Bennett Lester 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 legendary Monterey Jazz Festival.
Benny Carter – 1929-1933 (1990)
01. That’s How I Feel Today (Redman)
02. Six or Seven Times (Mills, Waller)
03. Goodbye Blues (Carter)
04. Cloudy Skies (Hawkins)
05. Got Another Sweetie Now (Harrison)
06. Bugle Call Rag (Meyers, Pettis, Schoebel)
07. Dee Blues (Carter)
08. Tell All Your Day Dreams to Me (?, Seitter)
09. Swing It (Bretz, Weitz)
10. Synthetic Love (Carter, Mills, Washington)
11. Six Bells Stampede (Hughes)
12. Love, You’re Not the One for Me (Carter)
13. Nocturne (Hughes)
14. Someone Stole Gabriel’s Horn (Hayes, Mills, Washington)
15. Pastorale (Hughes)
16. Bugle Call Rag (Meyers, Pettis, Schoebel)
17. Arabesque (Hughes)
18. Fanfare (Traditional)
19. Sweet Sorrow Blues (Traditional)
20. Music at Midnight (Hughes)
21. Sweet Sue, Just You (Harris, Young)
22. Air in D Flat (Hughes)
23. Donegal Cradle Song (Hughes)
Benny Carter – 1933-1936 (1990)
01. Firebird (Hughes)
02. Music at Sunrise (Hughes)
03. How Come You Do Me Like You Do? (Austin, Bergere)
04. Blue Interlude (Carter)
05. I Never Knew (Fio Rito, Kahn)
06. Once Upon a Time (Carter)
07. Krazy Kapers (Carter)
08. Devil’s Holiday (Carter)
09. Lonesome Nights (Carter, Mills)
10. Symphony in Riffs (Carter, Mills)
11. Blue Lou (Mills, Sampson)
12. Shoot the Works (Carter, Mills)
13. Dream Lullaby (Carter, Mills)
14. Everybody Shuffle (Carter)
15. Synthetic Love (Carter, Mills, Washington)
16. Swingin’ at Maida Vale (Carter)
17. Nightfall (Carter)
18. Big Ben Blues (Carter)
19. These Foolish Things (Link, Marvell, Maschwitz …)
20. When Day Is Done (DeSylva, Katscher, Sylva)
21. I’ve Got Two Lips (Feather)
22. Just a Mood (Carter)
23. Swingin’ the Blues (Carter)
Benny Carter – 1937-1939 (1990)
01. Gin and Jive (Carter)
02. Nagasaki (Dixon, Warren)
03. There’s a Small Hotel [Vocal Version] (Hart, Rodgers)
04. There’s a Small Hotel [instrumental] (Hart, Rodgers)
05. I’m in the Mood for Swing (Carter, Williams)
06. Rambling in C (Carter)
07. Black Bottom (Brown, DeSylva, Henderson)
08. Rambler’s Rhythm (Kwast)
09. New Street Swing (Bulterman)
10. I’ll Never Give In (Johnson)
11. Skip It (Carter)
12. Lazy Afternoon (Carter)
13. I Ain’t Got Nobody (Graham, Peyton, Williams)
14. Blues in My Heart (Carter, Mills)
15. Somebody Loves Me (DeSylva, Gershwin, MacDonald)
16. Mighty Like the Blues (Feather)
17. Pardon Me, Pretty Baby (Klages, Meskill, Rose)
18. My Buddy (Donaldson, Kahn)
19. I’m Coming, Virginia (Cook, Heywood)
20. Farewell Blues (Mares, Schoebel)
21. Blue Light Blues (Ellington)
22. Plymouth Rock (Lang)
23. Savoy Stampede (Carter)
24. Melancholy Lullaby (Carter)
Benny Carter And His Orchestra – 1939-1940 (1991)
01. Scandal in a Flat Carter)
02. When the Lights Are Low Carter, Williams)
03. The Favor of a Fool Carter, Mills)
04. Riff Romp Carter)
05. Shufflebug Shuffle Carter)
06. Vagabond Dreams Carmichael, Lawrence)
07. Love’s Got Me Down Again )
08. More Than You Know Eliscu, Rose, Youmans)
09. Sleep Lebieg)
10. Among My Souvenirs Leslie, Nicholls)
11. Fish Fry Carter)
12. Slow Freight Ramirez)
13. Honey Bunny Boo Alexander, Ramirez)
14. The Five Little Quints Ramirez)
15. Harmony in Harlem Ellington, Hodges, Mills)
16. Midnight Jamboree Ramirez)
17. Night Hop Carter)
18. Pom Pom Carter)
19. O.K. for Baby Carter)
20. Serenade to a Sarong Carter)
21. Smack Feather)
22. I Surrender, Dear Barris, Clifford)
Benny Carter And His Orchestra – 1940-1941 (1992)
01. I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me (Gaskill, McHugh)
02. Joe Turner Blues (Handy)
03. Beale Street Blues (Handy)
04. By the Watermelon Vine, Lindy Lou (Allen)
05. The Last Kiss You Gave Me (Ruby)
06. Boogie Woogie Sugar Blues (Fletcher, Williams)
07. I’ve Been in Love Before (Hollander, Loesser)
08. All of Me (Marks, Simons)
09. The Very Thought of You (Noble)
10. Cocktails for Two (Coslow, Johnston)
11. Takin’ My Time (Carter)
12. Cuddle up, Huddle Up (Carter)
13. Ev’ry Goodbye Ain’t Gone (Carter)
14. Babalu (Lecuona)
15. There! I’ve Said It Again (Evans, Mann)
16. Midnight (Gomez, Parker)
17. My Favorite Blues (Carter)
18. Lullaby to a Dream (Carter)
19. What a Diff’rence a Day Made (Adams, Grever)
20. Sunday (Conn, Krueger, Miller, Styne)
21. Ill Wind (Arlen, Koehler)
22. Back Bay Boogie (Carter)
23. Tree of Hope (Carter)
Benny Carter And His Orchestra – 1943-1946 (1997)
01. Poinciana (Bernier, Simon)
02. Just a Baby’s Prayer at Twilight (Jerome, Lewis, Young)
03. Hurry, Hurry! (Larkin)
04. Love for Sale (Porter)
05. I Can’t Escape from You (Robin, Whiting)
06. I’m Lost (Rene)
07. I Can’t Get Started (Duke, Gershwin)
08. I Surrender, Dear (Barris, Clifford)
09. Daddy-O (DePaul, Raye)
10. A Good Deal (Berlin)
11. All Alone (Berlin)
12. Daddy Daddy (Berry, Josea)
13. Malibu (Carter)
14. Forever Blue (Carter)
15. Prelude to a Kiss (Ellington, Gordon, Mills)
16. Just You, Just Me (Greer, Klages)
17. Jump Call (Carter)
18. Patience and Fortitude (Moore, Warren)
19. Diga Diga Doo (Fields, McHugh)
20. Who’s Sorry Now? (Kalmar, Ruby, Snyder)
21. Some of These Days (Brooks)
22. I’m the Caring Kind (Carter, Shepherd)
23. Looking for a Boy (Gershwin, Gershwin)
24. Rose Room (Hickman, Williams)
Benny Carter – 1946-1948 (1999)
01. Melodrama in a V-Disc Record Room (Jump Call) (Brenner)
02. I Can’t Get Started (Duke, Gershwin)
03. He’s Funny That Way (Moret, Whiting)
04. Moonglow (DeLange, Hudson, Mills)
05. Give Me Something to Remember You By (Dietz, Schwartz)
06. Oh, Lady Be Good (Gershwin)
07. Deep Purple (DeRose, Parish)
08. Back Bay Boogie (Carter)
09. Prelude to a Kiss (Ellington, Gordon, Mills)
10. Rebop Boogie (Carter)
11. Twelve O’Clock Jump (Carter)
12. Your Conscience Tells You So (Carter, Raye)
13. Mexican Hat Dance (Traditional)
14. Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie, Casey, Pinkard)
15. Out of My Way (Catlett, Grimes)
16. What’ll It Be (Webster)
17. Cadillac Slim (Webster)
18. Baby You’re Mine for Keeps (Atwood, Herscher)
19. You’ll Never Break My Heart Again (Atwood, Herscher)
20. Chilpanicingo (Atwood, Herscher)
21. An Old Love Story (Atwood, Herscher)
22. Reina (My Lovely Queen) (Atwood, Herscher)
23. Let Us Drink a Toast Together (Atwood, Herscher)
24. June Comes Around Every Year (Arlen, Mercer)
25. Forever Blue (Carter)
Benny Carter – 1952-1954 (2005)
01. Lullaby in Blue (Carter)
02. Rockin’ Along (Rock Alone)
03. Cruisin’ (Carter)
04. I Wanna Go Home (Biggs, Thomas)
05. Georgia on My Mind (Carmichael)
06. You Belong to Me (King, Price, Stewart)
07. Love Is Cynthia (Mountain)
08. Sunday Afternoon (Carter)
09. Street Scene (Newman)
10. Imagination (Burke, VanHeusen)
11. Pick Yourself Up (Fields, Kern)
12. I Get a Kick out of You (Porter)
13. I’ll Be Around (Chew, Wilder)
14. Beautiful Love (Gillespie, King, VanAlstyne …)
15. Blue Star (Carter)
16. Flamingo (Anderson, Grouya)
17. With a Song in My Heart (Hart, Rodgers)
18. Can’t We Be Friends? (James, Swift, Warburg)
19. Symphony (Alstone)
20. Sorry (Carter)
