Word: violins
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...instruments: piano, trumpet, saxophone, a few others. The most celebrated instrumentalists in jazz also tend to be men, with women, for the most part, relegated to finding fame as vocalists. Regina Carter breaks the rules: she's a female instrumentalist, not a singer, and she plays the violin, which, although it has a long history in jazz, is not considered by all fans to be a core jazz instrument. However, for Carter, her violin is her voice--soaring, sighing, demanding, convincing. Carter's previous album, Something for Grace, was a smooth-jazz, easy-listening affair. Her newest release, Rhythms...
...Detroit-born Carter, who studied classical music as a child but switched to jazz in high school, has played backup for some of the top performers in jazz, including Wynton Marsalis. In this album she steps into the spotlight. Her sound has echoes of the jazz-violin greats of the past: the melodic instincts of Stephane Grappelli, the sweet swing of Stuff Smith...
...Carter creates music that is wonderfully listenable, probingly intelligent and, at times, breathtakingly daring. On one track, Papa Was a Rollin' Stone, she cheekily combines classic soul and traditional jazz, with Cassandra Wilson supplying the vocals. It's the high point of a CD filled with peaks: voice and violin, darting and duetting, taking the listener into the future of jazz...
...WORK Violin Concerto Romeo and Juliet's theme by Mendelssohn by Nino Rota...
...recent Thursday evening, Roberta got her yearly opportunity to demand respect for her students. About 175 empty violin cases were stacked against the walls of the gym at Central Park East I elementary school, and their young owners, ages 5 and up, formed neat rows on the basketball court. They shifted nervously, awaiting their cue to enter the packed auditorium. "When you get onstage, fix your feet and your bows!" yelled Roberta. "Who do you watch? Your mother...