Carter, Benny

Overview

Works:	2,512 works in 4,990 publications in 5 languages and 27,853 library holdings
Genres:	Jazz Jazz vocals Drama Popular music Bop (Music) Biography Western films Comedy films Interviews Big band music
Roles:	Performer, Author, Instrumentalist, Conductor, Composer, Arranger, Singer, Producer, Interviewee, Other, Musician, Author of introduction, Honoree, Contributor, Editor
Classifications:	M1366, 781.65

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Benny Carter

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( )
The swing era, one more time : Swing lives!( Book )

All of me by John Pizzarelli( Recording )
Central Avenue sounds. Clora Bryant by Clora Bryant( Book )
Central Avenue sounds Gerald S. Wilson by Gerald Wilson( )
Symphony in riffs by Benny Carter( Visual )
A salute to Benny Carter : with the Harvard Jazz Band by Benny Carter( Recording )
Benny Carter portrait collection( Visual )
Benny Carter and Edward Berger discuss Carter's career and play examples of his music by Benny Carter( Recording )
[Interview with Benny Carter, legendary alto saxophonist/leader/composer at 80] by Benny Carter( Recording )
Benny Carter w/Jazz Band by Benny Carter( Visual )
Central Avenue sounds Buddy Collette by Buddy Collette( )
Oral history interview with Yusef Lateef by Yusef Lateef( Visual )
Carter, Bennett Lester (Benny) : composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger by Authors and Publishers American Society of Composers( )
Contemporary Black biography. profiles from the international Black community( )
Contemporary musicians : profiles of the people in music (Vol. 3) by Michael L LaBlanc( )

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Most widely held works by Benny Carter

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

53 editions published between 1961 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 556 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 426 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

Buck and the preacher by Sidney Poitier( Visual )

8 editions published between 1972 and 2011 in English and held by 380 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 )

36 editions published between 1958 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 373 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The complete RCA Victor recordings by Dizzy Gillespie( Recording )

1 edition published in 1995 in English and held by 369 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bird : the original recordings of Charlie Parker by Charlie Parker( Recording )

5 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 314 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 293 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 292 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

All that jazz by Ella Fitzgerald( )

10 editions published between 1989 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 278 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

15 editions published between 1977 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 270 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

3 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 265 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Benny Carter meets Oscar Peterson by Benny Carter( )

22 editions published between 1987 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 254 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 252 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Solomon Jazz Collection

The best of Benny Carter by Benny Carter( )

17 editions published between 1980 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 239 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Carter, Gillespie, inc. by Benny Carter( )

13 editions published between 1976 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 236 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 234 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Elegy in blue by Benny Carter( Recording )

13 editions published between 1994 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 232 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Live and well in Japan by Benny Carter( )

19 editions published between 1978 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 216 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

All of me by John Pizzarelli( Recording )

9 editions published between 1991 and 2000 in 4 languages and held by 68 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Solomon Jazz Collection

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Audience Level

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Audience level: 0.41 (from 0.24 for An antholo ... to 0.99 for Carter, Be ...)

Related Identities

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Webster, Ben 1909-1973 Performer Instrumentalist Author Composer
Peterson, Oscar 1925-2007 Performer Instrumentalist Author Composer
Brown, Ray 1926-2002 Performer Instrumentalist Author Composer
Eldridge, Roy 1911-1989 Singer Conductor Performer Instrumentalist Author
Kessel, Barney Performer Instrumentalist
Basie, Count 1904-1984 Conductor Performer Instrumentalist Author Composer
Edison, Harry 1915-1999 Performer Instrumentalist Author
Ellington, Duke 1899-1974 Arranger Performer Musician Conductor Author Instrumentalist Composer
Gillespie, Dizzy 1917-1993 Singer Performer Conductor Author Instrumentalist Composer

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Associated Subjects

African Americans Alternate takes (Sound recordings) American Federation of Musicians Armstrong, Louis, Basie, Count, Big band music Blues (Music) Bop (Music) California--Los Angeles California--Los Angeles--Central Avenue Carter, Benny Collette, Buddy, Composers Dance orchestra music Dance orchestras Duvivier, George Edwards, Teddy, Ellington, Duke, Foxtrots Freedmen Gillespie, Dizzy, Gordon, Dexter, Gray, Wardell, Guitar with jazz ensemble Hawkins, Coleman Heywood, Eddie, Jazz Jazz musicians Jazz vocals Live sound recordings Man-woman relationships Mingus, Charles, Musicians Parker, Charlie, Piano music (Jazz) Piano with jazz ensemble Popular music Saxophone music Saxophone music (Jazz) Saxophone with dance orchestra Saxophone with jazz ensemble Saxophonists Swindlers and swindling Swing (Music) Television music--Excerpts Trumpet music (Jazz) Trumpet players Trumpet with jazz ensemble United States Women jazz musicians

Bassically speaking : an oral history of George Duvivier

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

本尼·卡特

Languages

English (92)

German (9)

French (2)

Spanish (1)

Dutch (1)

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