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Recipient:
Carter, Benny  Search this
Physical Description:
metal (overall material)
wood (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 9 1/2 in x 6 in x 6 in; 24.13 cm x 15.24 cm x 15.24 cm
Object Name:
award
Place made:
United States
Presentation date:
1994
Description:
<p>This award was presented to Benny Carter by The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS), in 1994. It is a black lacquered wood base with a gold-tone gramophone on top and engraved metal plate. Jazz musician Benny Carter received this Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for his recording of "Prelude to a Kiss,” from his album <i>Elegy in Blue</i>. The metal plate is marked:</p>
<p>NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES<br>BENNY CARTER, Soloist<br>BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL SOLO – 1994<br>"PRELUDE TO A KISS"</p>
<p>Benny Carter, born in New York City in 1907, was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader who made a significant contribution to jazz throughout his seventy year career. He has received two Grammy Awards, and in 1986 was granted the NEA Jazz Masters award by The National Endowment for the Arts. Carter died in 2003 at the age of 95.</p>
Location:
Currently not on view
Credit Line:
Gift of Hilma Carter
ID Number:
2007.0013.02
Accession number:
2007.0013
Catalog number:
2007.0013.02
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Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
Music & Musical Instruments
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Jazz
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-4bba-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1317652