Benny Carter

Benny Carter


Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. He was a major figure in jazz from the 1930s to the 1990s, and was recognised as such by other jazz musicians who called him King. As a youth, Carter lived in Harlem around the corner from Bubber Miley who was Duke Ellington's star trumpeter. Carter was inspired by Miley and bought a trumpet, but when he found he couldn't play like Miley he traded the trumpet in for a saxophone.

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Sweet Georgia Brown

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Livin' with the Blues

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Who's Sorry Now?

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I'll Be Around

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Shoe Shiner’s Drag

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Slow Freight

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Swinging the Blues

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Laugh! Clown! Laugh!

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Laugh Clown Laugh

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June in January

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Rosetta

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The Moon Is Low

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My Blue Star

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