Object Details
recipient
Carter, Benny
Description
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 Elegy in Blue. The metal plate is marked:
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES
BENNY CARTER, Soloist
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL SOLO – 1994
"PRELUDE TO A KISS"
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.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Hilma Carter
presentation date
1994
ID Number
2007.0013.02
accession number
2007.0013
catalog number
2007.0013.02
Object Name
award
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
place made
United States
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Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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Jazz
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1317652