JAMES CARTER (MUSICIAN)

'James (Larry) 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.

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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)

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