Benny Carter

alto saxophone, arranger, conductor, trumpet, reeds, clarinet, saxophone, performer, piano, vocal

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) bass A Foggy Day, Angel Eyes, Come on Back, Doozy, Fantastic, That's You, Frenesi, Gone With the Wind, Gone With the Wind (alternate take), I Get a Kick Out of You, I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good), I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) (alternate take), I've Got the World on a String, I've Got the World on a String (alternate take), If Dreams Come True, Imagination, Laura, Long Ago and Far Away, Long Ago and Far Away (alternate take), Pick Yourself Up, Poinciana (Song of the Tree), Prisoner of Love, Prohibido, Rock Bottom, Street Scene, That Old Black Magic, The Song Is You, Titmouse, We Were in Love, You Took Advantage of Me
Barney Kessel guitar A Walkin' Thing, Ain't She Sweet, Blue Lou, Blues My Naughty Sweety Gives to Me, Come on Back, Doozy, Fantastic, That's You, Gone With the Wind, Gone With the Wind (alternate take), How Can You Lose, I Get a Kick Out of You, I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good), I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) (alternate take), I'm Coming Virginia, I've Got the World on a String, I've Got the World on a String (alternate take), If Dreams Come True, Imagination, Long Ago and Far Away, Long Ago and Far Away (alternate take), Old Fashioned Love, Pick Yourself Up, Prohibido, Rock Bottom, Street Scene, Titmouse, We Were in Love
Shelly Manne drums A Monday Date, A Walkin' Thing, Ain't She Sweet, All Alone, All Alone (alternate take), Blue Lou, Blues My Naughty Sweety Gives to Me, How Can You Lose, I'm Coming Virginia, If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight), In a Little Spanish Town, Just Imagine, Laugh! Clown! Laugh!, Laugh! Clown! Laugh! (alternate take), Mary Lou, My Blue Heaven, Old Fashioned Love, Someone to Watch Over Me, Sweet Lorraine, Thou Swell, Who's Sorry Now, Who's Sorry Now (alternate take)
Leroy Vinnegar bass A Monday Date, A Walkin' Thing, Ain't She Sweet, All Alone, All Alone (alternate take), Blue Lou, Blues My Naughty Sweety Gives to Me, How Can You Lose, I'm Coming Virginia, If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight), In a Little Spanish Town, Just Imagine, Laugh! Clown! Laugh!, Laugh! Clown! Laugh! (alternate take), Mary Lou, My Blue Heaven, Old Fashioned Love, Someone to Watch Over Me, Sweet Lorraine, Thou Swell, Who's Sorry Now, Who's Sorry Now (alternate take)
Oscar Peterson piano A Foggy Day, Angel Eyes, Frenesi, Gone With the Wind, Gone With the Wind (alternate take), I Get a Kick Out of You, I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good), I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) (alternate take), I've Got the World on a String, I've Got the World on a String (alternate take), Imagination, Laura, Long Ago and Far Away, Long Ago and Far Away (alternate take), Pick Yourself Up, Poinciana (Song of the Tree), Prisoner of Love, Street Scene, That Old Black Magic, The Song Is You, You Took Advantage of Me

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) bass A Foggy Day, Angel Eyes, Come on Back, Doozy, Fantastic, That's You, Frenesi, Gone With the Wind, Gone With the Wind (alternate take), I Get a Kick Out of You, I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good), I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) (alternate take), I've Got the World on a String, I've Got the World on a String (alternate take), If Dreams Come True, Imagination, Laura, Long Ago and Far Away, Long Ago and Far Away (alternate take), Pick Yourself Up, Poinciana (Song of the Tree), Prisoner of Love, Prohibido, Rock Bottom, Street Scene, That Old Black Magic, The Song Is You, Titmouse, We Were in Love, You Took Advantage of Me
Barney Kessel guitar A Walkin' Thing, Ain't She Sweet, Blue Lou, Blues My Naughty Sweety Gives to Me, Come on Back, Doozy, Fantastic, That's You, Gone With the Wind, Gone With the Wind (alternate take), How Can You Lose, I Get a Kick Out of You, I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good), I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) (alternate take), I'm Coming Virginia, I've Got the World on a String, I've Got the World on a String (alternate take), If Dreams Come True, Imagination, Long Ago and Far Away, Long Ago and Far Away (alternate take), Old Fashioned Love, Pick Yourself Up, Prohibido, Rock Bottom, Street Scene, Titmouse, We Were in Love
Shelly Manne drums A Monday Date, A Walkin' Thing, Ain't She Sweet, All Alone, All Alone (alternate take), Blue Lou, Blues My Naughty Sweety Gives to Me, How Can You Lose, I'm Coming Virginia, If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight), In a Little Spanish Town, Just Imagine, Laugh! Clown! Laugh!, Laugh! Clown! Laugh! (alternate take), Mary Lou, My Blue Heaven, Old Fashioned Love, Someone to Watch Over Me, Sweet Lorraine, Thou Swell, Who's Sorry Now, Who's Sorry Now (alternate take)
Leroy Vinnegar bass A Monday Date, A Walkin' Thing, Ain't She Sweet, All Alone, All Alone (alternate take), Blue Lou, Blues My Naughty Sweety Gives to Me, How Can You Lose, I'm Coming Virginia, If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight), In a Little Spanish Town, Just Imagine, Laugh! Clown! Laugh!, Laugh! Clown! Laugh! (alternate take), Mary Lou, My Blue Heaven, Old Fashioned Love, Someone to Watch Over Me, Sweet Lorraine, Thou Swell, Who's Sorry Now, Who's Sorry Now (alternate take)
Oscar Peterson piano A Foggy Day, Angel Eyes, Frenesi, Gone With the Wind, Gone With the Wind (alternate take), I Get a Kick Out of You, I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good), I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) (alternate take), I've Got the World on a String, I've Got the World on a String (alternate take), Imagination, Laura, Long Ago and Far Away, Long Ago and Far Away (alternate take), Pick Yourself Up, Poinciana (Song of the Tree), Prisoner of Love, Street Scene, That Old Black Magic, The Song Is You, You Took Advantage of Me
Norman Granz producer A Foggy Day, Angel Eyes, Frenesi, Gone With the Wind, Gone With the Wind (alternate take), I Get a Kick Out of You, I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good), I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) (alternate take), I've Got the World on a String, I've Got the World on a String (alternate take), Imagination, Laura, Long Ago and Far Away, Long Ago and Far Away (alternate take), Pick Yourself Up, Poinciana (Song of the Tree), Prisoner of Love, Street Scene, That Old Black Magic, The Song Is You, You Took Advantage of Me
Earl Hines piano A Monday Date, All Alone, All Alone (alternate take), If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight), In a Little Spanish Town, Just Imagine, Laugh! Clown! Laugh!, Laugh! Clown! Laugh! (alternate take), Mary Lou, My Blue Heaven, Someone to Watch Over Me, Sweet Lorraine, Thou Swell, Who's Sorry Now, Who's Sorry Now (alternate take)
Lisle Atkinson bass, double bass 's Romance, All the Things You Are, I Thought About You, Just Friends, Key Largo, Lover Man, Mean to Me, My Romance, On Green Dolphin Street, Out of Nowhere, South Side Samba, Take the "A" Train, Time for the Blues, You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
Richard Wyands piano 's Romance, All the Things You Are, I Thought About You, Just Friends, Key Largo, Lover Man, Mean to Me, My Romance, On Green Dolphin Street, Out of Nowhere, South Side Samba, Take the "A" Train, Time for the Blues, You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
Al Harewood drums 's Romance, All the Things You Are, I Thought About You, Just Friends, Key Largo, Lover Man, Mean to Me, My Romance, On Green Dolphin Street, Out of Nowhere, South Side Samba, Take the "A" Train, Time for the Blues, You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
Buddy Rich drums Angel Eyes, Gone With the Wind, Gone With the Wind (alternate take), I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good), I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) (alternate take), I've Got the World on a String, I've Got the World on a String (alternate take), Laura, Long Ago and Far Away, Long Ago and Far Away (alternate take), That Old Black Magic, The Song Is You
Rufus Reid bass All That Jazz, All of Me, Almost Like Being in Love, Hackensack, I'm Beginning to See the Light, Introduction, Misty, Now's the Time, The Blues Walk, We Were in Love, When Sunny Gets Blue
Kenny Washington drums All That Jazz, All of Me, Almost Like Being in Love, Hackensack, I'm Beginning to See the Light, Introduction, Misty, Now's the Time, The Blues Walk, We Were in Love, When Sunny Gets Blue
Louie Bellson drums Another Time, Another Place, Blue Moonlight, I'm in the Mood for Swing, Janel, Not So Blue, Rock Me to Sleep, South Side Samba, Summer Serenade, The Courtship, The Romp, You, Only You
Gregory K. Squires engineer Another Time, Another Place, Blue Moonlight, I'm in the Mood for Swing, Janel, Not So Blue, Rock Me to Sleep, South Side Samba, Summer Serenade, The Courtship, The Romp, You, Only You
George Mraz bass Another Time, Another Place, Blue Moonlight, I'm in the Mood for Swing, Janel, Not So Blue, Rock Me to Sleep, South Side Samba, Summer Serenade, The Courtship, The Romp, You, Only You
Kenny Barron piano All That Jazz, All of Me, Almost Like Being in Love, Hackensack, I'm Beginning to See the Light, Introduction, Misty, Now's the Time, The Blues Walk, We Were in Love, When Sunny Gets Blue
“Sir” Roland Hanna (jazz pianist) piano Another Time, Another Place, Blue Moonlight, I'm in the Mood for Swing, Janel, Not So Blue, Rock Me to Sleep, South Side Samba, Summer Serenade, The Courtship, The Romp, You, Only You
Howard Alden guitar Another Time, Another Place, Blue Moonlight, I'm in the Mood for Swing, Janel, Not So Blue, Rock Me to Sleep, South Side Samba, Summer Serenade, The Courtship, The Romp, You, Only You
Clark Terry flugelhorn, trumpet All That Jazz, All of Me, Almost Like Being in Love, Hackensack, I'm Beginning to See the Light, Introduction, Misty, Now's the Time, The Blues Walk, We Were in Love, When Sunny Gets Blue
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) guitar A Foggy Day, Angel Eyes, Frenesi, Laura, Poinciana (Song of the Tree), Prisoner of Love, That Old Black Magic, The Song Is You, You Took Advantage of Me
Bill Hood baritone saxophone Come on Back, Doozy, Fantastic, That's You, If Dreams Come True, Prohibido, Rock Bottom, Titmouse, We Were in Love
Ed Berger producer But Beautiful, Easy Money, Just in Time, On Green Dolphin Street, Secret Love, The Shadow of Your Smile, What Is This Thing Called Love, When Lights Are Low
Teddy Edwards (jazz saxophonist) tenor saxophone Come on Back, Doozy, Fantastic, That's You, If Dreams Come True, Prohibido, Rock Bottom, Titmouse, We Were in Love
Mundell Lowe guitar Come on Back, Doozy, Fantastic, That's You, If Dreams Come True, Prohibido, Rock Bottom, Titmouse, We Were in Love
Bud Shank alto saxophone Come on Back, Doozy, Fantastic, That's You, If Dreams Come True, Prohibido, Rock Bottom, Titmouse, We Were in Love
Duke Markos engineer But Beautiful, Easy Money, Just in Time, On Green Dolphin Street, Secret Love, The Shadow of Your Smile, What Is This Thing Called Love, When Lights Are Low
Don Abney piano Come on Back, Doozy, Fantastic, That's You, If Dreams Come True, Prohibido, Rock Bottom, Titmouse, We Were in Love
Alvin Stoller drums Come on Back, Doozy, Fantastic, That's You, If Dreams Come True, Prohibido, Rock Bottom, Titmouse, We Were in Love
Jimmie Smith (jazz drummer) drums Body and Soul, Here's That Rainy Day, In a Mellow Tone, On Green Dolphin Street, Three Little Words, Undecided, Wave
Ray Bryant piano Body and Soul, Here's That Rainy Day, In a Mellow Tone, On Green Dolphin Street, Three Little Words, Undecided, Wave
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Danish jazz upright bassist) bass Body and Soul, Here's That Rainy Day, In a Mellow Tone, On Green Dolphin Street, Three Little Words, Undecided, Wave
Val Valentin engineer A Foggy Day, Frenesi, Poinciana (Song of the Tree), Prisoner of Love, You Took Advantage of Me
André Previn piano Ain't She Sweet, Blue Lou, Blues My Naughty Sweety Gives to Me, How Can You Lose, Old Fashioned Love
Ralph Thorne engineer A Foggy Day, Frenesi, Poinciana (Song of the Tree), Prisoner of Love, You Took Advantage of Me
Ben Webster tenor saxophone Ain't She Sweet, Blue Lou, Blues My Naughty Sweety Gives to Me, How Can You Lose, Old Fashioned Love
Frank Rosolino trombone Ain't She Sweet, Blue Lou, Blues My Naughty Sweety Gives to Me, How Can You Lose, Old Fashioned Love
Bobby White (jazz drummer) drums A Foggy Day, Frenesi, Poinciana (Song of the Tree), Prisoner of Love, You Took Advantage of Me
J.C. Heard drums I Get a Kick Out of You, Imagination, Pick Yourself Up, Street Scene
Bill Perkins (jazz saxophonist) tenor saxophone Doozy, Rock Bottom, Titmouse, We Were in Love
Buddy Collette tenor saxophone Come on Back, Fantastic, That's You, If Dreams Come True, Prohibido
C. Robert Fine engineer Angel Eyes, Laura, That Old Black Magic, The Song Is You
Bill Harris (Jazz trombonist) trombone Angel Eyes, Laura, That Old Black Magic, The Song Is You
Dizzy Gillespie trumpet Another Time, Another Place, Not So Blue, South Side Samba
John Williams (soundtrack composer & conductor) piano Phantom Raiders, The Search
Jimmy Rowles piano A Walkin' Thing, I'm Coming Virginia
Russell Garcia producer Phantom Raiders, The Search
Stanley Wilson (composer, arranger, conductor) conductor Phantom Raiders, The Search
Al Schmitt engineer Phantom Raiders, The Search

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Sarah Vaughan arranger, conductor A Garden in the Rain, After You've Gone, Always on My Mind, Falling in Love With Love, Great Day, Honeysuckle Rose, I Believe in You, I Can't Give You Anything but Love, I'm Gonna Live Till I Die, If I Had You, Moonlight on the Ganges, Nobody Else but Me, The Lady's in Love With You, The Lady's in Love With You (first version), The Trolley Song, What'll I Do, You're Driving Me Crazy
Peggy Lee arranger, alto saxophone As Time Goes By, Basin Street Blues, Boston Beans, Fisherman's Wharf, Goin' to Chicago Blues, Hey! Look Me Over, I Left My Sugar (In Salt Lake City), Kansas City, Los Angeles Blues, New York City Blues, San Francisco Blues, St. Louis Blues, The Come Back, The Grain Belt Blues, The Train Blues, You’ve Got to See Mamma Every Night (Or You Can’t See Mamma at All)
Lionel Hampton arranger, alto saxophone, reeds, trumpet Any Time at All, Dinah, Dinah (alternate take), Early Session Hop, Hot Mallets, I’m in the Mood for Swing, Muskrat Ramble, My Buddy, One Sweet Letter From You, Shoe Shiner’s Drag, Singin' the Blues, When Lights Are Low, When Lights Are Low (alternate take)
Lou Rawls arranger, conductor Blues for the Weepers, For You My Love, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You, If I Had My Life to Live Over, If It's the Last Thing I Do, Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall, It's Monday Every Day, Nobody But Me, Nobody but Me, The Power of Love, Two Tickets West, Whispering Grass
Dakota Staton arranger, conductor Be Anything, Body and Soul, Close Your Eyes, Congratulations to Someone, Dedicated to You, I Can't Get Started, My Wish, Old Folks, Solitude, The Very Thought of You, Whispering Grass, You're Mine You
Ella Fitzgerald arranger, conductor, alto saxophone All That Jazz, 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, Four or Five Times / Maybe / Taking a Chance on Love / Elmer's Tune / At Sundown / It's a Wonderful World, Hawaiian War Chant, If I Gave My Heart to You / Once in a While / Ebb Tide / The Lamp Is Low / Where Are You / Thinking of You, It's Up to Me and You, My Mother's Eyes / Try a Little Tenderness / I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) / Everything I Have Is Yours / I Never Knew (I Could Love Anybody Like I'm Loving You) / Goodnight, My Love, No Regrets / I've Got a Feeling You're Fooling / Don't Blame Me / Deep Purple / Rain / You're a Sweetheart, On Green Dolphin Street / How Am I to Know / Just Friends / I Cried for You / Seems Like Old Times / You Stepped Out of a Dream, The Jersey Bounce, The Nearness of You
The Instrumental Collection Orchestra vocal, alto saxophone, trumpet I'm Just Wild About Harry, Just a Mood (I), Just a Mood (II), Ma Blues, My Man Benny, My Man Phil, People Time, Reet's Neet, Sultry Serenade, We Were in Love
Barbara Dane trumpet A Hundred Years from Today, Bye Bye Blackbird, How Long, How Long Blues, If I Could Be with You, In the Evenin'(When the Sun Goes Down), Livin with the Blues, Mecca Flat Blues, Porgy, Since I Fell For You, Why Don't You Do Right
The Benny Carter All-Star Sax Ensemble arranger, alto saxophone Ain't Misbehavin', Blues for Lucky Lovers, Easy Money, Out of Nowhere, Over the Rainbow, Straight Talk, The Gal From Atlanta, The Pawnbroker
Carly Escoto alto saxophone Baubles, Bangles and Beads, If I Had You, It's a Wonderful World, Just Friends, Some Kind of Blues, Sweet Lorraine, Whispering
Billy Eckstine alto saxophone Blues in the Night, I Hear a Rhapsody, I Love You, I'm Beginning to See the Light, Stormy Weather, That Old Black Magic
金丸淳一 alto saxophone A Night In Tunisia, Broadway, Constantinople, Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen, Sweet and Lovely, The Courtship
Nat King Cole arranger, alto saxophone Baby, Riffamarole, If I Could Be With You, Riffamarole (alternate take), Stormy Weather, You Can Depend on Me, You Can Depend on Me (alternate take)
Zoot Sims arranger Black Butterfly, I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good), I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, In a Mellow Tone, It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Count Basie arranger, alto saxophone Bye Bye Blues, I Surrender, Dear, Moten Swing, Song of the Islands, Sunset Glow
Marc Degelabert alto saxophone, piano Dedication, I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me, I Surrender Dear, Smack, Smack!
Coleman Hawkins trumpet Bouncing With Bean, My Blue Heaven, The Sheik of Araby, When Day Is Done
Anita O’Day alto saxophone How High the Moon, I Ain't Gettin' Any Younger, Key Largo, Malagueña
Benny Carter and His Orchestra arranger, alto saxophone, clarinet, trumpet Blue Light Blues, Farewell Blues, I'm Coming Virginia, Okay for Baby
Artie Shaw alto saxophone Beyond the Bue Horizon, Confessin' (That I Love You), Don't Take Your Love, Love Me a Little, Little
Casey O’Ryan alto saxophone Blues for Lucky Lovers, Easy Money, Memories of You, When Lights Are Low
Charlie Parker alto saxophone Ballad Medley (All the Things You Are / Dearly Beloved / The Nearness of You), Funky Blues, Jam Blues, What Is This Thing Called Love?
The Chocolate Dandies arranger, alto saxophone, clarinet, trumpet Bugle Call Rag, Dee Blues, I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me, Once Upon a Time
Coleman Hawkins and His All-Star Jam Band alto saxophone, trumpet Crazy Rhythm, Honeysuckle Rose, Out of Nowhere, Sweet Georgia Brown
Maria Muldaur arranger, conductor It Ain’t the Meat It’s the Motion, Rockin' Chair, Squeeze Me, We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra arranger Jazz Cocktail, Jazz Cocktail (alternate take B)
DJ M.A.R.S.S. saxophone How Long, How Long Blues, Shake It and Break It
Louis Armstrong conductor Back Of Town Blues, Someday Sweetheart
Sammy Davis Jr. conductor I Want to Be Wanted, Whisper To One
Johnny Hodges performer Prelude to a Kiss (feat. Benny Carter)
Billie Holiday alto saxophone Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
Mel Tormé conductor All That Jazz
Champ Kind alto saxophone Six or Seven Times
Ray Charles arranger Busted
Chick Webb and His Orchestra arranger Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away)