Benny Carter. Practicing on his saxophone in a studio, New York, 1962

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Benny Carter practicing on his saxophone in a studio, New York, 1962

Benny Carter (by name Bennett Lester Carter) 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 written 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 '90s, he was nominated for eight Grammy Awards, which included receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award.

b. August 8, 1907 in Bronx, New York.
d. July 12, 2003 in Los Angeles, California.

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