Benny Carter – Biografie, Diskografie & Instrumente

Biografie

Benny Carter war ein Jazzmusiker (Saxophon, Trompete, Klarinette und Altsaxophon). Benny Carter wurde am 8. August 1907 in New York City geboren und starb am 12. Juli 2003 in Los Angeles. Stilistisch wird die Musik meist Jazz und Swing zugeordnet. Plattenlabels: Columbia Records. Die Diskografie umfasst hier 46 Alben, von „Cosmopolite“ (1953) bis „Jazz: The Essential Collection, Vol. 17“ (2024). Zu den Auszeichnungen zählen Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame (1978), Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1987) und NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship.

Bennett Lester „Benny“ Carter (* 8. August 1907 in New York, USA; † 12. Juli 2003 in Los Angeles) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazzmusiker (Saxophonist, Trompeter, Bandleader, Arrangeur und Komponist).

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Diskografie

Studio- und Livealben

Cosmopolite 1953 · Clef Records New Jazz Sounds 1955 · Norgran Records Jazz Giant 1958 · Contemporary The Fabulous Benny Carter Band 1958 · Audio Lab Aspects 1959 · United Artists Sax A La Carter! 1960 · United Artists BBB & Co. 1962 · Swingville A Man Called Adam 1966 · Reprise Records Additions to Further Definitions 1966 · impulse! Jazz at the Philharmonic at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 1975 · Live · Pablo Live and Well in Japan! 1978 · Live · Pablo Live Summer Serenade 1983 · PGP-RTB A Gentleman and His Music 1986 · Concord Jazz Benny Carter All Stars 1986 · Sonet Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson 1987 · Pablo The Complete Benny Carter on Keynote 1987 · Mercury Records Central City Sketches 1988 · Jazz Heritage Swingin' the '20s 1988 · Original Jazz Classics In the Mood for Swing 1989 · Musical Heritage Society My Kind of Trouble 1989 · Pablo My Man Benny, My Man Phil 1989 · Limelight Cookin' at Carlos I 1990 · MusicMasters All That Jazz: Live at Princeton 1992 · Live · MusicMasters Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Inc. 1992 · Pablo Cosmopolite: The Oscar Peterson Verve Sessions 1994 · Verve Elegy in Blue 1994 Another Time, Another Place 1996 · Live · Evening Star Songbook 1996 · MusicMasters New York Nights 1997 Songbook, Volume II 1997 · MusicMasters Tickle Toe 1997 More Cookin' 2002 · Jazz Heritage Back Bay Boogie 2004 Anthology: The Deluxe Collection (Remastered) 2020 · Master Tape Records

Princeton Concerts (And Beyond) [Vol 7. September 13, 1997 Live at Princeton] 2022 · Live

Princeton Concerts (And Beyond) [Vol. 2 October 22, 1973 Live at Princeton] 2022 · Live

Princeton Concerts (And Beyond) [Vol. 3 December 3, 1973 Live at Princeton] 2022 · Live

Princeton Concerts (And Beyond) [Vol. 4 March 18, 1977 Live at Princeton] 2022

Princeton Concerts (And Beyond) [Vol. 5 October 12, 1979 Live at Princeton] 2022 · Live

Princeton Concerts (And Beyond) [Vol. 6 May 21, 1982 Live at Princeton] 2022 · Live

Princeton Concerts (And Beyond) [Vol. 8 October 28, 1978 Live in Buffalo] 2022 · Live

Princeton Concerts (And Beyond) [Vol.1 April 19, 1973 Live at Princeton] 2022 · Live

Jazz: The Essential Collection, Vol. 17 2024 · In+Out Records

Jazz Giant: Complete Sessions

Live and Well in Japan · Live

Wonderland

Spielt außerdem auf

Alben, auf denen Benny Carter als Sideman mitwirkt

1953	King of the Tenors — Ben Webster	alto saxophone
1954	Tatum, Carter, Bellson — Tatum, Carter, Bellson	alto saxophone
1954	Barrelhouse, Boogie and the Blues — Ella Mae Morse with Big Dave and His Orchestra	alto saxophone
1955	Sweet and Hot — Ella Fitzgerald	conductor
1955	Music for Torching — Billie Holiday	alto saxophone
1957	Go West, Man! — Quincy Jones	alto saxophone
1958	Anita O'Day Sings the Winners — Anita O’Day	alto saxophone
1959	I Like Men! — Peggy Lee	alto saxophone
1959	Miss Wonderful — Peggy Lee	arranger
1959	Livin' With The Blues — Barbara Dane	trumpet
1960	Once More With Feeling — Billy Eckstine	alto saxophone
1960	The Drum Battle — Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich	alto saxophone
1960	Softly — Dakota Staton	arranger, conductor
1961	If You Go — Peggy Lee, Quincy Jones	alto saxophone
1961	’Round Midnight — Dakota Staton	conductor
1961	Dakota — Dakota Staton	conductor
1962	Sugar ’n’ Spice — Peggy Lee	conductor
1962	Blues Cross Country — Peggy Lee	alto saxophone, arranger
1963	Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul — Ray Charles	arranger
1963	I’m a Woman — Peggy Lee	conductor
1963	The Lonely Hours — Sarah Vaughan	arranger, conductor
1965	Nobody but Lou — Lou Rawls	arranger, conductor, orchestrator
1968	30 by Ella — Ella Fitzgerald	arranger, conductor, alto saxophone
1968	Portrait of Carmen — Carmen McRae	arranger, conductor
1969	Is That All There Is? — Peggy Lee	conductor
1976	Stormy Weather — Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Fats Waller	trumpet
1980	Aurex Jazz Festival '80 - Gentlemen of Swing — Harry “Sweets” Edison, Benny Carter, Teddy Wilson. Milt Hinton, Shelly Manne	alto saxophone
1982	A Classy Pair — Ella Fitzgerald & The Count Basie Orchestra	arranger, conductor
1987	Billy Eckstine Sings With Benny Carter — Billy Eckstine, Benny Carter special guest Helen Merrill	alto saxophone, trumpet
1989	All That Jazz — Ella Fitzgerald	alto saxophone

Standards von Benny Carter

Titel	Tonart	Form	Groove
When Lights Are Low	Es-Dur	AABA · 32	Medium Swing
Only Trust Your Heart	C-Dur	AABAC · 40	Bossa Nova
Summer Serenade	Des-Dur	ABAC · 32	Bossa Nova

Analysierte Soli von Benny Carter

I Got It Badalto saxophone · 68 BPM · Db-maj · 1952-09-18
Long Ago and Far Awayalto saxophone · 185 BPM · F-maj · 1952-09-18
Long Ago and Far Awayalto saxophone · 186 BPM · F-maj · 1952-09-18
It's a Wonderful Worldalto saxophone · 124 BPM · C-maj · 1986-11-14
It's a Wonderful Worldalto saxophone · 127 BPM · C-maj · 1986-11-14
Just Friendsalto saxophone · 205 BPM · Bb-maj · 1986-11-14
Sweet Lorrainealto saxophone · 92 BPM · G-maj · 1986-11-14

Auszeichnungen

Historische Schellackplatten

Diga, Diga, Do Benny Carter and his All Star Orchestra · Dickie Wells · Joe Newman… archive.org ↗
Some of These Days Benny Carter and His All Star Orchestra · Trummy Young · Benny… archive.org ↗
I'm the Caring Kind Benny Carter and His All Star Orchestra · Maxine Sullivan · Benny… archive.org ↗
BE COOL Benny Carter archive.org ↗
BE COOL - C; DISCOVERY; HEELS UP Benny Carter archive.org ↗
JAZZ WALTZ - A Benny Carter archive.org ↗
Once upon a time BØRGE ROGER-HENRICHSENS ORKESTER · Erik Parker · Benny Carter archive.org ↗
LONELY AFFAIR - A Benny Carter archive.org ↗

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Häufige Fragen

Welches Instrument spielte Benny Carter?

Benny Carter ist bekannt für Saxophon, Trompete, Klarinette und Altsaxophon.

Wann und wo wurde Benny Carter geboren?

Benny Carter wurde 8. August 1907 in New York City geboren.

Was sind die bekanntesten Alben von Benny Carter?

In unserer Datenbank finden sich unter anderem Cosmopolite (1953), New Jazz Sounds (1955), Jazz Giant (1958), The Fabulous Benny Carter Band (1958) und Aspects (1959).

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