O saxofonista de jazz e compositor Benny Carter nasceu no 8 de Agosto de 1907, em Nova York. Foi sem duvida alguma, uma sas maiores expressões do genero jazz e escreveu com seu inigualável talento musical, uma das mais belas páginas desta forma de arte americana que se tornou fenomeno mundial.
Para entende-lo melhor e admira-lo mais ainda, é preciso degustar a sua musica tranquilamente. Recomendo pois, os dois discos (fotos) acima, para que os aficionados por sua musica e os novos admiradores possam, como eu, na data de hoje, se inebriarem com o seu inestimável legado musical na companhia de dois masters como ele: Oscar Peterson e Phil Woods. Boa audição!
Obrigado por tudo Benny, and all that jazz, onde quer que você esteja.
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For over six decades, Benny Carter, born August 8,1907, in NYC, occupied a unique place in American music. As Duke Ellington once wrote: "The problem of expressing the contributions that Benny Carter has made to popular music is so tremendous it completely fazes me, so extraordinary a musician is he."
As a soloist, Carter, along with Johnny Hodges, was the model for swing era alto saxophonists. He is nearly unique in his ability to double on trumpet, which he plays in an equally distinctive style. In addition, he is an accomplished clarinetist, and has recorded proficiently on piano and trombone. As an arranger, he helped chart the course of big band jazz, and his compositions, such as "When Lights Are Low" and "Blues In My Heart," "All That Jazz" have become jazz standards. Carter has also made major musical contributions to the world of film and television. His musicianship and personality have won him the respect of fellow artists and audiences on every continent.
Carter received his first music lessons on piano from his mother. He was attracted to the trumpet through his cousin, the legendary Cuban Bennett, and a neighbor, the great Ellington brass man Bubber Miley. Carter saved for months to buy a trumpet but, failing to master it over the weekend, he exchanged it for a C-melody saxophone. Frankie Trumbauer was an early inspiration to the young Benny, who was largely self-taught. By age fifteen, Carter was already sitting in at Harlem night spots.
Fonte - AAJ
Tradução - Humberto Amorim
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