Kent Carter

Kent Carter, an American double bassist and composer, was born in 1939 in Hanover, New Hampshire, and settled in France by the 1980s. He came up in the free jazz of the 1960s and became a long-time member of Steve Lacy's group. His own records, mostly on Emanem, range from solo bass and free improvisation to composed music for string trio and small chamber ensembles. Carter played on both Jazz Composer's Orchestra albums, from the orchestra led by Michael Mantler and Carla Bley.