NOTES AND TONES Celebrations of Carter reflect a mighty talent

Columbia Daily Tribune;  July 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Armstrong or Duke Ellington is, Carter nonetheless stands...enthralled his colleagues. Carter, like Ellington, Armstrong and the...instance, Johnny Hodges, Ellington's altoist for so many...through, though, it's Carter's technical ability...

James Carter, sax symbol himself, plays a legend.(VARIETY)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 11, 1996 ;     700+ words ......gigs with orchestras. After he finished high school, Carter toured with bands led by Lester Bowie and Julius Hemphill...leads. Bowie, who has been unstinting in his praise of Carter, told Downbeat last year that Carter is the greatest sax player to come around since Coltrane. A horn for every mood Last ...

Jazz giant Carter was also a teacher

Post-Tribune (IN);  July 23, 2003 ;     601 words ......were played on Victrolas to having his own Web site. Carter was officially designated a national treasure by Congress...honorary degrees and even a presidential medal for the arts. Carter performed publicly until he was 90 and was a walking history book. Carter, who was universally hailed as a virtuoso, ...

Got the world on a string. (Gems).(Regina Carter talks about playing the...

O, The Oprah Magazine;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......if you trip? asks a reporter from the New York Times. Carter doesn't mention the dreams she's been having: that she...armed guard there to make me practice when I was young, Carter says. The official gingerly lifts the piece of wood and...Doctors Without Borders. All the spirits live in here, Carter says ...

Respecting His Elders // Past Greats Help James Carter Set New Course

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 7, 1996 ;     700+ words ...James Carter Quartet 9 and 11 p.m. Friday Schubas, 3159 N. Southport...debut as a leader at Schubas on Friday, saxophonist James Carter performed as a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra...pickings and choosings of the Marsalis school. Put on a Carter album, any Carter album, and you are ...

Carter's legacy left in music: Friends play tunes one last time time for...

Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH);  January 21, 2007 ;     558 words ......hours, 97-year-old Robert Howard PeeWee Carter heard live jazz in his house on Douglas...who grew up across the street from Mr. Carter, held his hand while Kenneth McCorvey played the old Duke Ellington number, Satin Doll, on Mr. Carter's Fender-Rhodes electric piano. Risby...musicians in their ...

Carter lets saxophone speak: Too modest to blow own horn.(Arts)

The Washington Times;  December 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......associate Duke with Ellington or Count with Basie...saxophonist Benny Carter is known as King...mid-1920s, Mr. Carter had begun cutting...twice, for Duke Ellington. He left New York...orchestra, Mr. Carter and Ellington's Johnny Hodges...

Benny Carter's Long, Full Note; The Jazzman Played Like There Were Nothing...

The Washington Post;  July 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman. In truth, though Carter was already revered...said back in 1943. Ellington recognized a peer...contributions that Benny Carter has made to popular...musician is he," Ellington wrote. Appropriately...story, 1982's "Benny Carter: A Life in ...

Benny Carter's Magic Transformed Jazz; Composer Broke Race Barriers

The Washington Post;  December 8, 1996 ;     700+ words ......auspicious. A club owner took Carter off the bandstand and put...way. But by the mid-'20s, Carter had already worked as a sideman...Hines, James P. Johnson, Duke Ellington and Fletcher Henderson. Carter made his recording debut...bands -- Goodman, Basie, Ellington, Miller, Dorsey -- and ...

Obituary: Betty Carter

The Independent - London;  September 28, 1998 ;     700+ words ......an instrumentalist plays. This is resoundingly true in Carter's case and often when she led her band in an improvisation...there and join her. It was a really beautiful session." Carter could also improvise and articulate at breakneck tempos...influenced by Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Armstrong or Sinatra, ...

Betty Carter, the Jazz Bringer

The Washington Post;  September 28, 1998 ;     700+ words ......Count on Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show," but not Betty Carter. "The more you do a song, the more you learn about the tune and your concept of the tune," Carter once said. "Then I'm free; then I just go any way I want...sugarcoated. This is reality. It's a pretty hip gig." Betty Carter was a generous ...

Regina Carter Takes A Bow to the Classics

The Washington Post;  November 12, 1997 ;     227 words ...Violinist Regina Carter can claim such diverse musical influences as the Detroit...Greater Love" that sounded a little like a struggle between Carter and the rhythm section. Carter's strength lies in her bold solos, which rely as much...harmonious on a Fats Waller favorite, " 'Sposin,' " as Carter's ...

Benny Carter, 95, dies; alto sax virtuoso, jazz musician and composer

Chicago Defender;  July 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ......received piano tuition from their mother, Sadie Bennett Carter. Many members of his family influenced his musical training...King" Oliver and Carroll Dickerson. At first, young Carter became interested in playing the trumpet, but later switched...Proctor and Lt. Eugene Mickell. All through his youth, ...

Carter says state will face difficult prison decisions.

Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL);  April 24, 2006 ;     520 words ...Byline: M.J. Ellington Apr. 24--MONTGOMERY -- There...state needs him. Rep. Tommy Carter, D-Elkmont, retires from...the legislative session, Carter, 71, talked about his work...Committee and state government. Carter believes the Department...

Musician Carter was pioneer

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 14, 2003 ;     322 words ...Musician Carter was pioneer, 'king' of jazz Associated Press Monday, July 14, 2003 Los Angeles -- Jazz great Benny Carter, a master of melodic invention on the alto saxophone...and arranger, has died, friends said Sunday. He was 95. Carter died Saturday, after being hospitalized for about two...friend and ...