Benny Carter. Julian Joseph focuses on multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger Benny Carter , whose long career has included work with Fletcher Henderson , Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis. Carter, who was appointed staff arranger forthe BBC
Dance Orchestra in London in 1936, was a pioneer in big band swing arranging and an influential soloist on the alto saxophone. With performances from the archive and excerpts from an interview given in 1977.