James Carter
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When people ask my mother about her career and about her being a businesswoman (...) she could visually show them the historical trail of what she had done and the people who were involved with it
I never really had anybody to guide me
It’s great to see the discipline and knowledge change the (Eagle Young Marines’) lives ... I like knowing that I made a difference.More quotes »
Around the web
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Jazz Listings for May 17-23
Full reviews of recent jazz performances: nytimes.com/jazz. A searchable guide to these and other shows is at nytimes.com/events. Karrin Allyson (Tuesday) Ms. Allyson is a jazz singer and pianist of imaginative savvy, and she has a genuine connection wit from The New York Times Music Read more »
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PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Jazz This Week: Dr. Lonnie Smith and James Carter, Bobby McFerrin, Dianne Reeves, Bill Frisell, Alarm Will Sound, Christian Howes, and More
As we head into the final week of Jazz Appreciation Month, culminating next Tuesday in International Jazz Day, there's a fine selection of jazz and creative music performances taking place over the next few days in St. Louis, with several touring headlin from All About Jazz Read more »
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Gabon
Eva is standing in front of the window, watching a plane taxiing. James enters. -Eva: His plane is taxiing. What happened? After all these years, for the first time you guys were starting to get along and now you had to screw up everything? (the plane is from PaperCamp.com Read more »
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Interview: Craig Taborn
Kevin Whitehead is the longtime jazz critic for NPR’s “Fresh Air” and author of Why Jazz? A Concise Guide (2011), New Dutch Swing (about improvised music in Ams...more » Craig Taborn is a famously voracious listener, equally at home with 19th-century pia from 17 Dots Read more »
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Columbia man arrested in possession of stolen NC trooper’s gun
KERSHAW COUNTY, SC — James Carter, of Columbia, may not have known the gun he bought in North Carolina was stolen, but when he was pulled over on I-20 for a traffic violation Tuesday evening, the sheriff’s deputy confiscated it along with a small amount from The State Read more »