Carter, Benny

LC control no.	n 81139113
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	ML419.C4 Biography
Personal name heading	Carter, Benny *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Carter, Bennett Lester Clump, Clarence Gomez, Johnny, 1907-2003
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1907-08-08
Death date	2003-07-12
Place of birth	New York (N.Y.)
Place of death	Los Angeles (Calif.)
Affiliation	Charlie Johnson's Paradise Ten Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra Chick Webb Band McKinney's Cotton Pickers BBC Dance Orchestra Benny Carter's Big Band
Profession or occupation	Jazz musicians Saxophonists Arrangers (Musicians) Composers Band directors
Special note	Do not confuse with calypso musician: Gomez, Johnny
Found in	His A man called Adam. [Phonodisc] 1966. Baker, 8th ed. (Carter, Benny (Bennett Lester); b. 8-8-07, N.Y.; jazz instrumentalist, bandleader, arranger, composer) Yahoo news WWW site, 07-14-03 (Benny Carter; jazz musician, alto saxophonist, composer, instrumentalist, orchestra leader, arranger; b. Bennett Lester Carter, Aug. 8, 1907, New York; d. Saturday [July 12, 2003]) African American National Biography, accessed January 15, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Carter, Benny; Bennett Lester Carter; saxophonist, arranger, composer, jazz musician, trumpeter; born 08 August 1907 in New York, New York, United States; member of Charlie Johnson's Paradise Ten (1927); member of Fletcher Henderson Orchestra (1928-1931); worked with Chick Webb's band (1931); musical director of McKinney's Cotton Pickers; staff arranger for Henry Hall's BBC Dance Orchestra (1940s); led his own Benny Carter's big band (1943-1946). He wrote assignments for the Hollywood studios (mid-1960s); died 12 July 2003 in Los Angeles, California, United States) Berger, M. Benny Carter, a life in American music, vol. 2, 2002, viewed on GoogleBooks May 17, 2018: p. 563 (Clarence Clump; pseudonym for Benny Carter) Catalog of copyright entries, third series, 1970, viewed on GoogleBooks July 16, 2018: p. 2360 (Johnny Gomez; pseud. of Benny Carter; composer of Pushin' along)