James Carter

USA

Born: 03 January 1969

Years Active: 90, 2000

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Contemporary Jazz, Fusion, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz, Modern Creative, Progressive Jazz, Big Band/Swing

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After Wynton Marsalis, no one caused more of an uproar than James Carter did when he appeared on the New York jazz scene from his native Detroit. Carter's debut recording, JC on the Set, issued in Japan when he was only 23 and in the States a year later in 1993, was universally acclaimed as the finest debut by a saxophonist in decades. Critics lauded his ability to play in virtually any jazz style without appearing to ape anyone. Carter, who began playing at 11 and studied with trumpeter Marcus Belgrave, was a prodigy. He played and toured with...

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