Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter

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| name = Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter

| type = studio

| artist = Billy Eckstine and Benny Carter

| cover = Eckstine Carter.jpeg

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| released = 1986

| recorded = November 17–18, 1986 in New York City{{cite book|author=Cary Ginell|title=Mr. B: The Music and Life of Billy Eckstine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DTm0AQAAQBAJ|date=1 August 2013|publisher=Hal Leonard|isbn=978-1-4803-6679-4}}

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| genre = Jazz

| length = 50:43

| label = Verve

| producer =

| chronology = Billy Eckstine

| prev_title = I Am a Singer

| prev_year = 1984

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| artist = Benny Carter

| type = album

| prev_title = A Gentleman and His Music

| prev_year = 1985

| title = Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter

| year = 1986

| next_title = Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson

| next_year = 1986

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Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter is a 1986 album by the American singer Billy Eckstine, accompanied by the alto saxophonist Benny Carter.[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2015/06/04/benny-carter/ Encilopedia del Jazz: Benny Carter], accessed June 7, 2019 The singer Helen Merrill appears in duet with Eckstine on the first and last songs of the album. This was Eckstine's only LP released on Verve Records, and marked his final album recordings.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=billy-eckstine-sings-with-benny-carter-mw0000193240|label=Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter}}

Eckstine was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male at the 30th Grammy Awards for his work on the album.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-15-ca-24178-story.html|title=U2, Jackson Top Grammy Nominees|date=January 15, 1988|page=3|first=Dennis|last=Hunt|access-date=June 11, 2010|work=Los Angeles Times|publisher=Tribune Company}}