Bennett Lester 'Benny' Carter 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. Born Bennett Lester Carter on August 8, 1907 in New York, New York. […]
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