Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/09/2013
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location
Miner Auditorium, SFJAZZ Center
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For Regina Carter, the violin isn’t merely an improvisational vehicle. It’s a passport to unexpected realms, a Rosetta stone that unlocks the door to a myriad of cultures and worlds. Since emerging from the Detroit scene in the late 1980s, Carter has recorded a series of dazzling albums, joining forces with piano giant Kenny Barron on Freefall, celebrating her hometown on Motor City Moments, and breaking new ground with a legendary violin on Paganini: After A Dream. An intrepid musical explorer, Carter has greatly expanded her violin odyssey since being awarded a coveted 2006 MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Fellowship. She began researching the African roots of the violin, which resulted in her acclaimed 2010 album Reverse Thread, an entrancing sojourn exploring compositions by artists from Kenya, Mali, and Senegal.
She kicks off her first season as Resident Artistic Director with an exclusive listening party devoted to the history of violin in jazz. Join Carter and Executive Artistic Director Randall Kline for this special evening of great music and enlightening conversation, one you’ll only experience at the SFJAZZ Center.
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