Regina Carter Essay
Jennie Benson
Dr. Jason Kush
MUSI 473 01
3 May 2016
Regina Carter
Regina Carter was born in Detroit, Michigan on August 6th, 1962. Her parents were not musicians (her father an autoworker and her mother an elementary school teacher), but her cousin, James Carter, is a jazz saxophonist. She began piano at age two and violin at age four. She took lessons at the Detroit Community Music School. In addition to her musical studies, she took dance, focusing on tap and ballet. Regina was classically trained, but became interested in jazz and funk as a teenager. She played in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s youth division, and took various master classes. Regina Carter went to Cass Technical High School in Detroit, where she friended Carla Cook. Cook was a jazz singer who introduced Carter to Ella Fitzgerald. Carter also took lessons in viola, oboe, and voice/choir. After high school she began studying at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts with a concentration in classical violin. She decided to switch to jazz, and she transferred to Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.
Regina studied jazz with …show more content…
The song For Someone I Love incorporates aspects of Spanish flare with jazzy rhythms and pitch slides. The melody in the violin has a clean, strong tone. The rhythm in the percussion section compliments the solo while also reinforcing the Spanish influence. The keyboard takes a solo in the middle that sound like jazz like improvisation. The piece sets up a groove and then the soloist can take liberty to improvise to take the music from a simple melody and accompaniment to a piece of jazz. There are many slides between consecutive pitches on single notes as well as double stops, which helps to reinforce the feel of jazz. Without these stylistic characteristics, the melody would just sound like a song with
Dr. Jason Kush
MUSI 473 01
3 May 2016
Regina Carter
Regina Carter was born in Detroit, Michigan on August 6th, 1962. Her parents were not musicians (her father an autoworker and her mother an elementary school teacher), but her cousin, James Carter, is a jazz saxophonist. She began piano at age two and violin at age four. She took lessons at the Detroit Community Music School. In addition to her musical studies, she took dance, focusing on tap and ballet. Regina was classically trained, but became interested in jazz and funk as a teenager. She played in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s youth division, and took various master classes. Regina Carter went to Cass Technical High School in Detroit, where she friended Carla Cook. Cook was a jazz singer who introduced Carter to Ella Fitzgerald. Carter also took lessons in viola, oboe, and voice/choir. After high school she began studying at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts with a concentration in classical violin. She decided to switch to jazz, and she transferred to Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.
Regina studied jazz with …show more content…
The song For Someone I Love incorporates aspects of Spanish flare with jazzy rhythms and pitch slides. The melody in the violin has a clean, strong tone. The rhythm in the percussion section compliments the solo while also reinforcing the Spanish influence. The keyboard takes a solo in the middle that sound like jazz like improvisation. The piece sets up a groove and then the soloist can take liberty to improvise to take the music from a simple melody and accompaniment to a piece of jazz. There are many slides between consecutive pitches on single notes as well as double stops, which helps to reinforce the feel of jazz. Without these stylistic characteristics, the melody would just sound like a song with