Virtuoso jazz violinist
Regina Carter has signed with Sony
Masterworks. The label will launch her new album Southern Comfort
in March 2014 coinciding with tour dates in
the U.S. and Europe.
Regina
Carter draws from a diverse well of influences that include
classical, jazz, Motown swing, funk, world music among others. Over a span of
more than two decades, she has established herself as an enduring and creative
force in jazz, thanks to a string of highly acclaimed solo and collaborative
recordings, a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship and a relentless tour schedule
that has taken her to all corners of the globe.
On Southern Comfort, the Detroit
native continues the investigation of her family history which stems from West
Africa, Finland, Eastern Europe and the U.S.
Through a blend of folk songs and spirituals, she interprets her roots through
a modern lens. Carter began this journey on her 2012 album Reverse
Thread which was a celebration of traditional African music re-imagined for
violin, accordion, bass, drams and kora (African harp).
"We're tremendously pleased to have the incomparable
Regina Carter with us at Masterworks. Her musical
odyssey has been charted through a series of unforgettable recordings over the
years and Southern Comfort is the latest and perhaps the most eloquent
expression of her deep and profoundly enlightening musical humanity," says
Chuck Mitchell, Senior Vice President, Sony
Masterworks U.S.
Sony Masterworks comprises the Masterworks, Sony
Classical, OKeh, Portrait, Masterworks Broadway and Flying Buddha imprints.
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