Kent Carter

Kent Carter ( born June 12, 1939 in Hanover, New Hampshire ) is an American bassist and cellist of the modern jazz and the Creative Jazz.

Work

Carter comes from a musical family; his father, violist and conductor of the Vermont State Symphony Orchestra, has given him early cello, bassoon and composition lessons. After he worked first as a guitarist in country bands, he moved in 1959 to the bass and attended from 1960 to 1964, the Berklee College of Music. He also played with Herb Pomeroy, Don Cherry, Karl Berger, Hal Galper, Sam Rivers and Keith Jarrett, as well as in the house band of the club Lennie 's on the Turnpike in Boston. Together with Mike Nock and Paul Motian, he accompanied musicians such as Booker Ervin, Zoot Sims, Phil Woods and Charlie Mariano before he pulled the mid-1960s to New York City.

Through collaboration with pianist Lowell Davidson He came into the environment of the Jazz Composer's Orchestra; he also worked with Gil Evans and Paul Bley ( "Touching " 1965), with whom he went on tour in Europe. 1970 could be Carter settled in Paris and played with Gato Barbieri, Archie Shepp, Noah Howard, Roswell Rudd, John Tchicai, Robin Kenyatta and the Spontaneous Music Ensemble. For a longer period from 1970 to 1983, he belonged to the group of Steve Lacy ( " Troubles ", 1979, "Regeneration", 1982). Furthermore, he was a member of a trio with Takahashi Kako and Oliver Johnson, Tom van der money " Children at Play " and the Theo Jörgensmann / Petras Vysniauskas Quintet. He established a separate "String Trio" ( first with Carlos Zingaro, later with Albrecht Maurer; Willisau Suites, 1984, Intersections, 2004-2005) and also works with a second Trio, Voyage. He also participated among others in projects of Billy Bang, Andrea Centazzo, Itaru Oki and Eckard Kolter man. Living in the South of France musician also composed film music.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Beauvais Cathedral ( Emanem, 1974) with Mikala Marcus, Richard Marechin, Carlos Zingaro
  • Quintessence " Spontaneous Music Ensemble" ( Emanem, 1986)
  • The Juillaguet Collection ( Emanem, 1996) with Albrecht Maurer
  • The Willisau Suites ( Emanem, 1997)
  • Intersections ( Emanem, 2004/2005) with Kent Carter String Trio
  • Rivière Composers Pool, Summer Works 2009 ( Emanem, 2010; 3CD box) with Theo Jörgensmann, Albrecht Maurer, Etienne Rolin.

Lexigraphic entries

  • Martin Kunzler, Jazz Encyclopedia Vol 1 Reinbek 2002; ISBN 3-499-16512-0
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