Benny Carter. At Dick Gibson´s Jazz Party, Colorado Springs, 1975

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Benny Carter at Dick Gibson´s Jazz Party, Colorado Springs, 1975.

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. He was given piano lessons by his mother and others in the neighborhood. He played trumpet and experimented briefly with C-melody saxophone before settling on alto saxophone.

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

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