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Regina Carter And Alvester Garnett: Alone Together Duets
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Violinist Regina Carter peforming. Carter is one of the recipients of the 2018 Doris Duke Artist Awards, along with Dee Dee Bridgewater and Stefon Harris, among others. Scott Gries/Getty Images hide caption
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Regina Carter (right) with Yacouba Sissoko. Ayano His/Newport Jazz Festival hide caption
"The beauty was in the rawness," Regina Carter says of the field recordings that inspired her new album, Southern Comfort. David Katzenstein/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Django Reinhardt lost two fingers in an accident, but developed a unique style around his disability. William P. Gottlieb/Library of Congress via flickr.com hide caption
Regina Carter performs at the Fort Stage during the Newport Jazz Festival. Erik Jacobs for NPR hide caption
Regina Carter's Reverse Thread: Newport Jazz 2011
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Jonsi performs on stage during Day 3 of the Splendour in the Grass music festival at Woodfordia on August 1, 2010, in Woodford, Australia. Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images hide caption
Regina Carter says she's drawn to the dark, lower-pitched registers of the violin. Rahav Segev hide caption
Regina Carter performs a Tiny Desk Concert. May-Ying Lam/NPR hide caption
The Kennedy Center honors Mary Lou Williams every year with the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival, which showcases today's brightest female jazz artists. William P. Gottlieb/Library of Congress via flickr.com hide caption
Helen Sung in Concert on JazzSet 2007
Highlights from "Jazz in Our Time" on JazzSet 3/3/07
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