James Carter (musician)

Infobox musical artist
Name = James Carter

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Origin = flagicon|USA Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Instrument = Bass clarinet
Bass Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Alto Saxophone
Soprano Saxophone
Tenor Saxophone
Flute
Bass Flute
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Genre = Progressive jazz
Modern Creative
Post bop
Contemporary jazz
Avant-garde jazz
Occupation = Clarinetist
Saxophonist
Flutist
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Label = Atlantic Records
Columbia Records
Half Note Records
Associated_acts = Bird-Trane-Sco-Now!
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James (Larry) Carter (born 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 his album, "Chasin' the Gypsy" (2000), 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. He has played on albums with Cyrus Chestnut, Wynton Marsalis and the Mingus Big Band.

Discography

*1991: "Tough Young Tenors: Alone Together"
*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"
*2005: "Gold Sounds" (Tribute to Pavement)
*2008: "Present tense"

External links

* [http://www.jamescarteronline.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.tonyspage.com/carterpage.htm High kicks and belly blows] — article (with photos) by Tony Gieske
* [http://www.aiartists.com/jcarter/ James Carter] — biography from "American International Artists"
* [http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/artist/artist.cgi?ARTISTID=334010 MusicMatch Guide]
* [http://trinimansblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/dave-holland-quintet-jazz-winnipeg.html Concert review]
* [http://www.brucecmoore.com/pages/jcarter.html Photographed live at Jazz Alley] — photos by Bruce C Moore
* [http://home.ica.net/~blooms/carterhome.html Edutain-The James Carter Discography]