Benny Carter


Biography

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
Saxophone player
Thousands Cheer (1944)

Music (Feature Film)

Kill Your Darlings (2013)
Song
The Aviator (2004)
Composer
Return to Me (2000)
Song Performer
Life (1999)
Song
Return to Paradise (1998)
Song
Broken Noses (1987)
Song
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Song
The Cosmic Eye (1985)
Music
Raging Bull (1980)
Composer
Joe Albany... A Jazz Life (1980)
Song
The Manhunter (1976)
Music
Louis Armstrong -- Chicago Style (1976)
Music
Louis Armstrong -- Chicago Style (1976)
Music Conductor
Buck and the Preacher (1972)
Music
Red Sky at Morning (1971)
Source Music Arrangements
A Man Called Adam (1966)
Music (see note)
A Man Called Adam (1966)
Composer
Too Late Blues (1962)
Played by
State Fair (1962)
Orchestration
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Instrumentals
Never Steal Anything Small (1959)
Music Arrangement
My Blue Heaven (1950)
Orchestration
Panic in the Streets (1950)
Orchestration
Panic in the Streets (1950)
Composer
Lookout Sister (1949)
Composer
Stars on Parade (1944)
Composer
Reveille with Beverly (1943)
Composer

Cast (Special)

Dizzy: The Life and Music of John Birks Gillespie (2001)
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket (2001)
Forever Ella (2000)
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1996)
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1992)
The House I Live In (1989)
Performer
Wolf Trap Salutes Dizzy Gillespie: An All-Star Tribute to the Jazz Master (1988)
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Show (1987)
Performer

Music (Special)

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1996)
Music
The House I Live In (1989)
Music
The Hanged Man (1964)
Song
The Hanged Man (1964)
Music

Misc. Crew (Special)

The House I Live In (1989)
Other

Life Events

Bibliography