https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/lp/e9f27749da3fc3b590a6313ef086584c/ https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/upi/e9f27749da3fc3b590a6313ef086584c/Saxophone-player-Benny-Carter/ Benny Carter, innovative, composer, arranger, player, bandleader, set the standard for mainstream jazz in the 1930s, jazz icon, Bennett Lester Carter, 1907-2003, American, jazz, alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, bandleader, King, Monterey Jazz Festival, NEA Jazz Masters Award 1986, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 1987, Grammy Award 1994, Prelude to a Kiss, star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, National Endowment for the Arts, National Medal of Arts, Hilma Ollila Arons UPI UPI https://cdnph.upi.com/pv/upi/e9f27749da3fc3b590a6313ef086584c/Benny-Carter.jpg

Saxophone player Benny Carter



Saxophone player Benny Carter

Cambridge, MA, 5/6/1988: Benny Carter, innovative composer, arranger, player and bandleader, set the standard for mainstream jazz ion the 1930s. At age 80, he continues to create music of sinuous beauty and control with his distinctive alto saxophone sound. (UPI Photo/Ken Franckling/Files)

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