Primary genres: Traditional Jazz, Modern Jazz, Fusion
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 A protoge of John Blake, Carter's style is grounded in traditional jazz of a fairly accessible variety. But she pulls in more hip-hop and R&B influences, and even some fairly undiluted African rhythms. Unlike the only other hip-hop/R&B violinist I know of, Jerald Daemyon, Carter doesn't dilute her style for the sake of production and accessibility. Don't get me wrong, she's very easy to listen to. But she's more aggressive and interesting than Daemyon, who takes the more digestible produced approach.And Carter's edge is even more dramatically displayed in some of her work with other people. I've heard that she plays with several groups, but in particular I've found an album by Elliot Sharp called Xenocodex where she plays as part of the "Solider String Quartet." Released on the Tzadik label, Xenocodex is in an avant-garde realm similar to that of Eyvind Kang and the Kronos Quartet. Definitely challenging. Here are a couple clips from her self-titled album:
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http://www.adone.com/ttj/news/010496/ent8.htm Discography RHYTHMS OF THE HEART (1999)With Elliot Sharp/the Soldier String Quartet: XENOCODEX (1996) Performances: LOTUS FLOWER (1999) - Steve Turre
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I Wanna Talk to You (.AIFF format, 495K, 34 second clip)