James Carter (musician)
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Image:James Carter.jpg James Carter (b. January 3 1969) is an American jazz musician.
Carter was born in Detroit, Michigan and learned to play there before moving to New York City. He has been prominent as a performer and recording artist on the jazz scene since the mid-1990s, playing saxophones, flute, and bass clarinet. As a young man, he attended Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and was a member of the group, Bird-Trane-Sco-Now. On one of his 2000 albums, Chasin' the Gypsy he recorded with his cousin Regina Carter, a jazz violinist. Carter has won the critics' choice award for baritone saxophone three years in a row from Down Beat magazine.
[edit] Discography
- 1994: J.C. on the Set
- 1995: Jurassic Classics
- 1995: The Real Quietstorm
- 1996: Conversin' with the Elders
- 1998: In Carterian Fashion
- 2000: Layin' in the Cut
- 2000: Chasin' the Gypsy
- 2003: Gardenias for Lady Day
- 2004: Live at Baker's Keyboard Lounge
- 2005: Out of Nowhere
[edit] External links
- Official Website
- High kicks and belly blows — article (with photos) by Tony Gieske
- James Carter — biography from American International Artists
- MusicMatch Guide
- Concert review
- Photographed live at Jazz Alley — photos by Bruce C Moore
- Edutain-The James Carter Discography
