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Benny Carter
Person · male · United States · Q189074 · born 1907 · died 2003 · recording since 1936
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Also known as B. Carter · Bennett Lester Carter · Benny Carter 4 · Benny Cater · Carter · 本尼·卡特
Timeline
40 events▣ Album 35✦ Award 2◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1900s
1930s
· Debut release
Debut release: Just a Mood / When Day Is Done
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
· Album
Album: Princeton Concerts (And Beyond) [Vol. 4 March 18, 1977 Live at Princeton]
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Biography
English biography1,487 words · 7 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1362061373
Biography
Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) 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 writing charts for Fletcher Henderson's big band that shaped the swing style. He had an unusually long career that lasted into the 1990s. During the 1980s and 1990s, he was nominated for eight Grammy Awards, which included receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Career
Carter was born in New York City in 1907. 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. In the 1920s, he performed with June Clark, Billy Paige, and Earl Hines, then toured as a member of the Wilberforce Collegians, led by Horace Henderson.
He appeared on record for the first time in 1927 as a member of the Paradise Ten, led by Charlie Johnson. He returned to the Collegians and became their bandleader through 1929, including a performance at the Savoy Ballroom in New York City.
In his early 20s, Carter worked as arranger for Fletcher Henderson after that position was vacated by Don Redman. He had no formal education in arranging, learning by trial and error, studying existing charts, "writing the lead trumpet first and the lead saxophone first—which, of course, is the hard way. It was quite some time that I did that before I knew what a score was."
He left Henderson to take Redman's former job as leader of McKinney's Cotton Pickers in Detroit. In 1932, he formed a band in New York City that included Chu Berry, Sid Catlett, Frankie Newton, Dicky Wells, Wayman Carver, and Teddy Wilson. Carter's arrangements were complex. Among the most significant were "Keep a Song in Your Soul", written for Henderson in 1930, and "Lonesome Nights" and "Symphony in RiffsSymphony in RiffsSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 22 tracks1Bugle Call Rag2:542Dee Blues2:593Swing It3:124Pastoral3:145Once Upon a Time3:276Blue Interlude3:267Devil's Holiday3:098Symphony in Riffs3:049Lonesome Nights3:3610Swingin' With Mezz3:0511Dream Lullaby3:1212Everybody Shuffle3:0513Shoot the Works2:5914Nightfall3:1215Just a Mood3:2916You Understand2:5717Waltzing the Blues2:5518When Lights Are Low2:4919Skip It2:5520Lazy Afternoon3:0421Blues in My Heart2:3422Pardon Me Pretty Baby2:57" from 1933, both of which show Carter's writing for saxophones.
By the early 1930s, Carter and Johnny Hodges were considered the leading alto saxophonists in jazz. Carter also became a leading trumpet soloist, having rediscovered the instrument. He recorded extensively on trumpet in the 1930s. Carter's short-lived orchestra played the Harlem Club in New York but only recorded a handful of records, for Columbia, OKeh and Vocalion. The OKeh sides were issued under the name The Chocolate Dandies.
In 1933, Carter participated in sessions with the British composer/musician Spike Hughes, who visited New York City to organize recordings with prominent African American musicians. These 14 sides plus four by Carter's big band, titled at the time Spike Hughes and His Negro Orchestra, were initially only issued in England. The musicians were from Carter's band and included Red Allen, Dicky Wells, Wayman Carver, Coleman Hawkins, J. C. Higginbotham, and Chu Berry.
Carter moved to London and spent two years as arranger for the BBC Big Band. In England, France, and Scandinavia he recorded with local musicians, and he took his band to the Netherlands. In these settings, Carter played trumpet, clarinet, piano, alto and tenor saxophone, and provided occasional vocals. In 1938, he recorded in Paris with Django Reinhardt on "I'm Coming Virginia" and "Farewell Blues" in his own arrangement. He returned to America that same year and found regular work leading his band at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem through 1941. The band included Shad Collins, Sidney De Paris, Vic Dickenson, and Freddie Webster. After this engagement, he led a seven-piece band which included Eddie Barefield, Kenny Clarke, and Dizzy Gillespie.
In the mid-1940s he moved to Los Angeles, forming another big band, which at times included J. J. Johnson, Max Roach, and Miles Davis. But these would be his last big bands. With the exception of occasional concerts, performing with Jazz at the Philharmonic, and recording, he ceased working as a touring big band bandleader. Los Angeles provided him many opportunities for studio work, and these dominated his time during the decades. He wrote music and arrangements for films, such as Stormy Weather in 1943. In June of 1954, he recorded with Art Tatum and drummer Louis Bellson. During the 1950s and '60s, he wrote arrangements for vocalists such as Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, and Sarah Vaughan. On something of a comeback in the 1970s, Carter returned to playing saxophone again and toured the Middle East courtesy of the U.S. State Department. He began making annual visits to Europe and Japan.
In 1969, Carter was persuaded to spend a weekend at Princeton University by Morroe Berger, a sociology professor at Princeton who wrote about jazz. This led to a new outlet for Carter's talent: teaching. For the next nine years he visited Princeton five times, most of them brief stays except for one in 1973 when he spent a semester there as a visiting professor. In 1974, Princeton gave him an honorary doctorate. He conducted teaching at workshops and seminars at several other universities and was a visiting lecturer at Harvard for a week in 1987. Morroe Berger wrote Benny Carter – A Life in American Music (1982), a two-volume work about Carter's career.
Time had little effect on Carter's abilities. During the 1980s, he wrote the long composition Central City Sketches, which was performed at Cooper Union by the American Jazz Orchestra. Another long composition, Glasgow Suite, was performed in Scotland. Lincoln Center commissioned him to write "Good Vibes" in 1990. The National Endowment for the Arts gave him a grant that led to Tales of the Rising Sun Suite and Harlem Renaissance Suite. This music was performed in 1992 when he was 85 years old.
Carter had an unusually long career. He is one of few musicians to have recorded in eight different decades. Another characteristic of his career was his versatility as musician, bandleader, arranger, and composer. He helped define the sound of alto saxophone, but he also performed and recorded on soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, and piano. He helped establish a foundation for arranging as far back as 1930 when he arranged "Keep a Song in Your Soul" for Fletcher Henderson's big band. His compositions include the novelty hit "Cow-Cow Boogie" recorded by Ella Mae Morse, and the expansive Central City Sketches, written when he was 80 years old and recorded with the American Jazz Orchestra.
Death
Carter died at the age of 95 in Los Angeles at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on July 12, 2003, from complications of bronchitis.
Awards and honors
He was inducted into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame in 1977. In 1978, he was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame. In 1980, he received the Golden Score award of the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers. His 75th birthday was commemorated by a radio station in New York that played his music nonstop for over a week. The National Endowment for the Arts gave him the NEA Jazz Masters Award for 1986.
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.
In 1989, Lincoln Center celebrated Carter's 82nd birthday with a set of his songs sung by Ernestine Anderson and Sylvia Syms. In 1990, he was named Jazz Artist of the Year in the DownBeat and JazzTimes polls. He was a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1996 and received honorary doctorates from Princeton (1974), Rutgers (1991), Harvard (1994), and the New England Conservatory of Music (1998). In 2016, the National Museum of American History made Carter the subject of its Jazz Appreciation Month poster.
In 2000, he was given the National Medal of Arts by President Bill Clinton.
As sideman
With Louis Bellson
Skin Deep (Norgran, 1953)
With Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book (Verve, 1961)
With Dizzy Gillespie
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Bluebird, 1937–1949, [1995])
With Jazz at the Philharmonic
The Drum Battle (Verve, 1952 [1960])
With Peggy Lee
Blues Cross Country (Capitol, 1962) -- also some arrangements
With Dave Pell
I Remember John Kirby (Capitol, 1961)
With Nancy Wilson
The Sound of Nancy Wilson (Capitol, 1968)
Nancy (Capitol, 1969)
Songs composed by Carter
"Blues in My Heart" (1931) with Irving Mills
"When Lights Are LowWhen Lights Are LowSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 25 tracks1When Lights Are Low2:522Blue Interlude3:103Gin and Jive2:584Nagasaki2:595There's a Small Hotel3:086I'm in the Mood for Swing2:357I'll Never Give In2:438Skip It2:599Lazy Afternoon3:0410Blues in My Heart2:3611Somebody Loves Me2:4912Mighty Like the Blues3:0513Pardon Me, Pretty Baby3:0014My Buddy2:4915Farewell Blues3:1616Blue Light Blues3:0717Melancholy Lullaby2:5818When Lights Are Low2:5319Riff Romp2:5720Shufflebug Shuffle2:4821Sleep3:0022Fish Fry3:1223Slow Freight3:2324Night Hop3:1125Pom Pom2:52" (1936) with Spencer Williams
"Cow-Cow Boogie (Cuma-Ti-Yi-Yi-Ay)" (1942) with Don Raye and Gene De Paul
"King Size Papa" with Paul Vandervoort II (1947)
"Key Largo" (1948) with Karl Suessdorf, Leah Worth
"Rock Me to Sleep" (1950) with Paul Vandervoort II
"A Kiss from You" (1964) with Johnny Mercer
"Only Trust Your Heart" (1964) with Sammy Cahn
Film and video
Thousands Cheer (1943)
An American in Paris (1951)
Clash by Night (1952)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
Buck and the Preacher (1972)
Jazz at the Smithsonian: Benny Carter (1982)
Benny Carter in Japan (1986)
Wolf Trap Salutes Dizzy Gillespie (1988)
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1989)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 35 | 92.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 100 | 97.9th |
| Studio albums | 37 | 98.7th |
| Awards recorded | 16 | 99.3th |
| Timeline events | 40 | 98.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 67 | 99.3th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (100 release groups · 37 studio albums)
Albums · 37
1953 · studio album
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A1I Get a Kick Out of YouA2Street SceneA3Pick Yourself UpA4ImaginationB1I've Got the World on a StringB2Gone With the WindB3Long Ago and Far AwayB4I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good1958 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 38:44
A1Old Fashioned Love7:46A2I'm Coming Virginia5:45A3A Walkin’ Thing5:55B1Blue Lou5:02B2Ain’t She Sweet3:32B3How Can You Lose6:12B4Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me4:32The Fabulous Benny Carter Band
1958 · studio album
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A1Diga Diga DooA2Looking For A BoyA3Twelve O'Clock JumpA4Rose RoomA5Mexican Hat DanceB1Jump CallB2I'm The Caring KindB3Who's Sorry NowB4Some Of These DaysB5Be-Bop Boogie1959 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 34:55
A1June in January3:10A2February Fiesta1:54A3March Wind3:16A4I'll Remember April3:19A5One Morning in May2:51A6June Is Busting Out All Over2:59B1Sleigh Ride in July2:51B2August Moon3:34B3September Song2:38B4Something for October2:56B5Swingin' in November2:50B6Roses in December2:371960 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 37:49
A1And the Angels Sing2:56A2Everything I Have Is Yours3:33A3Understand3:04A4All or Nothing at All3:16A5I'll Never Smile Again2:22A6If I Loved You3:44B1Far Away Places3:23B2I Should Care3:57B3For All We Know3:00B4I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance2:48B5The One I Love3:05B6Moon of Manakoora2:411962 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 34:39
A1Opening Blues10:10A2Lula7:42B1When Lights Are Low4:42B2You Can’t Tell the Difference When the Sun Goes Down Blues12:05Additions to Further Definitions
1966 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 36:50
1Fantastic, That's You6:112Come on Back4:143We Were in Love4:274If Dreams Come True5:495Prohibido3:206Doozy5:337Rock Bottom4:148Titmouse3:021981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 43:34
A19:20 Special4:30A2Blue Lou4:54A3Easy Money6:49A4Rose Room4:56B1Handsome Harry, the Hipster2:58B2Riot in Boogie2:46B3Stop That Dancin' Up There3:00B4Get Your Juices at the Deuces2:47B5The Hipster's Blues Opus 6 7/82:41B6The Hipster's Blues Opus 7 1/23:03B7I Wonder2:50B8Cecil Boogie2:201983 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 44:15
A1Indiana5:08A2Almost Like Being in Love7:22A3Summer Serenade4:15A4All That Jazz5:03B1Blue Star8:06B2When Lights Are Low6:01B3Taking a Chance on Love8:201985 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks
Disc 11Rosetta2There'll Never Be Another You3Here's That Rainy Day4Swing Reunion5Evening Star6"Porgy And Bess" Medley7Undecided8How High The Moon9Exactly Like You10Star Dust11I Surrender Dear12All That JazzDisc 21E.K.E.'S Blues2On Green Dolphin Street3Body And Soul4After You've Gone5How About You?6Dancers In Love7Polka Dots And Moonbeams8What Is This Thing Called Love?9Town Hall Tonight10I Can't Get Started11Lush Life / Take The "A" Train12Avalon1986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 42:29
A1Easy Money10:33A2Memories of You5:22A3Here's That Rainy Day4:42B1Blues for Lucky Lovers9:47B2Work Song5:32B3When Lights Are Low6:331986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 47:56
1Sometimes I'm Happy7:442A Kiss From You6:223Blues for George8:154Things Ain't What They Used to Be9:575Lover Man7:346Idaho8:04The Complete Benny Carter on Keynote
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 58:51
1The Moon Is Low (take 1)3:362The Moon Is Low (take 2)3:173The Moon Is Low (take 3)2:534Stairway to the Stars3:135Bye Bye Blues (take 1)3:136Bye Bye Blues (take 2)2:477Bye Bye Blues (take 3)2:498I Don't Know Why I Love You Like I Do3:109Moonglow (take 1)3:2910Moonglow (take 2)2:5311Moonglow (take 3)2:5712Give Me Something to Remember You By (take 1)2:5913Give Me Something to Remember You By (take 2)2:5114Oh, Lady Be Good (take 1)2:3515Oh, Lady Be Good (take 2)3:0316Oh, Lady Be Good (take 3)2:4217Deep Purple (take 1)4:0218Deep Purple (take 2)3:0919Deep Purple (take 3)3:13Billy Eckstine Sings With Benny Carter
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 51:17
A1You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To5:26A2My Funny Valentine3:36A3Here’s That Rainy Day3:55A4Summertime3:56A5A Kiss From You3:57A6Memories of You3:49B1I’ve Got the World on a String4:45B2Now That I Need You3:56B3Over the Rainbow4:44B4September Song4:01B5Autumn Leaves3:47B6Didn’t We5:251988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 45:58
1Thou Swell2:532My Blue Heaven3:223Just Imagine2:364If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)2:435Sweet Lorraine5:046Who's Sorry Now2:267Who's Sorry Now (alternate take)2:258Laugh! Clown! Laugh!3:229Laugh! Clown! Laugh! (alternate take)2:5310All Alone3:1611All Alone (alternate take)3:1212Mary Lou3:1013In a Little Spanish Town2:4714Someone to Watch Over Me2:4015A Monday Date3:09Claude Tissendier / Saxomania Featuring Benny Carter
1988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 52:40
1Doozy4:432Out of Nowhere4:333Lover Man5:004Stereophonic4:105Liza3:356What Am I Here For5:257Sweet and Pungent3:288Cottontail4:059Hittin Twelve3:4310I Want a Little Girl4:1311Sixteen Men Swinging4:1712B.P. Blues5:281988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:11:49
1Doozy (Second version)5:232When Lights Are Low5:023A Kiss from You2:564Sleep3:285Central City Blues3:096Hello4:177People4:258Promenade3:229Remember3:3710Sky Dance3:2711Lonesome Nights5:1012Doozy4:4213Easy Money7:0114Symphony in Riffs4:3915Souvenir4:0916Blues in My Heart7:021989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:09:08
1One Hour3:302Hello Lola3:183Wherever There’s a Will, Baby3:004Sugar Foot Stomp3:075Hocus Pocus3:196Dinah (take 1)2:467Dinah (take 2)2:398Body and Soul3:039Lafayette2:4810The Voice of Old Man River3:1211Early Session Hop2:4212Cotton Tail3:1313All Too Soon3:3314Linger Awhile3:3315Cadillac Slim3:0716I’d Love It3:0817Apologies3:2418I’m in the Mood for Swing2:4919Shoe Shiner’s Drag3:2520Cocktails for Two3:0421Takin’ My Time3:2722Ill Wind3:011989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 48:36
1Berkeley Bounce5:312Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You8:183Robbins' Nest11:264Eric's Blues7:275Only Trust Your Heart8:576My Kind of Trouble Is You6:571989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:06:41
1I'm in the Mood for Swing6:532Another Time, Another Place6:233The Courtship4:384Rock Me to Sleep5:175Janel5:306The Romp5:537Summer Serenade5:008Not So Blue7:269You, Only You6:4410Blue Moonlight6:1311South Side Samba6:441989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:00:43
1Reet's Neet6:242Just a Mood (II)6:413Sultry Serenade6:244We Were in Love4:575My Man Benny6:496My Man Phil4:367Just a Mood (I)6:518Ma Blues7:569People Time4:2510I'm Just Wild About Harry5:401990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:00:54
1You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (Live at Carlos I, New York City, October 1988)8:112All The Things You Are (Live at Carlos I, New York City, October 1988)9:063Key Largo (Live at Carlos I, New York City, October 1988)8:404Just Friends (Live at Carlos I, New York City, October 1988)8:045My Romance (Live at Carlos I, New York City, October 1988)10:226'S Wonderful (Live at Carlos I, New York City, October 1988)8:147Time for The Blues (Live at Carlos I, New York City, October 1988)8:17Cosmopolite: The Oscar Peterson Verve Sessions
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:18:28
1Gone With the Wind2:582I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)2:583Long Ago and Far Away3:054I've Got the World on a String3:225Street Scene3:216Imagination3:337Pick Yourself Up2:348I Get a Kick Out of You2:559Laura7:4210That Old Black Magic6:4711Angel Eyes3:2712The Song Is You4:4913A Foggy Day3:4014You Took Advantage of Me3:5715Poinciana (Song of the Tree)2:5016Prisoner of Love3:4917Frenesi4:4218Gone With the Wind (alternate take)2:3119I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) (alternate take)3:0320Long Ago and Far Away (alternate take)3:0721I've Got the World on a String (alternate take)3:18Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 57:13
1[conversation]2:422Easy Money2:273[conversation]1:244Faraway4:585[conversation]3:356Blues in My Heart3:507[conversation]4:328Lonely Woman3:099[conversation]1:3810Only Trust Your Heart4:2011[conversation]2:5712Evening Star3:2913[conversation]1:2614A Kiss From You3:4915[conversation]0:3316Key Largo3:1917[conversation]1:1418Summer Serenade3:2819[conversation]1:5720When Lights Are Low2:1321[conversation]0:131994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:08:58
1Did You Call Her Today6:242Ceora7:533Good Queen Bess6:464Prelude to a Kiss6:255Little Jazz6:186Blue Monk6:027Someday, You'll Be Sorry4:548Nuages8:359Undecided6:3010Elegy in Blue9:111996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:17:09
1Only Trust Your Heart5:282All That Jazz4:533I Was Wrong4:214Rain4:585Cow-Cow Boogie5:326Fresh Out of Love5:377Speak Now4:548A Kiss From You5:279You Bring Out the Best in Me4:1510My Kind of Trouble Is You5:4611When Lights Are Low4:0512Lonely Woman6:3313Key Largo4:3214We Were in Love6:0015I See You4:481997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:16:01
1My Mind Is Still on You3:262Echo of My Dream5:103Rock Me to Sleep6:004Stop Me (Before I Fall in Love Again)4:045He Doesn't Need Me Now8:346Doozy6:057Nevermore5:108Malibu7:059Blue Moonlight5:5410Evening Start5:3011Slow Carousel4:4612Whisper to One4:0513I'm the Caring Kind5:5614When Hilma Smiles4:161997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:06:27
1What Is This Thing Called Love7:002Easy Money8:473The Shadow of Your Smile6:404Secret Love8:505When Lights Are Low5:256On Green Dolphin Street7:487But Beautiful7:028Just in Time6:579Perdido7:581997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 27:36
1Tickle Joe2:412I Wanna Be Around2:473Watermelon Man3:014The Girl From Ipanema3:025Green Dolphin Street2:306The Great Lie3:217Don't Get Around Much Anymore3:388Fairy Tales2:449Memories of You3:522002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:02:15
1On Green Dolphin Street10:412Mean to Me9:053Lover Man12:014South Side Samba6:355I Thought About You6:296Out of Nowhere7:227Take the "A" Train10:022004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 25 tracks · 1:16:50
1O.K. for Baby3:072Smack2:393I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me4:154Boogie Woogie Sugar Blues3:095All of Me3:236Cuddle Up, Huddle Up2:467Midnight3:218Lullaby to a Dream3:119What a Diff'rence a Day Made3:0510Sunday2:4911Back Bay Boogie2:5812Poinciana3:0413Love for Sale3:0514I Can't Escape From You3:2415I Can't Get Started2:5416I Surrender Dear3:0617Malibu3:0618Forever Blues2:4119Jump Call2:5620Looking for a Boy2:5521Rose Room3:0122The Moon Is Low2:5123Stairway to the Stars3:0924Bye Bye Blues2:4825I Don't Know Why I Love You, Like I Do3:07The Urbane Jazz of Roy Eldridge and Benny Carter
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:18:36
1I Still Love Him So5:472The Moon Is Low6:073I Missed My Hat5:204I Remember You / Chelsea Bridge / I've Got the World on a String6:195Polite Blues8:366Close Your Eyes2:407Where's Art4:078I Don't Know4:379Striding4:3710Wailing3:1411The Moon Is Low (78 Version)2:2912The Moon Is Low (Alternate Take)3:1013I Missed My Hat5:2714Close Your Eyes2:4315I Remember You / Chelsea Bridge / I've Got the World on a String (Alternate Take)5:4516Les Tricheurs3:1517Phil's Tune4:23Anthology: The Deluxe Collection (Remastered)
2020 · studio album
Princeton Concerts (And Beyond) [Vol. 4 March 18, 1977 Live at Princeton]
2022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 2:37:05
1Introduction (Live at Princeton, 1977)4:072Undecided (Live at Princeton, 1977)9:433Easy Money (Live at Princeton, 1977)10:194Here's That Rainy Day (Live at Princeton, 1977)8:015South Side Samba (Live at Princeton, 1977)10:506Green Wine (Live at Princeton, 1977)10:427A Child Is Born (Live at Princeton, 1977)5:238Yesterdays (Live at Princeton, 1977)9:489Satin Doll (Live at Princeton, 1977)9:2810St.Thomas (Live at Princeton, 1977)6:5311Django Medley: Nuages / Tears (Live at Princeton, 1977)7:4612Send in the Clowns (Live at Princeton, 1977)3:4813Ballad Medley: I'll Be Around / I Concentrate on You (Live at Princeton, 1977)4:2014Evening Star (Live at Princeton, 1977)7:0815On Green Dolphin Street (Live at Princeton, 1977)9:1116Summertime (Live at Princeton, 1977)6:4517When You're Smiling (Live at Princeton, 1977)4:1818The Courtship (Live at Princeton, 1977)11:0019Perdido (Live at Princeton, 1977)8:2720In a Mellotone (Live at Princeton, 1977)9:08Jazz: The Essential Collection, Vol. 17
2024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:13:00
1That's How I Feel Today3:012I'd Love It3:053Bugle Call Rag2:524Tell All Your Day Dreams to Me2:565Sweet Sue, Just You3:036Once Upon a Time3:267Liza2:388These Foolish Things3:059When Lights Are Low2:4610Crazy Rhythm3:0111Pardon Me Pretty Baby3:0012I'm in the Mood for Swing2:4713More Than You Know3:0914Savoy Stampede2:5715Smack2:3916Lullaby to a Dream3:0917I'm Confessin'3:2518Moppin' and Boppin'4:2919I Surrender Dear3:0520If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight2:4821Jump Call2:5822Oh Lady Be Good2:4123Twelve o'Clock Jump2:5724Cadillac Slim3:03— · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 39:08
1Stroll7:212Johnny4:423Ata a Vista5:444Misty5:445Wonderland6:426Three Little Words5:167Editation3:39— · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 58:41
1Old Fashioned Love7:512Blue Lou4:593A Walkin' Thing6:004I'm Coming, Virginia5:495How Can You Lose?6:146Ain't She Sweet3:407Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me4:428Tiger Rag [Bonus Track]9:539Jersey Bounce [Bonus Track]9:33
Single · 3
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
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| 1936 | Just a Mood / When Day Is DoneSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksAJust a Mood BWhen Day Is Done | 1936 | ||
| 1936 | These Foolish Things / Swingin' the BluesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksAThese Foolish Things BSwingin' the Blues | 1936 | ||
| 1936 | Swingin' at Maida Vale / NightfallSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksASwingin' at Maida Vale BNightfall | 1936 |
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
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| 1966 | A Man Called AdamSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 45:12A1Main Title: All That Jazz2:58 A2I Want to Be Wanted3:20 A3Go Now2:05 A4Someday Sweetheart3:05 A5Ain’t I3:14 A6Soft Touch3:52 A7Claudia2:54 B1All That Jazz3:03 B2Back of Town Blues5:05 B3Night Walk3:54 B4Whisper To One3:13 B5Claudia3:53 B6Crack Up (Playboy Theme)2:50 B7All That Jazz1:46 | Soundtrack | 1966 | |
| 1969 | 1933Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 38:58A1I Never Knew3:03 A2Once Upon a Time3:25 A3Krazy Kapers3:29 A4Blue Interlude3:25 A5Six Bells Stampede2:39 A6Love, You’re Not the One for Me3:32 B1Synthetic Love3:25 B2Swing It3:10 B3Devil’s Holiday3:07 B4Lonesome Nights3:34 B5Blue Lou3:06 B6Symphony in Riffs3:03 | Compilation | 1969 | |
| 1975 | Jazz at the Philharmonic at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 41:38A1For You9:39 A2Autumn Leaves12:00 B1If I Had You12:08 B2I Never Knew (That Roses Grew)7:51 | Live | 1975 | |
| 1978 | Live and Well in Japan!Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 44:22A1Squaty Roo13:39 A2Tribute to Louis Armstrong7:10 B1Them There Eyes11:56 B2It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)11:37 | Live | 1978 | |
| 1979 | Benny Carter 1933/39Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracksA1Dissonance A2Swingin' With Mezz A3Love, You're Not the One for Me A4Shoot the Works A5Dream Lullaby A6Everybody Shuffle A7Drop in Next Time You're Passing A8The Man I Love B1Skip It B2I Ain't Got Nobody B3Blues in My Heart B4Somebody Loves Me B5Mighty Like the Blues B6Pardon Me, Pretty Baby B7The Favor of a Fool B8Riff Romp | Compilation | 1979 | |
| 1980 | Aurex Jazz Festival '80 - Gentlemen of SwingSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 55:331In a Mellow Tone7:53 2Honeysuckle Rose6:49 3Undecided4:51 4It Don't Mean a Thing3:46 5I'm Confessin'4:51 6Misty3:59 7St. Louis Blues3:05 8Lover Man4:04 9Sometimes I'm Happy7:35 10Idaho8:40 | Live | 1980 | |
| 1980 | Jazz Off the Air, Vol. 4Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 46:26A1105 in the Shade2:43 A2We the Cats (Shall Hep Ya)3:47 A3Dawn Time1:42 A4Minnie the Moocher (Theme)0:24 A5The Very Thought of You3:26 A6Foo a Little Bally Hoo1:46 A7Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby2:16 A8Frantic in the Atlantic3:42 A9Blue Skies2:55 B1Cruisin’ With Cab3:40 B2Body and Soul5:37 B3Minnie the Moocher (Theme)0:26 B4Rhythm Cocktail4:39 B5Kabla3:23 B6Lammar’s Boogie3:26 B7Coastin’ With Jc2:34 | Compilation | 1980 | |
| 1985 | Coleman Hawkins & Benny Carter SwingSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 46:341I'm Coming, Virginia3:06 2Farewell Blues3:16 3Blue Light Blues3:07 4Sweet Georgia Brown2:39 5Out Of My Way3:04 6What'll It Be3:18 7Cadillac Slim3:06 8Blue Moon3:15 9Avalon3:02 10What A Difference A Day Made3:20 11Stardust3:14 12Honeysuckle Rose2:46 13Crazy Rhythm3:02 14Out Of Nowhere3:19 15Sweet Georgia Brown3:00 | Compilation | 1985 | |
| 1991 | The Chocolate Dandies & Mezz Mezzrow & His OrchestraSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 24 tracks1Swing It 2Synthetic Love 3Six Bells Stampede 4Love, You're Not The One For Me 5Blue Interlude 6I Never Knew 7Once Upon A Time 8Krazy Kapers 9Devil's Holiday 10Lonesome Nights 11Symphony In Riffs 12Blue Lou 13Free Love 14Dissonance 15Swingin' With Mess 16Love, You're Not The One For Me 17Old Fashioned Love 18Apologies 19Sendin' The Vipers 2035th And Calumet 21Shout The Works 22Dream Lullaby 23Everybody Shuffle 24Synthetic Love | Compilation | 1991 | |
| 1991 | All Of MeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 21 tracks · 1:03:171All Of Me3:23 2Cuddle Up, Huddle Up2:46 3Ev'ry Goodbye Ain't Gone3:16 4Babalu3:09 5Midnight3:21 6My Favorite Blues3:08 7Lullaby To A Dream3:10 8What A Difference A Day Made3:04 9Sunday2:48 10Ill Wind3:06 11Back Bay Boogie2:57 12Tree Of Hope2:52 1335th And Calumet2:52 14The Sheik Of Araby2:56 15Push-Out2:47 16Confessin'3:23 17Boulevard Bounce3:18 18The Lonely Beat3:41 19The Mugger2:05 20The Juke Box2:29 21Phantom Raiders.2:46 | Compilation | 1991 | |
| 1991 | 3, 4, 5 The Verve Small Group SessionsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 1:16:271Little Girl Blue3:50 2June in January4:17 3Jeepers Creepers3:39 4Rosetta5:39 5The Birth of the Blues4:10 6When Your Lover Has Gone4:03 7The Moon Is Low5:00 8This Love of Mine3:01 9Moonglow2:47 10My One and Only Love3:55 11Our Love Is Here to Stay3:38 12This Can't Be Love3:26 13Tenderly3:40 14Unforgettable3:24 15Ruby4:35 16Moon Song4:01 17Don't You Think4:06 18Will You Still Be Mine5:16 19We'll Be Together Again4:00 | Compilation | 25 June 1991 | |
| 1992 | Volume 2 - 1931-1933Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 21 tracks · 1:04:181Heebie Jeebies3:00 2Blues in My Heart3:08 3Do You Believe in Love at Sight2:57 4Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams3:31 5Tell All Your Day Dreams to Me2:55 6Hot Toddy2:40 7Jazz Cocktail3:11 8Jazz Cocktail2:59 9Swing It3:10 10Synthetic Love3:26 11Six Bells Stampede2:39 12Love, You're Not the One for Me3:32 13Nocturne2:58 14Someone Stole Gabriel's Horn3:05 15Pastorale3:12 16Bugle Call Rag2:53 17Fanfare2:54 18Music at Midnight2:43 19Sweet Sue, Just You3:00 20Firebird3:18 21Ol' Man River3:07 | Compilation | 1992 | |
| 1992 | All That Jazz: Live at PrincetonSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 1:10:381Introduction0:30 2Hackensack6:59 3I'm Beginning to See the Light10:04 4Misty8:52 5Now's the Time7:20 6Almost Like Being in Love4:31 7When Sunny Gets Blue5:52 8All That Jazz5:28 9We Were in Love4:43 10The Blues Walk7:58 11All of Me8:21 | Live | 1 May 1992 | |
| 1993 | Complete Edition, Volume 3 (1933–1934)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 24 tracks · 1:13:131Blue Interlude3:26 2I Never Knew3:05 3I Never Knew (alt. take)3:05 4Once Upon a Time3:27 5Krazy Kapers3:31 6Devil’s Holiday3:07 7Lonesome Nights3:33 8Symphony in Riffs3:04 9Blue Lou3:06 10Free Love2:51 11Swingin’ With Mezz3:03 12Apologies3:22 13Sendin’ the Vipers2:59 1435th and Calumet2:52 15Take My Word (Lonesome Nights)2:50 16Limehouse Blues2:43 17Happy as the Day Is Long2:51 18Liza2:40 19Let’s Have a Jubilee2:54 20Let’s Have a Jubilee2:47 21Shoot the Works2:57 22Dream Lullaby3:09 23Everybody Shuffle3:03 24Synthetic Love2:48 | Compilation | 1993 | |
| 1993 | Benny Carter, Vol 4 1934 - 1935Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 24 tracks · 1:10:471Call of the Delta3:19 2Call of the Delta3:03 3Shanghai Shuffle2:55 4It's Unbelievable3:02 5It's Unbelievable2:54 6Whisper Sweet2:55 7Whisper Sweet2:45 8Throwin' Stones at the Sun2:59 9You Fit Into the Picture2:51 10Nagasaki3:14 11On a Holiday (Devil's Holiday)2:26 12The Ghost of Dinah2:54 13Pardon My Love2:53 14Pardon My Love3:01 15Stay Out of Love3:05 16I'll Never Change3:01 17Where Were You on the Night of June the Third2:42 18Looks Like I'm Breakin' the Ice2:50 19Corinne, Corinna2:59 20Ev'ry Day2:51 21A Porter's Love Song to a Chamber Maid2:55 22I Can't Dance I Got Ants in My Pants2:59 23'Long About Midnight3:10 24The Sheik (The Sheik of Araby)3:04 | Compilation | 1993 | |
| 1993 | Skyline Drive And TowardsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:09:051Doozy5:00 2I’m The Caring Kind4:30 3Easy Money6:55 4Gorgeous! Georg!4:20 5Stompin' At The Savoy4:30 6I Want To Be Happy6:00 7Love For Sale5:55 8When Lights Are Low8:00 9I'd Love It3:30 10I Never Knew3:10 11Symphony In Riffs3:05 12Some Of These Days2:55 13My Buddy2:45 14I'm Coming Virginia3:00 15I'm In The Mood For Swing2:45 16Sugar2:45 | Compilation | 1993 | |
| 1993 | An Introduction to Benny Carter: His Best Recordings 1929-1940Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 22 tracks · 1:07:221Six or Seven Times3:25 2Keep a Song in Your Soul3:22 3Dee Blues2:59 4Sweet Sue, Just You3:04 5Once Upon a Time3:27 6Krazy Kapers3:30 7Devil's Holiday3:09 8Stardust3:16 9These Foolish Things3:05 10Honeysuckle Rose2:46 11Blues in My Heart2:36 12I'm Coming, Virginia3:04 13On the Bumpy Road to Love2:48 14Sugar2:49 15Melancholy Lullaby2:59 16Scandal in a Flat3:21 17When Lights Are Low2:54 18The Favor of a Fool3:02 19More Than You Know2:50 20Among My Souvenirs3:13 21Smack2:40 22Cocktails for Two3:03 | Compilation | 1993 | |
| 1993 | Harlem RenaissanceSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:40:31Disc 1 1Vine Street Rumble11:24 2Sao Paolo5:07 3I Can’t Get Started5:44 4Stockholm Sweetnin’5:35 5Evening Star8:32 6How High the Moon11:04 Disc 21August Moon4:30 2Teatime3:52 3Song of Long Ago5:09 4Samurai Song3:09 5Chow Chow9:23 6Lament for Langston5:06 7Sugar Hill Slow Drag5:06 8Happy Feet6:56 9Sunday Morning4:41 10Happy Feet (reprise)5:13 | Compilation | 1993 | |
| 1994 | Symphony in RiffsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 22 tracks · 1:08:141Bugle Call Rag2:54 2Dee Blues2:59 3Swing It3:12 4Pastoral3:14 5Once Upon a Time3:27 6Blue Interlude3:26 7Devil's Holiday3:09 8Symphony in Riffs3:04 9Lonesome Nights3:36 10Swingin' With Mezz3:05 11Dream Lullaby3:12 12Everybody Shuffle3:05 13Shoot the Works2:59 14Nightfall3:12 15Just a Mood3:29 16You Understand2:57 17Waltzing the Blues2:55 18When Lights Are Low2:49 19Skip It2:55 20Lazy Afternoon3:04 21Blues in My Heart2:34 22Pardon Me Pretty Baby2:57 | Compilation | 20 April 1994 | |
| 1995 | Frenesi: Quintet Sessions 1946-1954Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 21 tracks · 1:07:561The Moon Is Low3:32 2Stairways to the Stars3:10 3Bye Bye Blues2:45 4I Don't Know Why I Love You3:17 5Moonglow2:53 6Give Me Something to Remember You By2:57 7Lady Be Good2:33 8Deep Purple3:59 9Gone With the Wind2:57 10I God It Bad2:56 11Long Ago and Far Away3:04 12I've Got the World on a String3:19 13Street Scene3:20 14Imagination3:32 15Pick Yourself Up2:32 16I Get a Kick Out of You2:50 17A Foggy Day3:39 18You Took Advantage of Me3:32 19Poinciana2:48 20Prisoner of Love3:45 21Frenesi4:36 | Compilation | 1995 | |
| 1995 | Benny Carter Vol.5, 1936Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 23 tracks · 1:10:231I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'3:11 2Stay Out of Love3:18 3Rhythm Is Our Business2:43 4Just a Mood3:30 5All of Me3:19 6Stardust3:15 7I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket3:00 8Swingin' at Maida Vale2:46 9Swingin' at Maida Vale2:47 10Swingin' at Maida Vale2:47 11Nightfall3:12 12Nightfall3:14 13Big Ben Blues3:07 14Big Ben Blues3:03 15These Foolish Things3:05 16These Foolish Things3:05 17These Foolish Things3:06 18When Day Is Done3:08 19When Day Is Done2:58 20When Day Is Done3:06 21I've Got Two Lips2:58 22I've Got Two Lips2:56 23I've Got Two Lips2:49 | Compilation | 1995 | |
| 1995 | Volume 7 - 1936-1937 - Complete EditionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 25 tracks · 1:13:111Some of These Days2:53 2Some of These Days2:45 3Gloaming2:51 4Poor Butterfly2:57 5Drop in Next Time You're Passing2:58 6The Man I Love2:53 7The Man I Love3:02 8That's How the First Song Was Born3:07 9There'll Be Some Changes Made2:59 10There'll Be Some Changes Made2:47 11Jingle Bells3:00 12Jingle Bells3:16 13Royal Garden Blues3:02 14Carry Me Back to Old Virginny2:49 15Gin and Jive2:54 16Gin and Jive2:57 17Nagasaki2:59 18Nagasaki3:07 19There's a Small Hotel3:07 20There's a Small Hotel3:06 21I'm in the Mood for Swing2:30 22I'm in the Mood for Swing2:35 23Rambling in C3:12 24One, Two, Button Your Shoe2:44 25The Rhythm of the Tambourine2:41 | Compilation | 1995 | |
| 1995 | Volume 6 - 1936 - Complete EditionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 22 tracks · 1:05:221Just a Mood3:33 2Just a Mood3:30 3Swingin’ the Blues2:03 4Scandal in A Flat3:05 5Scandal in A Flat3:06 6Accent on Swing2:53 7You Understand3:04 8You Understand2:58 9Gin and Jive2:59 10Gin and Jive2:59 11If Only I Could Read Your Mind3:06 12If Only I Could Read Your Mind2:53 13I Gotta Go3:04 14I Gotta Go3:05 15When Lights Are Low2:50 16Waltzing the Blues2:54 17Waltzing the Blues3:01 18Tiger Rag2:46 19Blue Interlude3:10 20Bugle Call Rag2:26 21Memphis Blues3:13 22When Lights Are Low2:44 | Compilation | 1995 | |
| 1995 | Complete Edition, Volume 1 (1928-1931)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 23 tracks · 1:11:261Charleston Is the Best Dance After All2:50 2Come On, Baby2:54 3Easy Money3:05 4That's How I Feel Today3:01 5Six or Seven Times3:24 6Gee, Ain't I Good to You3:27 7I'd Love It3:08 8Miss Hannah3:03 9Chinatown, My Chinatown3:04 10Somebody Loves Me3:04 11Talk to Me3:03 12Rocky Road3:00 13Never Swat a Fly3:03 14After All You're All I'm After2:41 15Keep a Song in Your Soul3:20 16What Good Am I Without You?3:17 17Goodbye Blues3:20 18Cloudy Skies2:59 19Got Another Sweetie Know3:03 20Bugle Call Rag2:54 21Dee Blues3:00 22My Pretty Girl3:21 23Sweet and Hot3:25 | Compilation | 13 December 1995 | |
| 1996 | Another Time, Another PlaceSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 2:16:47Disc 1 1Sometimes I'm Happy8:53 2Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year6:33 3Rock Me To Sleep8:33 4Another Time, Another Place8:29 5Willow Weep For Me7:33 6Shiny Stockings10:01 7The Courtship10:36 8On The Sunny Side Of The Street11:11 Disc 21On Green Dolphin Street9:16 2A Walkin' Things8:52 3Janel5:46 4Speak Low8:50 5Petite Chanson7:24 6Just Squeeze Me9:05 7Mood Indigo9:33 8How High The Moon6:12 | Live | 1996 | |
| 1996 | Jazz & Blues Collection 59: Benny CarterSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 53:241Synthetic Love2:51 2Lonesome Nights3:36 3Symphony In Riffs3:07 4Swingin' At The Maida Vale2:47 5Night Fall3:13 6Big Ben Blues3:00 7Bugle Call Rag2:24 8When Lights Are Low2:51 9Accent On Swing2:53 10Jingle Bells3:00 11Black Bottom3:05 12You Understand2:57 13Six Bell Stampede2:42 14Memphis Blues3:10 15Nagasaki3:00 16Tiger Rag2:43 17These Foolish Things3:03 18Royal Garden Blues3:02 | Compilation | 1996 | |
| 1996 | Volume 8: 1937Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 25 tracks · 1:12:391Black Bottom3:05 2Black Bottom [#]3:05 3Rambler's Rhythm [#]2:36 4Rambler's Rhythm2:33 5New Street Swing2:34 6New Street Swing [#]2:36 7I'll Never Give In [#]2:47 8I'll Never Give In2:46 9Honeysuckle Rose2:52 10Crazy Rhythm3:08 11(You Came Along from) Out of Nowhere3:26 12Sweet Georgia Brown3:08 13Skip It2:59 14Lazy Afternoon3:05 15I Ain't Got Nobody3:14 16I Ain't Got Nobody3:07 17Blues in My Heart2:36 18Somebody Loves Me2:51 19Somebody Loves Me2:52 20Mighty Like the Blues3:08 21Pardon Me, Pretty Baby3:02 22Pardon Me, Pretty Baby3:02 23My Buddy2:49 24My Buddy2:46 25My Buddy [#]2:32 | Compilation | 1996 | |
| 1996 | Masterpieces 17Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks1Six For Times 2Dee Blues 3Bugle Call Rag 4Sweet Sue - Just You 5Krazy Kapers 6Lonesome Nights 7Everybody Shuffle 8Stardust 9These Foolish Things 10Skip It 11I'm Coming, Virginia 12Savoy Stampede 13Riff Romp 14Scandal In A Flat 15Among My Souvenirs 16Slow Freight 17Cocktails For Two 18Sunday 19I Surrender Dear 20Prelude To A Kiss | Compilation | 1996 | |
| 1996 | The KingSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 51:311A Walkin’ Thing6:23 2My Kind of Trouble Is You4:39 3Easy Money6:18 4Blue Star8:06 5I Still Love Him So6:47 6Green Wine6:51 7Malibu4:30 8Blues in D Flat7:57 | Compilation | 7 March 1996 | |
| 1996 | Advanced SwingSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks1Sleep 2I Used to Love You 3Ill Wind 4Fish Fry 5Swanee River 6All Of Me 7Honeysuckle Rose 8Midnight 9Prelude To A Kiss 10I Heard You Cried Last Night 11On The Alamo | Compilation | 19 March 1996 | |
| 1997 | Volume 9 - 1938-1939 - Complete EditionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 21 tracks · 1:04:271I’m Coming Virginia3:05 2Farewell Blues3:18 3Blue Light Blues3:08 4Liza2:45 5I’m in the Mood for Swing2:47 6Shoe Shiner’s Drag3:23 7Any Time at All3:18 8Muskrat Ramble3:18 9I Got Ways Like the Devil2:53 10That Made Him Mad2:47 11You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby2:58 12Just a Kid Named Joe3:11 13Jeepers Creepers2:56 14I Must See Annie Tonight2:47 15Twelve Bar Stamped2:41 16Feather Bed Lament3:06 17Men of Harlem2:33 18Ocean Motion3:06 19Symphony in Riffs3:24 20Blue Interlude3:44 21A Home in the Clouds3:19 | Compilation | 1997 | |
| 1997 | LegendsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 1:08:561The More I See You6:49 2I Was Wrong6:52 3Wonderland6:27 4Blues in My Heart10:53 5You Are4:46 6People Time3:28 7No Greater Love6:33 8Sunset Glow3:23 9The Little Things That Mean So Much6:37 10The Legend5:07 11Honeysuckle Rose8:01 | Compilation | 1997 | |
| 1998 | Jazz Greats, Volume 58: Benny Carter: All of MeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:04:031I'd Love It3:03 2Miss Hannah2:58 3Once Upon a Time3:33 4Devil's Holiday3:10 5Lonesome Nights3:36 6Symphony in Riffs3:06 7These Foolish Things3:07 8When Day Is Done2:58 9Black Bottom3:02 10Lazy Afternoon (Luie Middag)3:05 11When Lights Are Low2:14 12All of Me3:23 13Midnight3:21 14Back Bay Boogie2:58 15Moppin' and Boppin'4:23 16Jump Call3:44 17I Can't Get Started2:54 18Boulevard Bounce3:18 19Chant of the Weed3:18 20Lafayette2:52 | Compilation | 1998 | |
| 1998 | Benny Carter And The Jazz GiantsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 1:14:251Wonderland6:39 2A Walkin‘ Thing5:55 3The Courtship6:29 4Malibu4:25 5Sweet Lorraine6:46 6When Lights Are Low4:42 7My Kind Of Trouble Is You6:55 8(I‘m Left With The) Blues In My Heart5:55 9Motem Swing9:48 10C Jam Blues6:12 11It Don‘t Mean A Thing (If It Ain‘t Got That Swing)10:39 | Compilation | 1998 | |
| 2000 | Love for SaleSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 50:531Love for Sale3:03 2Malibu3:04 3I'm Lost3:11 4Melodrama3:31 5I Can't Get Started2:56 6Back Bay Boogie5:19 7Forever Blue3:10 8Cadillac Slim3:05 9Deep Purple3:12 10Re-Bop Boogie2:52 11Prelude to a Kiss3:07 12Baby You're Mine for Keeps2:43 13Twelve O'Clock Jump2:57 14Your Conscience Tell You So2:40 15June Comes Around Every Year3:10 16Mexican Hat Dance2:53 | Compilation | 2000 | |
| 2002 | The KingSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 38:081Crazy Rhythm3:02 2Out of Nowhere3:19 3Sweet Georgia Brown3:01 4Honeysuckle Rose2:46 5I'm Coming Virginia3:04 6Blue Light Blues3:07 7Farewell Blues3:18 8I've Got a Feeling, You're Fooling3:20 9Stay Out of Love3:16 10All of Me3:17 11Star Dust3:13 12Just a Mood3:25 | Compilation | 3 September 2002 | |
| 2003 | Master LessonsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:01:351You Belong To Me2:23 2Gone With The Wind2:58 3I Got It Bad2:57 4Isn't It Romantic?3:41 5Some Other Spring3:45 6These Things You Left Me3:40 7Long Ago And Far Away3:05 8I've Got The World On A String3:20 9'Round Midnight3:17 10Alone Together2:40 11Bewitched3:15 12Coctails For Two3:01 13Key Largo3:07 14Love Is Cynthia2:28 15Sunday Afternoon2:56 16Georgia On My Mind2:47 17Street Scene3:18 18Imagination3:32 19Pick Yourself Up2:33 20I Get A Kick Out Of You2:52 | Compilation | 2003 | |
| 2003 | More Alternative Takes in Chronological Order, 1936-1937Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 24 tracks · 1:11:061Swingin' at Maida Vale2:46 2Swingin' at Maida Vale2:46 3Nightfall3:11 4Big Ben Blues3:06 5These Foolish Things3:04 6These Foolish Things3:06 7When Day Is Done3:07 8Just a Mood3:33 9Scandal in A Flat3:05 10You Understand3:03 11Gin and Jive2:58 12If I Could Only Read Your Mind3:05 13I Gotta Go3:04 14Waltzing the Blues2:59 15The Man I Love3:04 16There'll Be Some Changes Made3:01 17Gin and Jive2:55 18Nagasaki3:08 19I'm in the Mood for Swing2:32 20Black Bottom3:05 21Rambler's Rhythm2:33 22New Street Swing2:36 23I'll Never Give In2:47 24My Buddy2:32 | Compilation | 23 September 2003 | |
| 2004 | When Lights Are LowSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 25 tracks · 1:14:241When Lights Are Low2:52 2Blue Interlude3:10 3Gin and Jive2:58 4Nagasaki2:59 5There's a Small Hotel3:08 6I'm in the Mood for Swing2:35 7I'll Never Give In2:43 8Skip It2:59 9Lazy Afternoon3:04 10Blues in My Heart2:36 11Somebody Loves Me2:49 12Mighty Like the Blues3:05 13Pardon Me, Pretty Baby3:00 14My Buddy2:49 15Farewell Blues3:16 16Blue Light Blues3:07 17Melancholy Lullaby2:58 18When Lights Are Low2:53 19Riff Romp2:57 20Shufflebug Shuffle2:48 21Sleep3:00 22Fish Fry3:12 23Slow Freight3:23 24Night Hop3:11 25Pom Pom2:52 | Compilation | 2004 | |
| 2004 | The Music MasterSearch SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | 2004 | |
| 2004 | When Lights Are LowSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 51 tracks · 2:35:34Disc 1 1When Lights Are Low2:54 2I'd Love It3:05 3Keep a Song in Your Soul3:16 4Bugle Call Rag2:52 5Dee Blues2:58 6Swing It3:11 7Pastorale3:13 8Blue Interlude3:25 9Once Upon a Time3:26 10Krazy Kapers3:28 11Lonesome Nights3:33 12Symphony in Riffs3:04 13Stardust3:12 14Swingin' at Maida Vale2:43 15Nightfall3:13 16I've Got Two Lips3:00 17Waltzing the Blues2:52 18Gin and Jive2:56 19Nagasaki2:59 20Crazy Rhythm3:02 21Lazy Afternoon3:02 22Somebody Loves Me2:47 23Blues in My Heart2:35 24I'm Coming Virginia3:03 25Farewell Blues3:11 Disc 21I'm in the Mood for Swing2:47 2Shoe Shiner's Drag3:23 3Melancholy Lullaby2:59 4The Fable of a Fool3:03 5Shufflebag Shuffle2:48 6More Than You Know2:50 7Sleep3:00 8O.K. for Baby3:00 9Smack2:39 10I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me4:18 11St. Louis Blues2:52 12All of Me3:21 13Sunday2:46 14Back Bay Boogie2:55 15Poinciana3:03 16I Surrender, Dear3:04 17Riffamarole2:50 18Malibu3:07 19Jump Call3:32 20Prelude to a Kiss3:07 21Sweet Georgia Brown2:37 22Cadillac Slim3:01 23Gone with the Wind2:58 24I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)2:57 25Long Ago (And Far Away)3:06 26Pick Yourself Up2:31 | Compilation | 27 July 2004 | |
| 2004 | Jazz Ballads 14: Benny CarterSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 34 tracks · 2:05:11Disc 1 1Isn't It Romantic3:42 2Moonglow2:52 3Under a Blanket of Blue6:15 4Cocktails for Two3:05 5Stairway to the Stars3:10 6I Can't Get Started2:55 7Laura7:41 8Can't We Be Friends2:40 9I Got It Bad2:55 10Imagination3:32 11Prisioner of Love3:47 12Makin' Whoopee6:14 13Some Other Spring3:47 14I'm Sorry3:06 15These Things You Left Me3:40 16Hands Across the Table3:41 Disc 21Deep Purple3:11 2I Don't Know Why I Love You Like I Do3:08 3Give Me Something to Remember You By2:48 4(I'm Left With The) Blues in My Heart5:57 5Prelude to a Kiss3:06 6Angel Eyes3:28 7I've Got the World on a String3:19 8I Get a Kick Out of You2:52 9'Round Midnight3:18 10Laura4:04 11I'll Be Arround2:36 12I'll Wind3:02 13Bewitched3:16 14Street of Dreams3:51 15Cocktails for Two3:01 16Blue Star3:11 17Flamingo2:52 18You're Mine, You5:09 | Compilation | 11 October 2004 | |
| 2005 | Royal Garden BluesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | 2005 | |
| 2009 | Plays Cole Porter's Can-Can and Anything GoesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 25 tracks · 1:19:261I Love Paris3:24 2C'est Magnifique3:17 3It's All Right With Me3:30 4Allez-Vous En, Go Away3:44 5I'm in Love3:41 6Anything Goes2:23 7All Through the Night3:54 8Waltz Down the Aisle4:24 9Buddy Beware3:01 10You're the Top2:55 11June in January3:13 12February Fiesta1:56 13March Wind3:18 14I'll Remember April3:22 15One Morning in May2:51 16June Is Busting All Over3:01 17Sleigh Ride in July2:52 18August Moon3:42 19September Song2:41 20Something for October2:55 21Swingin' in November3:02 22Roses in December2:38 23June Is Busting All Over (mono take)3:01 24August Moon (mono take)3:36 25Swingin' in November (mono take)3:05 | Compilation | 2009 | |
| 2012 | Four Classic Albums PlusSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 46 tracks · 2:37:19Disc 1 1Old Fashioned Love7:48 2I'm Coming Virginia5:45 3A Walkin' Thing5:57 4Blue Lou4:55 5Ain't She Sweet3:37 6How Can You Loose6:11 7Blues My Naughtie Sweetie Gives To Me4:39 8Thou Swell2:49 9My Blue Heaven3:18 10Just Imagine2:31 11If I Could Be With You2:40 12Sweet Lorraine5:00 13Who's Sorry Now2:22 14Laugh! Clown! Laugh!3:20 15All Alone3:12 16Mary Lou3:06 17In A Little Spanish Town2:44 18Someone To Watch Over Me2:37 19A Monday Date3:08 20All Alone (Alternate Take)3:11 Disc 21And The Angels Sing2:57 2Everything I Have Is Yours3:33 3I Understand3:04 4All Or Nothing At All3:16 5I'll Never Smile Again2:22 6If I Loved You3:43 7Far Away Places3:22 8I Should Care3:58 9For All We Know3:00 10I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance2:48 11The One I Love3:05 12Moon Of Manakoora2:40 13June In January3:12 14February Fiesta1:55 15March Wind3:16 16I'll Remember April3:21 17One Morning In May2:49 18June Is Bustin' Out All Over2:59 19Sleigh Ride In July2:50 20August Moon3:39 21September Song2:39 22Something For October2:53 23Swingin' In November3:02 24Roses In December2:36 25February Fiesta (Mono Alternate Take)1:55 26August Moon (Mono Alternate Take)3:35 | Compilation | 2012 | |
| 2012 | They All Had Rhythm ~ '45 - '46Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:12:021Solo Flight3:10 2Rhythm Was All I Had3:16 3Fiesta in Blue4:14 4Skymaster3:03 5Stepin Fetchit4:28 6Queer Street3:14 7Louise3:32 8Stardust5:28 9Out of This World5:19 10Sunday2:30 11Habanera2:22 12Early Boyd2:48 13Fish Fry2:35 14Just You, Just Me5:58 15Malibu4:01 16I Surrender Dear3:33 17Tea for Two2:19 18Mr Co-Ed2:05 19Frim Fram Sauce3:45 20Polishin' Brass4:22 | Compilation | 2012 | |
| 2012 | Further Definitions + Jazz GiantSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 1:13:121Honeysuckle Rose3:54 2The Midnight Sun Will Never Set4:01 3Crazy Rhythm3:26 4Blue Star5:24 5Cotton Tail4:28 6Body And Soul4:13 7Cherry4:57 8Doozy3:33 9Old-Fashioned Love7:51 10I'm Coming Virginia5:49 11A Walkin' Thing6:01 12Blue Lou4:59 13Ain't She Sweet3:41 14How Can You Lose6:15 15Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me4:40 | Compilation | 2012 | |
| 2020 | His Eight Finest AlbumsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | 2020 | |
| 2022 | Princeton Concerts (And Beyond) [Vol.1 April 19, 1973 Live at Princeton]Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 1:27:011Introduction (Live at Princeton, April, 1973)2:18 2A Night in Tunisia (Live at Princeton, 1973)8:08 3Undecided (Live at Princeton, April, 1973)8:28 4Robbins Nest (Live at Princeton, 1973)8:36 5The Shadow of Your Smile (Live at Princeton, April, 1973)8:26 6Honeysuckle Rose (Live at Princeton, April, 1973)6:57 7In a Mellotone (Live at Princeton, April, 1973)8:30 8A Day in the Life of a Fool (Live at Princeton, 1973)6:54 9All the Things You Are (Live at Princeton, 1973)8:31 10One Good Blues (Live at Princeton, 1973)9:25 11Sweet Georgia Brown (Live at Princeton, April,1973)4:41 12How High the Moon (Live at Princeton, 1973)6:07 | Live | 8 August 2022 | |
| 2022 | Princeton Concerts (And Beyond) [Vol. 3 December 3, 1973 Live at Princeton]Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 2:12:211Doozy (Live at Princeton, December 1973)10:06 2Introduction (Live at Princeton, 1973)3:11 3When Lights Are Low (Live at Princeton, December 1973)3:50 4You Are (Live at Princeton, 1973)2:54 5Souvenir (Live at Princeton, 1973)6:11 6Honeysuckle Rose (Live at Princeton, December 1973)12:51 7Blues for Beginners (Live at Princeton, 1973)18:20 8Coalition (Live at Princeton, 1973)13:14 9I Can't Get Started (Live at Princeton, 1973)9:15 10Cotton Tail (Live at Princeton, 1973)12:07 11A Kiss from You (Live at Princeton, 1973)4:14 12A Walkin' thing (Live at Princeton, 1973)9:51 13Sleep (Live at Princeton, 1973)4:19 14Ballad Medley: These Foolish Things/ A Day in the Life of a Fool / St. Louis Blues / The Nearness of You (Live at Princeton, 1973)12:40 15Juke Box (Live at Princeton, 1973)9:18 | Live | 1 September 2022 | |
| 2022 | Princeton Concerts (And Beyond) [Vol 7. September 13, 1997 Live at Princeton]Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 55:071Introduction (Live at Princeton, 1997)2:01 2Just Friends (Live at Princeton, 1997)6:29 3My One and Only Love (Live at Princeton, 1997)6:41 4Another Time, Another Place (Live at Princeton, 1997)7:50 5Lover Man (Live at Princeton, 1997)9:59 6You, Only You (Live at Princeton, 1997)4:56 7What Is This Thing Called Love (Live at Princeton, 1997)8:01 8Perdido (Live at Princeton, 1997)9:10 | Live | 1 September 2022 | |
| 2022 | Princeton Concerts (And Beyond) [Vol. 2 October 22, 1973 Live at Princeton]Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 2:17:201Introduction (Live at Princeton, 1973)3:03 2Undecided (Live at Princeton, October 1973)10:35 3The Shadow of Your Smile (Live at Princeton, October 1973)11:29 4Satin Doll (Live at Princeton, 1973)11:51 5When Lights Are Low (Live at Princeton, October 1973)8:40 6Nuages (Live at Princeton, 1973)2:54 7What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life (Live at Princeton, 1973)2:44 8I'm Coming Virginia (Live at Princeton, 1973)2:26 9She's Funny That Way (Live at Princeton, 1973)6:08 10Body and Soul (Live at Princeton, 1973)5:22 11Blues Medley: Blues / Blue Monk / My Gal (Live at Princeton, 1973)10:42 12Take the "a" Train (Live at Princeton, 1973)14:10 13Perdido (Live at Princeton, 1973)10:20 14Evening Star (Live at Princeton, 1973)7:47 15Doozy (Live at Princeton, October 1973)7:31 16Mumbles (Live at Princeton, 1973)3:55 17In a Mellotone (Live at Princeton, October 1973)9:26 18Sweet Georgia Brown (Live at Princeton, October 1973)8:17 | Live | 1 September 2022 | |
| 2022 | Princeton Concerts (And Beyond) [Vol. 5 October 12, 1979 Live at Princeton]Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 1:35:011Ain't Misbehavin' (live at Princeton, 1979)8:20 2Straight, No Chaser (Live at Princeton, 1979)11:42 3Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You (Live at Princeton, 1979)7:07 4Broadway (Live at Princeton, 1979)9:29 5This Is Always (Live at Princeton, 1979)4:51 6Introduction (Live at Princeton, 1979)0:43 7Perdido (Live at Princeton, 1979)11:39 8On Green Dolphin Street (Live at Princeton, 1979)11:33 9My Old Flame (Live at Princeton, 1979)8:51 10Now's the Time (Live at Princeton, 1979)3:26 11Caravan (Live at Princeton, 1979)10:20 12Blues (Live at Princeton, 1979)7:00 | Live | 1 September 2022 | |
| 2022 | Princeton Concerts (And Beyond) [Vol. 6 May 21, 1982 Live at Princeton]Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 2:17:541Opening Remarks (Live at Princeton, 1982)12:14 2Introduction (Live at Princeton, 1982)1:24 3Easy Money (Live at Princeton, 1982)9:41 4Autumn Leaves (Live at Princeton, 1982)10:28 5The Courtship (Live at Princeton, 1982)9:51 6Love for Sale (Live at Princeton, 1982)8:11 7In a Mellotone (Live at Princeton, 1982)10:30 8Ain't Misbehavin' (live at Princeton, 1982)7:11 9Basically the Blues (Live at Princeton, 1982)6:17 10Southside Samba (Live at Princeton, 1982)10:51 11Undecided (Live at Princeton, 1982)8:48 12Souvenir (Live at Princeton, 1982)6:47 13Introduction 2 (Live at Princeton, 1982)1:34 14Misty (Live at Princeton, 1982)5:10 15Perdido (Live at Princeton, 1982)12:09 16Cotton Tail (Live at Princeton, 1982)9:44 17Blues (Live at Princeton, 1982)7:04 | Live | 1 September 2022 | |
| 2022 | Princeton Concerts (And Beyond) [Vol. 8 October 28, 1978 Live in Buffalo]Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 2:19:561There Will Never Be Another You (Live in Buffalo, 1978)5:41 2In a Mellotone (Live in Buffalo, 1978)7:53 3What's New (Live in Buffalo, 1978)5:08 4On Green Dolphin Street (Live in Buffalo 1978)7:44 512 Bar Blues (Live in Buffalo, 1978)6:07 6Undecided (Live in Buffalo, 1978)8:26 7Take the "a" Train (Live in Buffalo, 1978)4:56 8When Lights Are Low (Live in Buffalo, 1978)5:11 9A Walkin' Thing (Live in Buffalo, 1978)4:30 10Blues for Beginners (Live in Buffalo, 1978)10:26 11I Can't Get Started (Live in Buffalo, 1978)5:16 12Honeysuckle Rose (Live in Buffalo, 1978)7:59 13In a Mellotone, Pt. 2 (Live in Buffalo, 1978)9:06 14On Green Dolphin Street, Pt. 2 (Live in Buffalo, 1978)8:09 15Lover Man (Live in Buffalo, 1978)9:18 16Perdido (Live in Buffalo, 1978)9:05 17Body and Soul (Live in Buffalo, 1978)8:51 18Cherokee (Live in Buffalo, 1978)7:59 19All the Things You Are (Live in Buffalo, 1978)8:11 | Live | 1 September 2022 | |
| — | Black BottomSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 52:051Swingin' at Maida Vale2:48 2Nightfall3:14 3When Day Is Done2:58 4I've Got Two Lips2:49 5Swinging the Blues3:01 6Accent on Swing2:52 7I Gotta Go3:04 8Bugle Call Rag2:24 9Gloaming2:48 10There'll Be Some Changes Made2:47 11Jingle Bells3:16 12Carry Me Back to Old Virginny2:52 13Gin and Jive2:58 14Nagasaki2:59 15There's a Small Hotel3:05 16I'm in the Mood for Swing2:35 17Black Bottom3:04 18New Street Swing2:31 | Compilation | — | |
| — | The Chronological Classics: Benny Carter 1954Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 1:06:471Moonglow2:50 2My One and Only Love3:58 3Our Love Is Here to Stay3:41 4This Can't Be Love3:29 5Tenderly3:44 6Unforgettable3:27 7Ruby4:39 8Moon Song4:04 9Laura7:45 10That Old Black Magic6:50 11Angel Eyes3:30 12The Song Is You4:52 13Marriage Blues7:49 14Just One of Those Things6:09 | Compilation | — | |
| — | Swinging the BluesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 39 tracks · 1:54:03Disc 1 1Patience and Fortitude2:40 2Malibu3:04 3Who's Sorry Now2:58 4Poinciana3:00 5Forever Blue2:38 6Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight3:03 7Jump Call2:57 8Hurry Hurry2:50 9Love for Sale3:02 10Some of These Days2:46 11Prelude to a Kiss3:16 12I Can't Escape From You3:21 13Rose Room2:56 14I Surrender, Dear3:03 15I'm the Caring Kind2:47 16I'm Lost3:10 17A Good Deal3:13 18I Can't Get Started2:51 19Looking for a Boy2:52 20Daddy-O2:53 21Diga Diga Doo2:52 22Just You, Just Me2:53 Disc 21Black Bottom3:04 2Night Fall3:12 3Swinging the Blues3:00 4Gloaming2:47 5Carry Me Back to Old Virginia2:51 6I've Got Two Lips2:48 7When Day Is Done2:57 8Jingle Bells3:15 9Gin and Jive2:57 10New Street Swing2:32 11There'll Be Some Changes Made2:46 12Nagasaki2:59 13There's a Small Hotel3:05 14I Gotta Go3:04 15Bugle Call Rag2:23 16I'm in the Mood for Swing2:34 17Swingin' at Maida Vale2:44 | Compilation | — | |
| — | Classic Jazz Archive - Benny CarterSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 45 tracks · 2:12:54Disc 1 1That's How I Feel Today3:01 2Six or Seven Times3:23 3Goodbye Blues3:19 4Cloudy Skies2:57 5Got Another Sweetie Now3:01 6Bugle Call Rag2:51 7Dee Blues2:57 8Swing It3:13 9Synthetic Love3:28 10Six Bells Stampede2:40 11Swingin' at Maida Vale2:46 12Night Fall3:13 13When Day Is Gone2:58 14I've Got Two Lips2:48 15You Understand2:57 16Accent on Swing2:50 17I Gotta Go3:05 18Bugle Call Rag2:24 19Gloaming2:47 20There'll Be Some Changes Made2:46 21Jingle Bells3:15 22Carry Me Back to Old Virginia2:51 23Gin and Jive2:55 Disc 21Nagasaki2:59 2There's a Small Hotel3:06 3I'm in the Mood for Swing2:35 4Black Bottom3:03 5New Street Swing2:32 6Rambler's Rhythm2:32 7I'll Never Give In2:41 8Skip It2:58 9Lazy Afternoon3:03 10I Ain't Got Nobody3:05 11Blues in My Heart2:35 12Mighty Like the Blues3:04 13I'm Coming, Virginia3:03 14Farewell Blues3:15 15Blue Light Blues3:06 16Savoy Stampede2:57 17Melancholy Lullaby2:58 18Love for Sale3:03 19Hurry, Hurry!2:51 20Just You, Just Me2:55 21Prelude to a Kiss3:17 22Diga Diga Doo2:51 | Compilation | — | |
| — | Live and Well in JapanSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 44:221Squaty Roo13:39 2Tribute to Louis Armstrong7:10 3Them There Eyes11:56 4It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)11:37 | Live | — |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Benny Carter head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 35 | 92.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 100 | 97.9th |
| Studio albums | 37 | 98.7th |
| Awards recorded | 16 | 99.3th |
| Timeline events | 40 | 98.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 67 | 99.3th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame | lifetime | |
| 1978 | Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame | lifetime | |
| 1987 | Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award | lifetime | |
| 1987 | Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award | lifetime | |
| — | Kennedy Center Honors | won | |
| — | Kennedy Center Honors | won | |
| — | Library of Congress Living Legend | won | |
| — | Library of Congress Living Legend | won | |
| — | NEA Jazz Masters | won | |
| — | NEA Jazz Masters | won | |
| — | National Medal of Arts | won | |
| — | National Medal of Arts | won | |
| — | Paul Acket Award | won | |
| — | Paul Acket Award | won | |
| — | star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | won | |
| — | star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Benny Carter All-Star Sax Ensemble(band) | — | present | |
| Benny Carter and His Orchestra(band) | — | present | |
| McKinney’s Cotton Pickers(band) | — | present | |
| Benny Carter Quartet(band) | — | present | original |
| The Chocolate Dandies(band) | — | present | |
| Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra(band) | — | present | |
| Dizzy Gillespie Big Band(band) | — | present | |
| Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra(band) | — | present | |
| Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends(band) | — | present | |
| Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra(band) | — | present | |
| Metronome All Stars(band) | — | present | |
| Mezz Mezzrow and His Orchestra(band) | — | present | |
| Spike Hughes and His Negro Orchestra(band) | — | present | |
| Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra(band) | — | present | |
| The Capitol Jazzmen(band) | — | present | |
| Benny Carter & The Ramblers(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
| Benny Carter & His Swing Quintet(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
| The Roy Eldridge–Benny Carter Orchestra(band) | — | present | alto saxophone,eponymous,original |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Attribution · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benny_Carter.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/25cf5731-bed9-4604-97a4-8b9655de1a30discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/25cf5731-bed9-4604-97a4-8b9655de1a30core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q356715genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q356715seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Carterbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Carter
Why this artist is in the database
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award — rank #11
1987 | Roy Acuff, Benny Carter, Enrico Caruso, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Woody Herman, Billie Holiday, B.B. King, Isaac Stern, Igor Stravinsky, Arturo Toscanini, Hank Williams | style="text-align:cent
- List of swing musicians
Tier rule: legacy lists: grammy_lifetime
Image: Ed Berger · Attribution · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q356715 · MusicBrainz: 25cf5731-bed9-4604-97a4-8b9655de1a30
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