Benny Carter( Recording )

13 editions published between 1992 and 1996 in 4 languages and held by 177 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

fewer

Audience Level

0				1
	Kids	General	Special

Audience level: 0.40 (from 0.23 for An antholo ... to 0.99 for Carter, Be ...)

Related Identities

Hawkins, Coleman Other Singer Performer Conductor Author Instrumentalist Composer
Peterson, Oscar 1925-2007 Performer Instrumentalist Author Composer
Webster, Ben 1909-1973 Performer Instrumentalist Author Composer
Brown, Ray 1926-2002 Conductor Performer Instrumentalist Composer
Bellson, Louis Arranger Performer Conductor Author Instrumentalist Composer
Kessel, Barney Performer Instrumentalist
Eldridge, Roy 1911-1989 Singer Conductor Performer Instrumentalist Author
Ellington, Duke 1899-1974 Performer Musician Conductor Author Instrumentalist Composer
Gillespie, Dizzy 1917-1993 Singer Performer Conductor Author Instrumentalist Composer
Edison, Harry 1915-1999 Performer Instrumentalist Author

Useful Links

Associated Subjects

African Americans Alternate takes (Sound recordings) American Federation of Musicians Armstrong, Louis, Basie, Count, Big band music Blues (Music) Bop (Music) Brown, Clifford Bryant, Clora, California--Los Angeles California--Los Angeles--Central Avenue Carter, Benny Collette, Buddy, Composers Dance orchestra music Edison, Harry, Edwards, Teddy, Ellington, Duke, Freedmen Gillespie, Dizzy, Gordon, Dexter, Gray, Wardell, Hampton, Lionel Hawkins, Coleman Jazz Jazz ensemble with orchestra Jazz musicians Jazz vocals Live sound recordings Man-woman relationships Morgan, Frank, Musicians Parker, Charlie, Piano music (Jazz) Piano with jazz ensemble Popular music Roach, Max, Saxophone music (Jazz) Saxophone with dance orchestra Saxophone with jazz ensemble Saxophonists Suites (Jazz ensemble with orchestra) Swindlers and swindling Swing (Music) Television music--Excerpts Trumpet music (Jazz) Trumpet with jazz ensemble United States Women jazz musicians

Alternative Names

B. 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 yhdysvaltalainen jazzmuusikko

Benny Cater

Carter, Bennet Lester 1907-2003

Carter, Bennett L. 1907-2003

Carter, Bennett Lester

Carter Bennett Lester 1907-2003

Μπένι Κάρτερ

Бенни Картер

בני קרטר

בני קרטר מוזיקאי אמריקאי

بنی کارتر

ベニー・カーター

Languages

English (94)

German (12)

French (3)

Spanish (2)

Dutch (1)

Covers

Contemporary Black biography. profiles from the international Black community