A highly rated American jazz and fusion violinist who spans a variety of genres,
Regina Carter started learning the instrument through the Suzuki method of ear
training at four-years-old. She was primed for a career in classical music
before witnessing the swinging, flamboyant style of French fiddler Stéphane
Grappelli in concert. Alongside her classical training, Carter had only really
heard her father's easy listening radio stations and Motown records at that
point, but the revelation of Grappelli led her to discover Ella Fitzgerald,
George Gershwin and Duke Ellington and she s...