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Benny Carter

New York City, United States · 1907-08-08 – 2003-07-12

Benny Carter is credited on 4,244 releases across 1,229 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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4,244

Pressings credited

1,229

Albums

Decades active

226

In collections

Biography

Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career in the 1920s, he worked as an arranger, including writing charts for Fletcher Henderson's big band that shaped the swing style. He had an unusually long career that lasted into the 1990s. During the 1980s and 1990s, he was nominated for eight Grammy Awards, which included receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award.

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