Sound • AGE 95
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 sa...


Howard
Trumpeter (archive footage)
2018

Jazz Seen
Self
2001

Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Self
1990

The Cosmic Eye
Original Music Composer
1986

The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978

People, People, People
Music
1976

Buck and the Preacher
Original Music Composer
1972

Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972

Urbanissimo
Original Music Composer
1967

Fame Is the Name of the Game
Original Music Composer
1966

A Man Called Adam
Benny Carter (uncredited)
1966

The Hanged Man
Original Music Composer
1964

The Guns of Navarone
Music Arranger
1961

Harlem Wednesday
Music
1958

The Adventures of *
Music
1957

Night Without Sleep
Benny (Uncredited)
1952

The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Alto Sax Soloist (uncredited)
1952

An American in Paris
Saxophonist in Cafe (uncredited)
1951

Panic in the Streets
Orchestrator
1950

Thousands Cheer
Ben Carter
1943

Stormy Weather
Trumpeter (uncredited)
1943