Kent Carter (born June 14, 1939 in

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bassist. His father, Alan Carter, founded the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. He is also the grandson of American artist,

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. He worked in

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's group, played on the two

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albums and released albums for

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Discography

As leader

* ''Beauvais Cathedral'' ( Emanem, 1976) * ''Lost in June'' ( Ictus, 1977) * ''The Willisau Suites'' (Emanem, 1984) * ''The Juillaguet Collection'' (Emanem, 1996) * ''Intersections'' (Emanem, 2006) * ''Summer Works 2009'' (Emanem, 2010) * ''Oratorios and Songs'' (Emanem, 2010)

As sideman

With

Paul Bley Paul Bley, Order of Canada, CM (November 10, 1932 – January 3, 2016) was a Canadian jazz pianist known for his contributions to the free jazz movement of the 1960s as well as his innovations and influence on trio playing and his early live per ...

* '' Touching'' (

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, 1965) With

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* '' The Summer House Sessions'' (Blank Forms, 2021) With the

* ''

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'' ( JCOA, 1965) * '' The Jazz Composer's Orchestra'' (JCOA, 1968) With

* '' Disposability'' (RCA, 1966) * ''

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'' with

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(

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, 1971) * ''

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, 1972) * ''

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, 1976) * ''

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'' (Black Saint, 1977) * ''

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With

Gianni Lenoci Gianni Lenoci (6 June 1963 – 30 September 2019) was an Italian jazz pianist and composer. Life and career Lenoci studied with pianists Paul Bley and Mal Waldron Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an Ame ...

* ''Secret Garden'' (Silta) With

Roswell Rudd Roswell Hopkins Rudd Jr. (November 17, 1935 – December 21, 2017) was an American jazz trombonist and composer. Although skilled in a variety of genres of jazz (including Dixieland, which he performed while in college), and other genres of musi ...

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, 1982) With the

Spontaneous Music Ensemble The Spontaneous Music Ensemble (SME) was a loose collection of free improvising musicians, convened in 1965 by the late South London-based jazz drummer/trumpeter John Stevens and alto and soprano saxophonist Trevor Watts. SME performances and ...

* ''

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'' (Emanem, 1974

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With

Noah Howard Noah Howard (April 6, 1943 – September 3, 2010) was an American free jazz alto saxophonist. Biography Born in New Orleans, Howard played music from childhood in his church. He first learned trumpet and later switched to alto, tenor and sopran ...

* ''Live in Europe - Vol. 1'' (Sun Records, 1975) With

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* ''A Travail égal salaire égal'' ( Grrr, 1982) With

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External links

"Summer Works 2009" review

References

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