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2019 James Carter
001-2019-004
40:03 Master Camera files on Hard Drive, Mp4
Thu Apr 25 2019
Interviewer - T.R. Johnson
01:20 James Carter discusses his childhood in Detroit, and his musical siblings, as well as his theory that he was drawn to music because of its effect on his mother 04:09 Carter describes his history with the saxophone, which he began playing at age eleven, after starting on the recorder; He was invited onto a Lester Bowie gig as a special guest at nineteen, which led to his first trip to New York 07:24 Carter discusses his collection of saxophones, and how his first saxophone impacted him and got him started on repairing horns, part of what has motivated his collecting; Owning Don Byas’ second-to-last tenor; Recording Gold Sounds, an album of Pavement covers; skratiology 18:32 Carter acknowledges and introduces his band, and two of their “better halves”. Carter acknowledges it having been music that brought he and his wife together 21:45 Carter explains how he got into playing in an organ trio, inspired by his cousins’ church and those who came before him, many of whom he names; His gig will consist of him playing soprano, alto and tenor sax, as he is “traveling light” 29:04 Carter describes what pulled him toward electric music; collaborations with his cousin, Regina Carter ; classical music performance history 33:40 Carter responds to an inaudible question about “the dude with the foot”; answers another inaudible question about P.Mauriat saxophones 36:51 Carter speaks to one of his current projects, giving Django Reinhardt’s music “a hood pass”; his sartorial choices and lineage 40:04 Interview ends
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