Benny Carter

alto saxophone, trumpet, clarinet, arrangement · 1907–2003 · New York (Bronx)

Saxophonist, trumpeter and clarinetist born in the Bronx, he co-wrote "Blues in My Heart" (1931), "When Lights Are Low" (1936) and "Cow-Cow Boogie" (1942). He recorded from the early 1950s to the 1980s for Norgran, Clef, Impulse! and Concord.

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Styles

• Swing, big bands
• Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington

Landmark tracks

• And the Angels Sing (Benny Carter) (1960)
• Blue Star (1961)
• Doozy (1961)
• Cotton Tail (Benny Carter) (1961)

Sources

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