(9//21/2015) MUSIC SCENE Host Nanette Wiser chats with Pete Carney, Director Jazz Studies State College of Florida and legendary saxophonist and composer before his upcoming performance @Clearwater Jazz Holiday 10/16-19. He recently performed at The Palladium with James Suggs, Peter Montoya and SCF Jazz Ensemble. He has a new CD coming out later this year, featuring the original single you'll hear at end of Monday's Lunchtime Conversations.
ABOUT CARNEY As a jazz musician, Carney enjoys a career as a saxophonist and arranger who has worked with Grammy winners Kirk Franklin, Tito Puente, the Winans, and rock legends, The Plain White T’s. His greatest experiences—opening for B.B. King in a Mississippi cotton field, Al Green at The Superdome, and Aretha Franklin in Chicago. He has performed with The Tommy Dorsey Band, Milt Jackson, Curtis Fuller, Arturo Sandoval, The Zapp Band, Willie Chirino, and The New World Symphony, Venice Symphony, and SRQ. Touring on the Chitlin’ Blues Circuit for three years as a sideman, he worked for Blues Hall of Famers, Little Milton and Tyrone Davis.
As a performer and writer, he has scored for shows at the Chicago Blues Festival, Imatra Big Band Festival in Finland, Lucerne Blues Festival, Looking Glass Theater, Pori Jazz Festival and others. He has performed at jazz festivals in Italy, France, Germany, Norway, Finland, Sweden, England, and Germany. Follow him on Facebook.
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