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About this star
- Category: Recording
- Unveiled: 09 Feb 2009
- Star rank: 2144
- Address:
7088 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing east
- GPS location:
34.101308, -118.344748 - Notes: On Marshfield Way as it merges into Hollywood Blvd
Benny Carter
Next star: Rita Moreno
Previous star: Signe Hasso
Biography
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.
Fact file
- Birth name: Bennett Lester Carter
- Also known as: King
- Born: August 8, 1907 Harlem, New York, United States
- Died: July 12, 2003 (aged 95) Los Angeles, California, United States
- Genres: Swing, big band, jazz
- Occupations: Musician, bandleader, composer, musical arranger
- Instruments: Saxophone, trumpet, clarinet
- Years active: 1920s–1997
- Labels: Columbia, OKeh, Crown, Decca, Vocalion, Brunswick, Bluebird,Music Masters, Verve, United Artist, Norgran, Swingville, Clef
- Associated acts: Billie Holiday, Fats Waller, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Phil Woods, Marian McPartland
- Website: www.BennyCarter.com
Read more about Benny Carter at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
Hollywood Blvd, south side, by La Brea (Marshfield Ave)
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Nearby you will also find Clint Black, Signe Hasso, Rita Moreno, Earth, Wind & Fire, and many others.