“COSMOPOLIS”∼ STEVE CARTER GROUP

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Unique style mixing their Funk, Jazz and Latin influences…innovative, hip, Jazz
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For booking consideration, download Steve Carter’s Promotional pack
(Includes: Biography, Promotional Photographs )


Steve Carter performed at these Fesitvals:

INTERNATIONAL
  • Quebec, Canada – Ottawa International Jazz Festival, Ottawa, Canada
  • JazzFest Internationa – Victoria. Canada
  • Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival – Sechelt, BC, Canada
  • Toronto Downtown Jaz – Toronto, Canada
  • Medicine Hat JazzFest – Midicine Hat, Canada
  • Vancouver International Jazz Festival – Vancouver, Canada
  • Blues and Roots Festival – Byron Bay, Australia
  • Jazz Fest International – Victoria, Canada
  • Festival du Jazz – San Javier, Spain
  • Festival International de Jazz de Montreal – Montreal Canada
  • Jam in the ÔDam – Amsterdam, Holland
  • Audi Jazz Festival – Brussels, Belgium
  • Telluride Blues and Brews Festival – Telluride, Colorado
  • Lake Tahoe Music Festival – Lake Tahoe, California
  • Reggae On The River – Mateel, California
  • Street Scene – San Diego, California
  • River Rocks Music Festival – St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Berkeley Jazz Festival – Berkeley, California
  • MusicfestNW – Portland, Oregon
U.S.
  • Monterey Jazz Festival – Monterey, California
  • San Francisco Jazz Festival – San Francisco, California
  • Sonoma Jazz Festival – Sonoma, California
  • Stern Grove Festival – San Francisco, California
  • Living Traditions Music Festival – Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Montreaux Jazz Festival Atlanta – Atlanta, Georgia
  • New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival – New Orleans, Louisiana
  • City Stages – Birhamham, Alabama
  • Montreux Jazz Festival Atlanta – Atlanta, Georgia
  • Houston International Music Festival – Houston, Texas
  • Latin Alternative Music Conference – New York, New York

ABOUT THE STEVE CARTER GROUP

The Steve Carter Group is Steve Carter (piano), Dennis Smith (bass) amd Tommie Bradford (drums). These musicians have decades of experience playing, recording and touring all over the world.


ABOUT STEVE CARTER

In the early 80’s I became a first call piano player in the thriving San Francisco Bay Area funky-Latin-Jazz scene. I was Pete Escovedo’s piano player for several years. I also worked with Pete’s brother, Coke’s band, Sheila E., Ray Obiedo’s band, Linda Tillery, Bill Summers and Summers Hear, Andy Narell, Billy Cobham, Vicki Randle, Malo and many others. I also lived in Tokyo for eight (8) months and played with Japanese fusion artist Miyaura Kiyoshi.

In the late 80’s I was a member of The Freaky Executives. The “Freakies” were picked as the best Bay Area band by every bay area publication (San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland Tribune, East Bay Express, San Jose Mercury, etc.) for three (3) years straight. Joel Selvin (San Francisco Chronicle) said we were “the hippest, most innovative band to come out of the Bay Area in at least 15 years”. The Oakland Tribune said we were “the best band to come out of the East Bay since the days of Sly Stone and Tower of Power”. We were signed by Benny Medina to Warner Bros. Warner Bros. spent 2 1/2 years recording an album that sounded nothing like the band, then never released it. The band broke up…

In the 90’s I returned to being a sideman. I worked with George Benson, Bobby Womack, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Kenneth Nash, Samba Ngo, Nicolas Beard, Charo, Don Cherry, Love and Rockets, Taj Mahal, Rebbe Soul as well as my old friends Ray Obiedo and Pete Escovedo and many others.

In this period of time I also honed my studio and song writing skills playing on over 50 CDs, learning to engineer, writing music for TV (Third Watch, Nash Bridges), film (La Mission, Wayne Wang’s “The Center of The World”, Who Needs Sleep?), jingles (Northern California Chevy dealers), video games (Maxis’ Sim City) as well as writing songs that were recorded by Huey Lewis and The News, Irene Cara, Forrest Buchtel and many others.

In the early 2000’s I was a member of Los Mocosos – a Latin/Hip Hop band, who have toured all over the world playing Jazz and World music festivals. We won a California Music Award for best Latin Album. We have 3 CD’s out on Six Degrees Records.

Now my heart is totally into this trio. I have found musical soul mates in Dennis Smith and Tommie Bradford. This Band is the most musical fun I have had in years (probably ever). I canŐt wait to go play music with these guys. Our second CD Cosmopolis reached 17 on the Roots Music Jazz Chart and was picked as a top 10 CD of the year in All About Jazz. Cosmopolis was in regular rotation on over 100 Jazz stations. We have over three (3) hours of original material and the band is smokin’.