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Benny Carter
Benny Carter
Benny Carter
Background information
Birth name Bennett Lester Carter
Also known as "The King"
Born August 8, 1907(1907-08-08) in Harlem, New York, USA
Died July 12, 2003 (aged 95)in Los Angeles, California
Genre(s) Swing, Big band, Jazz
Occupation(s) Musician, Bandleader, Composer, Musical arranger
Instrument(s) Saxophone, Trumpet, Clarinet
Years active 1920s–1997
Label(s) Music Masters, Verve, United Artist, Norgran, Swingville, Clef
Associated acts Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Phil Woods, Marian McPartland
Website www.BennyCarter.com

Bennett Lester Carter (born August 8, 1907 in Harlem, New York; died July 12, 2003 in Los Angeles, California) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African American cultural and business center The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of Jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United A big band is a type of Musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A bandleader is the leader of a band of Musicians The term is most commonly though not exclusively used with a group that plays Popular music as A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance In Music, an arrangement refers either to a rewriting of a piece of existing Music with additional new material or to a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch such A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind The clarinet is a Musical instrument in the Woodwind family The name derives from adding the suffix -et meaning little to the Italian word In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Verve Records is an American Jazz Record label now owned by the Universal Music Group. United Artists Records was a Record label founded by Max E Youngstein of United Artists in 1958 initially to distribute Soundtracks Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7 1915 – July 17 1959 was an American Jazz singer and songwriter Ray Charles Robinson ( September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) known by his Stage name Ray Charles, was an American John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( October 21 1917 &ndash January 6 1993) was an American Jazz Trumpeter Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC, CQ, OOnt ( 15 August 1925 – 23 December 2007) was a Canadian Philip Wells Woods (born November 2 1931 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American Jazz Bebop alto Marian McPartland (b March 20, 1918) born Margaret Marian Turner in Slough England, is a Jazz Pianist, Composer Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African American cultural and business center Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind A clarinetist (also spelled clarinettist) is a Musician who plays the Clarinet. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance In Music, an arrangement refers either to a rewriting of a piece of existing Music with additional new material or to a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch such A bandleader is the leader of a band of Musicians The term is most commonly though not exclusively used with a group that plays Popular music as He was a major figure in jazz from the 1930s to the 1990s, and was recognized as such by other jazz musicians who called him King (coined by Ben Webster). Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Benjamin Francis Webster ( March 27 1909 &ndash September 20 1973) aka " The Brute " or " Frog," was an [1] In 1958, performed with Billie Holiday at the legendary Monterey Jazz Festival. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7 1915 – July 17 1959 was an American Jazz singer and songwriter Debuting on October 3, 1958, the Monterey Jazz Festival (MJF is one of the longest consecutively running Jazz festivals

The National Endowment for the Arts honored Benny Carter with its highest honor in jazz, the NEA Jazz Masters Award for 1986. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA is a United States federally funded and donation assisted program that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence The NEA or National Endowment for the Arts, every year honors up to seven Jazz musicians with Jazz Master Awards Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) [2] He was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987, winner of the Grammy Award in 1994 for his solo "Prelude to a Kiss", and also the same year, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded by the Recording Academy to "performers who during their lifetimes have made creative contributions of outstanding Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The following is a list of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, including the category and location of each star [3] In 2000 awarded the National Endowment for the Arts, National Medal of Arts, presented by President Bill Clinton. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA is a United States federally funded and donation assisted program that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence The National Medal of Arts is an award and title created by the Congress of the United States in 1984 for the purpose of honoring artists and patrons of the arts William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States [4][5]

Contents

Biography

Born in New York in 1907, the youngest of three children and the only boy, received his first music lessons on piano from his mother. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Largely self-taught, by age fifteen, Carter was already sitting in at Harlem night spots. From 1924 to 1928, Carter gained valuable professional experience as a sideman in some of New York's top bands. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous 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. Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African American cultural and business center James Wesley "Bubber" Miley ( April 3, 1903 &ndash May 20, 1932) was an early Jazz Trumpeter and Cornet Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29 1899 &ndash May 24 1974 was an American Composer, Pianist, and Bandleader. For the next two years he played with such jazz greats as cornetist Rex Stewart, clarinetist-soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet, pianists Earl Hines, Willie "The Lion" Smith, pianist Fats Waller, pianist James P. Johnson, pianist Duke Ellington and their various groups. Rex Stewart ( 22 February 1907 &ndash 7 September 1967) was an American Jazz Cornetist best known for his work Sidney Bechet ( May 14, 1897 &ndash May 14, 1959) was an American Jazz saxophonist, Clarinetist and Composer Earl Kenneth Hines, universally known as Earl "Fatha" Hines, ( 28 December, 1903 Duquesne Pennsylvania &ndash 22 April William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholoff Smith ( 23 November, 1893 &ndash 18 April, 1973) aka "The Lion", was an Fats Waller (born Thomas Wright Waller on May 21, 1904 &mdash December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist James Price Johnson ( February 1 1894 &ndash November 17 1955) was an African-American Pianist and Composer. Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29 1899 &ndash May 24 1974 was an American Composer, Pianist, and Bandleader.

First recordings

He first recorded in 1928 with Charlie Johnson's Orchestra, also arranging the titles recorded, and formed his first big band the following year. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A big band is a type of Musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late He played with Fletcher Henderson in 1930 and 1931, becoming his chief arranger in this time, then briefly led the Detroit-based McKinney's Cotton Pickers[6] before returning to New York in 1932 to lead his own band in early swing arranging, include such swing stars as Leon "Chu" Berry (tenor saxophone), Teddy Wilson (piano), Sid Catlett (drums), and Dicky Wells (trombone). Fletcher Hamilton Henderson Jr ( December 18, 1897 &ndash December 28, 1952) was an American pianist bandleader Arranger Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. McKinney's Cotton Pickers were a United States Jazz band founded in Detroit in 1926 by William McKinney, who expanded his Synco Septet to ten New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Leon "Chu" Berry ( September 13, 1908 – October 30, 1941) was an American swing tenor saxophonist Theodore Shaw "Teddy" Wilson ( November 24 1912 &ndash July 31 1986) was a jazz pianist from the United States Sidney Catlett (born January 17, 1910 &ndash March 25, 1951) was a swinging jazz drummer often referred to as "Big William Wells, ( June 10, 1907 - November 12, 1985) more famous under the name of Dicky Wells (sometimes Dickie Wells) They were sophisticated and very complex arrangements, and a number of them became swing standards which were performed by other bands ("Blue Lou" is a great example of this). He also arranged for Duke Ellington during these years. Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29 1899 &ndash May 24 1974 was an American Composer, Pianist, and Bandleader. Carter was most noted for his superb arrangements. Among the most significant are "Keep a Song in Your Soul", written for Fletcher Henderson in 1930, and "Lonesome Nights" and "Symphony in Riffs" from 1933, both of which show Carter's fluid writing for saxophones. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [7] By the early 1930s he and Johnny Hodges were considered the leading alto players of the day. The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. John Cornelius "Johnny" Hodges ( 25 July, 1906 in Cambridge, Massachusetts – 11 May, 1970) was an American Carter also quickly became a leading trumpet soloist, having rediscovered the instrument. He recorded extensively on trumpet in the 1930s. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carter's name first appeared on records with a 1932 Crown label release of "Tell All Your Daydreams to Me" credited to Bennie Carter and his Harlemites.

In 1933 Carter took part in an amazing series of sessions that featured the British band leader Spike Hughes, who came to New York specifically to organize a series of recordings featuring the best Black musicians available. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Patrick "Spike" Cairn Hughes (1908-1987 was a British Jazz Musician, Composer and Music journalist. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous These 14 sides plus four by Carter's big band were only issued in England at the time, originally issued as Spike Hughes and His Negro Orchestra - 1933. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The musicians were mainly made up from members of Carter's band). The bands (14-15 pieces) include such major players as Henry "Red" Allen (trumpet), Dicky Wells (trombone), Wayman Carver (flute), Coleman Hawkins (saxophone), J.C. Higginbotham (trombone), and Leon "Chu" Berry (saxophone),[8] tracks include: "Nocturne," "Someone Stole Gabriel's Horn," "Pastorale," "Bugle Call Rag," "Arabesque," "Fanfare," "Sweet Sorrow Blues," "Music at Midnight," "Sweet Sue Just You," "Air in D Flat," "Donegal Cradle Song," "Firebird," "Music at Sunrise," and "How Come You Do Me Like You Do. Henry "Red" Allen ( January 7, 1906 or 1908 (see talk &ndash April 17, 1967) was a Jazz Trumpeter whose style William Wells, ( June 10, 1907 - November 12, 1985) more famous under the name of Dicky Wells (sometimes Dickie Wells) Wayman Carver (December 25 1905 Portsmouth Virginia - May 6 1967 Atlanta) was an American Jazz flautist and reeds player Coleman Randolph Hawkins ( November 21 1904 - May 19 1969) Nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean" was a prominent J C (Jack Higginbotham (1906&ndash1973 was an American Jazz Trombonist. Leon "Chu" Berry ( September 13, 1908 – October 30, 1941) was an American swing tenor saxophonist "

Europe

Carter moved to Europe in 1935 to play with Willie Lewis's orchestra, and also became staff arranger for the British Broadcasting Corporation dance orchestra and made several records. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Over the next three years, he traveled throughout Europe, playing and recording with the top British, French, and Scandinavian jazzmen, as well as with visiting American stars such as his friend Coleman Hawkins. Coleman Randolph Hawkins ( November 21 1904 - May 19 1969) Nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean" was a prominent Two recordings that showcase his sound most famously are 1937's "Honeysuckle Rose," recorded with Django Reinhardt and Coleman Hawkins in Europe, and the same tune reprised on his 1961 album Further Definitions, an album considered a masterpiece and one of jazz's most influential recordings. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jean "Django" Reinhardt ( January 23, 1910 – May 16, 1953) was a Belgian Gypsy jazz Guitarist Coleman Randolph Hawkins ( November 21 1904 - May 19 1969) Nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean" was a prominent Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Return to Harlem and a move to L. A.

Returning home in 1938, he quickly formed another superb orchestra, which spent much of 1939 and 1940 at Harlem's famed Savoy Ballroom. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Savoy Ballroom located in Harlem, New York City, was a medium sized ballroom for Music and public Dancing that was in operation from 1926 His arrangements were much in demand and were featured on recordings by Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Lena Horne, Glenn Miller, Gene Krupa, and Tommy Dorsey. William "Count" Basie ( August 21, 1904 &ndash April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, Organist Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29 1899 &ndash May 24 1974 was an American Composer, Pianist, and Bandleader. Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (born June 30, 1917) is an iconic American singer and Actress. Alton Glenn Miller ( March 1 1904 &ndash presumably December 15 1944) was an American Jazz musician and Gene Krupa ( January 15, 1909 &ndash October 16, 1973) was an influential American Jazz and Big band Drummer Tommy Dorsey ( November 19 1905 &ndash November 26 1956) was an American Jazz Trombonist, Trumpeter Though he only had one major hit in the big band era (a novelty song called “Cow-Cow Boogie,” sung by Ella Mae Morse), during the 1930s Carter composed and/or arranged many of the pieces that became Swing Era classics, such as “When Lights Are Low,” “Blues in My Heart,” and “Lonesome Nights. Ella Mae Morse ( September 12 1924 – October 16 1999) was an American popular Singer. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Swing Era was the period of time (1935&ndash1946 when Big band Swing music was the most popular music in America. ”

Robert Goffin, Benny Carter, Louis Armstrong, and Leonard Feather in 1942.
Robert Goffin, Benny Carter, Louis Armstrong, and Leonard Feather in 1942. Robert Goffin (1898 - 1984 was a Belgian lawyer author and poet credited with writing the first "serious" book on Jazz, Aux Frontières du Jazz Louis Armstrong (August 4 1901 &ndash July 6 1971 nicknamed Satchmo or Sachimo and Pops, was an American Jazz Trumpeter Leonard Geoffrey Feather ( 13 September 1914 &ndash 22 September 1994) was a British -born Jazz pianist,

He relocated to Los Angeles in 1943, moved increasingly into studio work. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Beginning with "Stormy Weather" in 1943, he arranged for dozens of feature films and television productions. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [9] In Hollywood, he wrote arrangements for such artists as Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, Pearl Bailey, Ray Charles, Peggy Lee, Lou Rawls, Louis Armstrong, Freddie Slack and Mel Torme. Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7 1915 – July 17 1959 was an American Jazz singer and songwriter Sarah Lois Vaughan (nicknamed " Sassy " and " The Divine One ") ( March 27 1924, &ndash April Billy Eckstine ( 8 July, 1914 &ndash 8 March, 1993) born William Clarence Eckstein in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh Pearl Mae Bailey ( March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American singer and actress Ray Charles Robinson ( September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) known by his Stage name Ray Charles, was an American Peggy Lee ( May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) was an American Jazz and popular music singer and Songwriter Louis Allen Rawls ( December 1, 1933 &ndash January 6, 2006) was an American Soul music, Jazz, and Louis Armstrong (August 4 1901 &ndash July 6 1971 nicknamed Satchmo or Sachimo and Pops, was an American Jazz Trumpeter Frederick Charles Slack ( August 7, 1910 – August 10, 1965) was an American swing and Boogie-woogie Pianist Melvin Howard Tormé ( September 13, 1925 &ndash June 5, 1999) nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician known as In 1945, trumpeter Miles Davis made his first recordings with Carter as sideman on album Benny Carter and His Orchestra,[10] and considered him a close friend and mentor. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26 1926 &ndash September 28 1991 was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer. A sideman is a professional Musician who is hired to perform or record with a group of which he is not a regular member Carter was one of the first black men to compose music for films. He was an inspiration and a mentor for Quincy Jones when Jones began writing for television and films in the 1960s. Quincy Delight Jones Jr (born March 14, 1933) also known as Q, is an American Music Impresario, conductor Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carter's successful legal battles in order to obtain housing in then-exclusive neighborhoods in the Los Angeles area made him a pioneer in an entirely different area. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Carter was inducted in the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in 1957. Down Beat is an American Magazine devoted to "jazz blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar)

Benny Carter visited Australia in 1960 with his own quartet, performed at the 1968 Newport Jazz Festival with Dizzy Gillespie, and recorded with a Scandinavian band in Switzerland the same year. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every August in Newport Rhode Island, USA. John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( October 21 1917 &ndash January 6 1993) was an American Jazz Trumpeter Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation His studio work in the 1960s included arranging and sometimes performing on Peggy Lee’s Mink Jazz, (1962) and on the single "I’m A Woman" in the same year. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Peggy Lee ( May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) was an American Jazz and popular music singer and Songwriter Mink Jazz is a 1963 (see 1963 in music) album by Peggy Lee, arranged by Benny Carter. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Academia

In 1969, Carter was persuaded by Morroe Berger, a sociology professor at Princeton University who had done his master's thesis on jazz, to spend a weekend at the college as part of some classes, seminars, and a concert. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. This led to a new outlet for Carter's talent: teaching. For the next nine years he visited Princeton five times, most of them brief stays except for one in 1973 when he spent a semester there as a visiting professor. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. In 1974 Princeton awarded him an honorary master of humanities degree. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. He conducted workshops and seminars at several other universities and was a visiting lecturer at Harvard for a week in 1987. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Morroe Berger also wrote the book "Benny Carter - A Life in American Music," (1982) a two-volume work, covers Carter's career in depth, an essential work of jazz scholarship. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) [11]

In the late summer of 1989 the Classical Jazz series of concerts at New York's Lincoln Center celebrated Carter's 82nd birthday with a set of his songs, sung by Ernestine Anderson and Sylvia Syms. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Ernestine Anderson (born November 11, 1928) is an American Jazz and Blues singer Sylvia Syms ( December 2, 1917 - May 10, 1992) was a Jazz singer In the same week, at the Chicago Jazz Festival, he presented a recreation of his Further Definitions album, using some of the original musicians. The Chicago Jazz Festival is a popular and well-known four day free celebration of jazz in Grant Park in downtown Chicago In February 1990, Carter led an all-star big band at the Lincoln Center in a concert tribute to Ella Fitzgerald. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25 1917 &ndash June 15 1996 also known as " Lady Ella " and the "First Lady of Song" is considered one of the most influential Carter was a member of the music advisory panel of the National Endowment for the Arts. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA is a United States federally funded and donation assisted program that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence In 1990, Carter was named "Jazz Artist of the Year" in both the Down Beat[12] and Jazz Times International Critics' polls. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Down Beat is an American Magazine devoted to "jazz blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively He was also a member of the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame and in 1980 received the Golden Score award of the American Society of Music Arrangers. The Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Inc (BFHFI was founded in 1973 Oakland California, United States. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Carter was also a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1996, and received honorary doctorates from Princeton (1974),[13] Rutgers (1991),[14] Harvard (1994), and the New England Conservatory (1998). The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to artists in the performing arts Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Rutgers The State University of New Jersey (also known as Rutgers University) is the largest institution for higher education in the state of New Jersey Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) [15]

One of the most remarkable things about Benny Carter's career was its length. It has been said that he is the only musician to have recorded in nine different decades. Having started a career in music before music was even recorded electrically, Carter remained a masterful musician, arranger and composer until he retired from performing in 1997. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar In 1998, Benny Carter was honored at Third Annual Awards Gala and Concert at Lincoln Center. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) He received the Jazz at Lincoln Center Award for Artistic Excellence and his music was performed by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Diana Krall and Bobby Short. Wynton Learson Marsalis (b October 18, 1961) is an American Trumpeter and Composer. Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian Jazz Pianist and Singer. Robert Waltrip "Bobby" Short ( September 15, 1924 &ndash March 21, 2005) was an American Cabaret singer and Wynton accepted on Benny's behalf. (Back trouble prevented Benny from attending. )

Carter passed away in Los Angeles, California at Cedars-Sinai Hospital July 12, 2003 from complications of bronchitis at the age of 95. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. In 1979, he married Hilma Ollila Arons, who survives him, along with a daughter, a granddaughter and a grandson. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) [16]

Selective awards and recognitions

Grammy history

Benny Carter Grammy Awards History
Year Category Title Genre Label Result
1994 Best Jazz Instrumental Solo "Prelude to a Kiss" Jazz Music Masters Winner
1994 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Individual or Group Elegy in Blue Jazz Music Masters Nominee
1993 Best Jazz Instrumental Solo "The More I See You" Jazz Telarc Nominee
1992 Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance Harlem Renaissance Jazz Music Masters Nominee
1987 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
1986 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group Swing Reunion Jazz Musicmasters Nominee
1963 Best Background Arrangement Busted (Ray Charles) R&B Rhino / Wea Nominee

Selective discography

Year Title Genre Label
2002 Scetches on Standards Jazz Past Perfect
1997 Tickle Toe Jazz Vee-Jay
1997 Live and Well in Japan Jazz Pablo/OJC
1995 Songbook Jazz Music Masters
1995 New York Nights Jazz Music Masters
1992 Harlem Renaissance Jazz Music Masters
1987 Central City Sketches Jazz Music Masters
1962 Further Definitions Jazz Impulse
1959 The Fabulous Benny Carter Jazz Audio Lab
1958 Jazz Giant Jazz Original Jazz Classics
1954 Moonglow Jazz Verve
1945 Benny Carter and His Orchestra with Miles Davis Jazz Jazz Door
1935 The Chocolate Dandies Jazz DRG

Compilations

Footnotes

  1. ^ Larkin, Colin. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Track listing Further Definitions " Honeysuckle Rose " ( Razaf &ndash Waller) &ndash350 The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Guinness, page 722, (1995) - ISBN 1561591769
  2. ^ Official NEA Jazz Masters Awards List
  3. ^ Hollywood Walk of Fame: Benny Carter
  4. ^ National Medal of Arts Photos
  5. ^ National Medal of Arts List
  6. ^ McKinney's Cotton Pickers
  7. ^ Martin, Henry. Jazz: The First 100 Years, Thomson Wadsworth, page 6, (2005) - ISBN 0534628044
  8. ^ Yanow, Scott. Scott Yanow (born 4 October 1954 in New York) is an American Jazz commentator Jazz on Record: The First Sixty Years, Backbeat Books, page 169, (2003) - ISBN 0879307552
  9. ^ Benny Carter Filmography
  10. ^ Benny Carter and His Orchestra with Miles Davis
  11. ^ Berger, Morroe. Benny Carter, a Life in American Music, Scarecrow Press, (1982) - ISBN 081081580X
  12. ^ 1990 Down Beat Critics Poll
  13. ^ Benny Cart News
  14. ^ Benny Carter: The Rutgers Connection
  15. ^ New England Conservatory Honorary Doctor of Music Recipients
  16. ^ Gate: Benny Carter -- jazz career spanned 8 decades
  17. ^ Grammy Awards Database for Benny Carter
  18. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Music-Master-Benny-Carter/dp/B0001ZXOL6/ref=pd_bbs_6?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1207491323&sr=8-6

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