| James Carter | |
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James Carter, Bad Ischl 2006 |
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| Background information | |
| Born | January 3, 1969 |
| Origin | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupations | Clarinetist Saxophonist Flutist |
| Instruments | Bass clarinet Bass saxophone Baritone saxophone Alto saxophone Soprano saxophone Tenor saxophone Sopranino saxophone Flute Bass flute |
| Labels | Atlantic Records Columbia Records Half Note Records |
| Associated acts | Bird-Trane-Sco-Now! |
James Carter (born January 3, 1969) is an American jazz musician.
Carter was born in Detroit, Michigan and learned to play under the tutelage of Donald Washington & became a member of his youth jazz ensemble Bird-Trane-Sco-NOW!! On May 31, 1988 at the DIA(Detroit Institute of Arts) Carter was a last-minute addition for guest artist Lester Bowie which turned into an invitation to play with his new quintet(forerunner of his New York Organ Ensemble)in New York that following November at the now defunct Carlos 1 Jazzclub. This NY invite was very pivotal in Carter's career which put him in musical contact with the world and he moved to New York two years later. He has been prominent as a performer and recording artist on the jazz scene since the late 80s/early-1990s, playing saxophones, flute, and clarinets. As a young man, he attended Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and first toured Europe(Scandinavia) with the International Jazz Band in 1985 at the age 16 and became the youngest faculty member at the camp. On his album Chasin' the Gypsy (2000), he recorded with his cousin Regina Carter, a jazz violinist. Carter has won the critic's & reader's choice award for baritone saxophone several years in a row from Down Beat magazine. He has performed/toured & played on albums with Lester Bowie, Julius Hemphill, Frank Lowe & The Saxemble, Kathleen Battle, World Saxophone Quartet, Cyrus Chestnut, Wynton Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater and the Mingus Big Band.[1]
The uniqueness of James Carter is his seemingly unlimited inventiveness as a saxophonist. Through his uncanny mastery of various styles he can, at will, take the listener into any period or idiom of jazz he chooses. His playing also features occasional passages that, on the one hand, are wonderfully technical yet at the same time are full of spontaneous humor.
Carter is an authority on vintage horns, and he owns an extensive collection.[2]
James Carter Organ Trio review, Bimhuis Amsterdam Jazzenzo.nl Photos by Julia Free
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