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ABOUT

RUSSELL CARTER MUSIC BIO

Education: BS in Jazz Studies – University of District of Columbia
BS in Electrical Engineering – Howard University
MBA – Southeastern University

Instruments: Saxophones, Flute, Clarinet

Contact Information: 301- 535 1632; also Russell Carter Sr

Russell Carter - Russell is the former Executive Director and Woodwind Instructor of the DC Music Center, which has provided low cost affordable music lessons in the Washington D.C. metro area for over 42 years.

Founder of the Carter Jazz Band featuring sons Rashaan Carter bass; Russell Carter Jr drums; Roland Carter piano.

Some of the Center's most notable alumni are his sons Rashaan Carter (Bennie Golson, Geri Allen, Wallace & Antoine Roney, Ravi Coltrane) and Russell Carter Jr. (Sonny Simmons, Billy Bang, Doug and Jeane Carn).

Russell Carter Sr has played with a host of musicians including the Cab Calloway Orchestra, Doug Carn, trumpeter Webster Young, trumpeter Don Cherry, drummer Winard Harper, soul singer Solomon Burke and soul vocal group The O'Jays.

Selected Music Performances:

Kennedy Center - Russell Carter Quartet with Nap Turner
Greater U Street Jazz Collective - Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival
Greater U Street Jazz Collective - Bohemean Caverns
Greater U Street Jazz Collective - Twins Jazz Club
Greater U Street Jazz Collective - Wesley Church Jazz Nite
Doug Carn – Blues Alley Jazz Club
Cab Callaway Orchestra – Post Office Pavilion on New Years Eve 1986
Russell Carter Quartet – East Coast Jazz Festival
Russell Carter Quartet – East Coast Jazz Festival
Doug Carn – New York City
DC Music Center Orchestra (Webster Young) – East Coast Jazz Festival
Webster Young Quintet – East Coast Jazz Festival
DC Music Center Youth Jazz Ensemble – East Coast Jazz Festival
Doug Carn – Blues Alley
Russell Carter Quartet – Islander Jazz Club
Russell Carter Quartet – Bohemian Caverns
Russell Carter Quartet – HR-57 Jazz Club
Russell Carter Quartet – Twin’s Jazz Club
Russell Carter Quartet – Westminister Church
Ojays – Constitution Hall
Greater U Street Jazz Collective - El Golfo Restaurant
Webster Young Big Band – Westminister Church
Byard Lancaster Band – Corcoran Art Gallery
Carl Grubbs Big Band – Baltimore Harbor
Acts II Band - Emory United Methodist Church

Selected Recordings:

“Ballin The Jack” - Greater U Street Jazz Collective
“Yesterdays Tomorrows” – Carter Jazz Band
“Introducing the DC Music Center Youth Jazz Ensemble” – DCMC Jazz Ensemble
“Jennifer Holliday Movie Soundtrack” – Doug Carn Jazz Band
“Sacrifice” – Substantual Band and Show
Peter Frassrand Jazz Band

Screen name:: russell1126994
Member since:: Apr 26 2016; Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:: Very Committed
Years playing music:: 45
Gigs played:: Over 100
Tend to practice:: More than 3 times per week
Available to gig:: 1 night a week
Most available:: Nights

Influences

John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, T Monk, Charlie Parker, Herbie Hancock, Grover Washington, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Hendricks, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Brandon Marsalis, Doug Carn, Eric Dolphy, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messenger, Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Garret, Micheal Brecker, Chic Corea, James Brown, Maceo Parker, JBs, fu*kadelics, Stevie Wonder, Temptations, Junior Walker and the Allstars, Micheal Jackson, Prince, Motown Artist, Chicago, Kool and the Gang, Earth Wind and Fire, Ohio Players, Sly Stone, Al Green,