Benny Carter Musical artist

Bennett Lester "Benny" Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. 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. In 1958, he performed with Billie Holiday at the Monterey Jazz Festival.The National Endowment for the Arts honored Benny Carter with its highest honor in jazz, the NEA Jazz Masters Award for 1986. He was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987, and both won a Grammy Award for his solo "Prelude to a Kiss" and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994. In 2000 awarded the National Endowment for the Arts, National Medal of Arts, presented by President Bill Clinton.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	King
Birth date	August 08, 1907
Birth place	Harlem , United States
Date of death	July 12, 2003
Place of death	California , Los Angeles , United States

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Musical artist

Career started	1920
Career ended	1997
associated musical artist	Oscar Peterson Marian McPartland Billie Holiday Dizzy Gillespie Fats Waller Ray Charles Phil Woods
Background	Non vocal instrumentalist
genre	Jazz Big band Swing music
instrument	Clarinet Saxophone Trumpet
record label	Bluebird Records Columbia Records Okeh Records Decca Records Brunswick Records Crown Records Verve Records Vocalion Records United Artists Records