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In 2000, he made and East Coast Jazz Festival debut, performing a tribute for
jazz great and vocalist extraordinaire, Mr. Ernie Andrews. Carter was able to meet Andrews because
of another extraordinary vocalist, Ms. Ronnie Wells. Ms Wells is Carter's teacher and mentor and has guided him into this musical
journey. Along with Ronnie Wells and Ernie Andrews, other influences include: Johnny Hartman,
Little Jimmy Scott, Billy Eckstine, Carmen, Betty and "Old Blue Eyes" Frank Sinatra.
Although Carter feels he’s had a fulfilled life,
the love of jazz has made it that much better. Through growing, Carter hopes to
share the gift of jazz with music lovers everywhere. You can catch Carter regularly on Monday nights at Vicino Italian Restaurant in Silver Spring Maryland.
CHAD CARTER,
a Washington DC native, developed an interest and appreciation for music at an
early age. While growing up, he was exposed to many types of music at home.
It wasn’t until 1998 that his music interest was heavily based on jazz.
The influence was through The Ronnie Wells and Ron Elliston workshop for jazz
vocals. Since then, he has performed at various venues such as: Vicino's,
Blues Alley, One Step Down, Vaness Station, Utopia, Bohemian Caverns, Twins Lounge,
the FMJS Y2K Quarterly Concert and The DC Improv, East Coast Jazz Festival, LaPorta's. In these venues Chad
has worked with Ronnie Wells, Ron Elliston, Ricky Loza, Hod Obrien, Paul Wingo, Luis Hernandez, Frankie Addison,
Ron Compton, Wade Beech, James "Tex" King, Wes Biles, Cheyney Thomas, Alfredo Mojica, Jr., and Chris Grasso to name a few.
Carter is not featured every Monday but has a camio appearance on most shows.
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