LC control no. | n 81139113 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | ML419.C4 Biography |
Personal name heading | Carter, Benny |
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) |