# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benny-carter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:22:27.043Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benny-carter"
name: "Benny Carter"
slug: "benny-carter"
description: "Bennett Lester Carter was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career in the 1920s, he worked as an arranger, including writing charts for Fletcher Henderson's big band that shaped the swing style. He had an unusually long career that lasted into the 1990s. During the 1980s and 1990s, he was nominated for eight Grammy Awards, which included receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award."
tagline: "American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benny_Carter.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
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birthDate: "1907-08-08"
deathDate: "2003-07-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump