Mark Stryker Detroit News Music Critic—19 October 2002 It is a rare concert in which Detroit Symphony Orchestra music director Neeme Jarvi is not the most spontaneous musician on stage. But until this week, Jarvi had never worked with James Carter, the Detroit-born...
Lawrence B. Johnson Detroit News Music Critic—19 October 2002 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra made a rockin’ return to its home roost Thursday night, unleashing the homegrown gifts of saxophonist James Carter in the world premiere of a concerto that sent the...
Lawrence B. Johnson Detroit News Music Critic—17 October 2002 James Carter, one of the larger lions of modern-day jazz, raps both hands around a saxophone that only he can see. Practiced fingers fly up and down invisible keys as he vocalizes an explosion of notes....
Mark Stryker Detroit Free Press—13 October 2002 Composer Roberto Sierra chuckles as he recalls his first meetings with James Carter, the Detroit-born jazz virtuoso who will give the world premiere of Sierra’s Saxophone Concerto this week with the Detroit...
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