Regina Carter Live from Jazz St. Louis

Grammynominated artist Regina Carter explores the power of music through the voice of the violin in a wide range of genresincluding jazz, R B, Latin, classical, blues, country, pop, and African. A recipient of the MacArthur Genius award and a Doris Duke Artist Award, she has been widely hailed for the mastery of her instrument and her drive to expand its possibilities. Her albums include Paganini: After a Dream (Verve, 2003), based on a 2002 concert in Genoa, Italy, in which she was honored to be the first nonclassical violinist to play Niccolò Paganinis Il Cannone (The Cannon), the legendary violin built by Giuseppe Guarneri in 1743; Ill Be Seeing You: A Sentimental Journey (Verve, 2006), a reinterpretation of songs from the 1920s to 1940s and tribute to her mother; Reverse Thread (E1 Music, 2010), an exploration of African folk music and the African diaspora; and Southern Comfort (Sony Masterworks, 2014), a musical journey tracing her fathers roots in the American South; Ella: Accen