Benny Carter and Red Norvo. Appearing on Tv-show ´The World of John Hammond´Chicago, 1975

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Benny Carter and Red Norvo. Appearing on Tv-show "The World of John Hammond", Chicago, 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. 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.
He was given a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987. In 1994 he won a Grammy Award for his solo on "Prelude to a Kiss" and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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

Red Norvo (by name Kenneth Norville) was an American jazz musician, one of jazz´s early vibraphonist, known as “Mr. Swing “. He helped establish the xylophone, marimba, and vibraphone as jazz instruments. Red Norvo was born in Beardstown, Illinois, United States. His career began in Chicago with a band called "The Collegians" in 1925. He played with many other bands, including an all-marimba band on the vaudeville circuit, and the bands of Paul Whiteman.

b. March 31, 1908 in Beardstown Illinois.
d. April 6, 1999 in Santa Monica, California.

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