BOWLING GREEN — Jazz violinist Regina Carter is proof that you can take the girl out of Detroit, but you can’t take Detroit out of the girl.
And why even bother?
Even though Carter lives in the New York City area and performs globally, a solid part of her heart is rooted in the Motor City. She’s artist-in-residence at Oakland University and turns up often to perform. Albion College southeast of Detroit just awarded her an honorary doctorate of music.
Tomorrow, however, she’s going to emerge in the Black Swamp, the opening event for this year’s Bowling Green State University Festival Series.
At 8 p.m. Carter and her band — accordionist Will Holshouser, bassist Mamadou Ba, and drummer Alvester Garnett — will light into her distinctive brand of music filled with surprise and delight at every turn of her right wrist.
That’s the bow arm, generator of sound for all string players, no matter what style they choose. When Carter starts into her sinuous, smart playing, her wrist is amazing to behold.
At 46, Carter’s been playing the violin for 42 years. And she’s been a bona fide jazz musician even longer, although her early studies were in the classics. As a granddaughter of Sarah McGaskill, who graduated from Atlanta’s Morris Brown College in 1915 with a music degree, Carter displayed exceptional gifts before she was out of diapers.
And why even bother?
Even though Carter lives in the New York City area and performs globally, a solid part of her heart is rooted in the Motor City. She’s artist-in-residence at Oakland University and turns up often to perform. Albion College southeast of Detroit just awarded her an honorary doctorate of music.
Tomorrow, however, she’s going to emerge in the Black Swamp, the opening event for this year’s Bowling Green State University Festival Series.
At 8 p.m. Carter and her band — accordionist Will Holshouser, bassist Mamadou Ba, and drummer Alvester Garnett — will light into her distinctive brand of music filled with surprise and delight at every turn of her right wrist.
That’s the bow arm, generator of sound for all string players, no matter what style they choose. When Carter starts into her sinuous, smart playing, her wrist is amazing to behold.
At 46, Carter’s been playing the violin for 42 years. And she’s been a bona fide jazz musician even longer, although her early studies were in the classics. As a granddaughter of Sarah McGaskill, who graduated from Atlanta’s Morris Brown College in 1915 with a music degree, Carter displayed exceptional gifts before she was out of diapers.
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