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Regina Carter Quartet at Stanford Jazz Festival at Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Courtesy of Brenna Noonan | Posted on April 13, 2015
Where
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Stanford Jazz Festival
471 Lagunita Dr
Stanford, CA
Map
(650) 723-2300
When
Sat, June 27, 2015
8:00 pm
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Musicians
About
Regina Carter is constantly redefining the current sound of the violin in today’s popular music. You’ve heard her powerful and intuitive soloing with a panoply of artists: Mary J. Blige, Billy Joel, Aretha Franklin, and Wynton Marsalis; as well as with her own ground-breaking groups. With every collaboration her contribution elevates the music. Many artists have dipped their toes into varying stylistic ponds, but Regina’s work has a startling authority whether she’s playing Paganini’s priceless violin on challenging classical works or redefining hard bop and jazz funk with like-minded leaders like Milt Jackson and James Carter. With her latest quartet, the MacArthur Fellowship winner digs into her Afro-Cuban, Motown, and world music inspirations. The results are ferociously grooving and moving....