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- Marital Status
- Married
- Where are you located?
- Maryland
- What is your affiliation to the Jazz World?
- Musical Artist, Music Director, Business Manager, Recording Engineer, Recording Studio, Freelance Writer
- Tell us a little about your background...
- At the age of eleven, guitarist/producer 'Earl Carter' bought a couple of how to books and started teaching himself to play the guitar. At age fifteen, he picked up the saxophone and joined his high school concert band, marching band and jazz ensemble. He practiced diligently on both instruments in hope of someday becoming a professional musician. Although proficient on both instruments, he eventually decided to focus on sharpening his guitar playing skills. He soon joined 14 Karat which consisted of other talented musicians such as Dwayne "Smitty" Smith and Wayne Bruce.
During the late '80s and early '90s, Earl was a member of the platinum hit-making dance/GoGo band, "EU." With EU, he recorded music on the soundtrack to Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing and the GoGo Live music video. In 1999, Earl laid several guitar tracks for many artists at Diddy's New York City recording facility, "Daddy's House." He has also co-produced dialogue recordings with his production partner J.R. Fenwick for motivational speakers Les Brown and Willie Jolley, author George Fraser and sports stars Jawan Howard and Nikki McCray.
Over the years, Earl has performed with many local and world-renowned artists. As a side man/ freelance musician, he has worked with Bobby Lyle, Marcus Johnson, Jaared, Alyson Williams, Nick Colionne, Bob Baldwin, Mike Phillips, Michael Lington, Freddie Jackson, Angela Bofill, Regina Belle, Rhian Benson, Tony Terry, Coolio, Bobby Humphrey, Gerald Veasley, Jimmy Sommers, Miles Jaye, Pamela Williams, Miriamm, Annie Sidley, Sy Smith and many others. He performed for several nationally televised, international and local concerts and programs including; The Ghana Jazz Festival 2003, The Bermuda Jazz Festival 2002, The Bermuda Jazz Festival 2003, The National Smooth Jazz Awards 2002 and many others. In addition, he spent time participating in local cable TV show tapings and played on several CD recordings that received national airplay and distribution including; Bobby Lyle's - Straight and Smooth, Marcus Johnson's -Live @ Blues Alley, Marcus Johnson's Live - In Person DVD, Marcus Johnson's - Just Doing What I Do, Jaared's - Hangtime, Alyson Williams' - It's About Time, Yahzarah's - Black Star, Kim Scott's - Shake Down and Spike Lee's Soundtrack to Do The Right Thing.
As a front man/guitarist, Earl has opened for world-renowned jazz artists such as Pieces of a Dream, Spyro Gyra, Bona Fide and many others. He's performed many venues for multiple radio stations i.e. WJZW 105.9, WSMJ 104.3, 95.9 and WPFW. His personal CD projects have reached heavy rotation on college radio (WHOV in Hampton VA) specialty shows as well as satellite, Internet and overseas radio. Earl has used world-class players in his band and makes every effort to give his audience a spectacular show. He occasionally performs at the legendary jazz club "Blues Alley" located in Washington DC and officially released three CD projects "No Frettin in 2002, 495 in 2005 and My Paradise in 2007".
Earl currently writes contemporary jazz, adult contemporary, R&B, pop, alternative, gospel and hip hop materials for record labels and other music publishers and producers. His writing and producing credits include compositions for EU, Randy Gill of 2D Extreme and Zoe Spencer (movie sound track for Trios).
- How did you hear about the Jazz Network? Please give full name of contact
- Hans-Bernd Hülsmann
- What Instrument do you play?
- Bass, Saxophone, Guitar
- What is your website address? Only websites that pertain to your business and how you can be contacted.
- http://www.earl-carter.com
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Well done Earl....from early desires to growing focus and professional execution...WELL DONE! Love the sound, very polished and dynamic...love to see where the next 5 years takes your growth....you'll surprise us all I'm sure...my very best to you and all those in your life....always bWelcome Earl,
Thank you for joining the Jazz Network!
And check out my New SPRING Album!
Peace, Luiz