Benny Carter

Benny Carter

Aliases: Benny Carter 3
Benny Carter 4
Benny Carter & His Harlem Club Orch.
Benny Carter and His Orchestra
Benny Carter and His Swing Quartet
Benny Carter Quartet
The Benny Carter Quartet!
Real name: Bennett Lester Carter
Born: August 8, 1907
Died: July 12, 2003
Country: United States
IPI: 00005368991
Comments: Jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.
Member of: The Capitol International Jazzmen Alto sax (1945-1946)
Family: Joe Kennedy Jr. Cousin
Related: Chocolate Dandies

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Popular Originals

When Lights Are Low

Released on When Lights Are Low (1936)

Covered by (107 artists)

Blue Lou

Lonesome Nights

Released on Lonesome Nights (1933)

Covered by (92 artists)

There, I've Said It Again

Babalú

Released on Babalú (1941)

Covered by (39 artists)

Key Largo

How High the Moon

Released on How High the Moon (1948)

Covered by (24 artists)

Popular Covers by Benny Carter

Blues in B Flat

Originally by Dizzy Gillespie

Released on The Tatum-Carter-Bellson Trio (1955)

Ain't She Sweet

Jazz Giant

Originally by Lou Gold & His Orchestra

Released on Jazz Giant (1958)

Candy/All I Do Is Dream of You/Spring Is Here/720 in the Books/It Happened in Monterey/What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry

Thirty by Ella

Originally by Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford, The Pied Pipers and Paul Weston and His Orchestra, Jan Savitt and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bon Bon, Gene Raymond, Dennis King & Vivienne Segal, John Boles, Jeanette Loff, the Sisters G, George Chiles and the Russell Market Dancers, Sam Lanin and His Orchestra

Released on Thirty by Ella (1968)

Night in Tunisia

Carter, Gillespie, Inc.

Originally by Dizzy Gillespie

Released on Carter, Gillespie, Inc. (1976)