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Regina
Carter Quintet Saturday, July 11, 8 pm Inside Jazz: Tickets on sale now! Video: "I Can't Believe" - Regina Carter 2003 Lewis
Nash Quintet with Regina Carter, "Tico Tico" (2000) Listen: Kenny Baron & Regina
Carter
– "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise" Listen: Kenny
Baron & Regina Carter
– "Squatty Roo" Listen: Kenny
Baron & Regina Carter
– "Shades of Gray" While some may consider the violin to be a slightly unconventional jazz instrument, such restrictive conventions have never hindered Regina Carter’s creativity. Growing up in Detroit, Carter played in orchestral string sections, but longed to find a more individual mode of expression. Hearing jazz violin legend Stephane Grappelli opened her ears to a different approach and started a lifelong love affair with jazz and improvisation. Since she began releasing recordings as a leader in the mid-1990s, Carter has continued to make bold choices and blaze her own musical trail. Her diverse projects include a celebration of the musical heritage of Detroit, from Thad Jones to Marvin Gaye; a disc of duets with the great pianist Kenny Barron; a loving tribute to her late mother’s favorite songs of the swing era; and a live album documenting her triumphant performance in Genoa, Italy on the famous “Il Cannone” violin once owned by Niccolò Paganini—the first time a jazz musician was invited to play the legendary instrument. A relentlessly creative artist with extraordinary versatility, Carter has performed with leading musicians in many genres, from Wynton Marsalis to Mary J. Blige. “Regina Carter creates music that is wonderfully listenable, probingly intelligent and, at times, breathtakingly daring… taking the listener into the future of jazz.” – Time Magazine Supported in part by Diane Wyatt.
Q&A with Regina Carter What’s the strangest experience you’ve
ever had on the bandstand? What job would you have if you weren’t a jazz musician? What’s your favorite food? What’s the most exotic place you’ve traveled
to as a musician? What’s the last book you’ve read? If you could play with any other musician, living or dead (with
whom you have not played), who would it be and why? Who is your greatest musical influence? If you were stranded on a desert island and could only have three
recordings with you, what would they be? What hobbies do you have? If you could be any other type of artist other than a jazz musician,
what would you be and why? When did you become interested in music, and what circumstances
or events led to your becoming a professional musician? If you were to describe your music as a color, what color would
it be and why? |
