Although primarily known as a jazz violinist, Regina Carter is a true eclectic whose highly distinctive style is strongly influenced by her classical training and the array of music she heard growing up in Detroit. Thus, she's played with a vast range of artists, from symphony orchestras to Wynton Marsalis, Dolly Parton, Billy Joel, Aretha Franklin, and Mary J. Blige. Her own albums, meanwhile, have ranged all over the map, from straight-ahead jazz and swing to Motown, blues, Great American Songbook standards, and Paganini. Carter's wonderfully rich violin alternately soars and insinuates itself into whatever material she's tackling. Her current tour focuses on material from her... More >>>