Regina Carter

Quick Facts

Full Name	Regina Carter
Occupation	Violinist
Date Of Birth	Aug 6, 1966(1966-08-06)
Age	58
Birthplace	Detroit
Country	United States
Birth City	Michigan
Horoscope	Leo

Regina Carter Biography

Regina Carter is one of the most popular and richest Violinist who was born on August 6, 1966 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Acclaimed jazz violinist. Between 1995 and 2014, she recorded over twenty albums. Her most well-known recordings on the Verve label are Motor City Moments or Rhythms of the Heart.

She signed up for the Suzuki Method, an instructional music system developed by She subscribed to the Suzuki Method, a music instructional system created by Shinichi Suzuki..

Regina Carter (Detroit, August 6, 1966) is an American jazz violinist. She is the cousin of jazz saxophonist James Carter.

Carter was studying classical violin at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston when she decided to switch to jazz. She transferred to Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan where she was a jazz major under the direction of Marvin “Doc” Holladay . She also studied and performed with trumpeter Marcus Belgrave Through Belgrave Carter was able to meet a lot of people active in the Detroit jazz scene, including Lyman Woodard. She graduated in 1985. After graduating, she taught strings in Detroit public schools. Needing a change of scene, she moved to Europe and spent two years in Germany. While making connections, she worked as a nanny for a German family and taught violin on a U.S. military base.

Her cousin Her cousin, James Carter, had a successful career as a saxophonist. had a successful career in saxophonist.

Regina Carter Net Worth

Regina Carter is one of the richest Violinist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Regina Carter 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At age four, she took up the violin and began playing in the youth section of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Later, she performed with Straight Ahead, a jazz-pop band.

In 2006, she was awarded the MacArthur Fellows Program Grant.

I’ll Be Seeing You: A Sentimental Journey, Carter’s sixth CD and was conceived as a tribute album to her late mother, which included some of her favorites as well as American standards from the 1920s-1940s. Some songs include “Blue Rose” (Duke Ellington), “Sentimental Journey” (Les Brown), “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” (Ella Fitzgerald), as well as “I’ll Be Seeing You”.

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Who is Regina Carter Dating?

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She released Motor City Moments in 2000, paying homage to her hometown.

Facts & Trivia

Regina Ranked on the list of most popular Violinist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Regina Carter celebrates birthday on August 6 of every year.

Carter married Alvester Garnett in Detroit, Michigan, on September 5, 2004. They knew each other because Garnett plays drums in her band. She has been a resident of Maywood, New Jersey.

How old is violinist Regina Carter?

55 years (August 6, 1966)

How did Regina Carter become famous?

She first gained attention with Straight Ahead, an all-female jazz quintet that recently celebrated its 25-year reunion at the Detroit Jazz Festival. She also recorded and toured for six years with The String Trio of New York. In 1995 Regina released her self-titled solo debut on Atlantic Records.

How tall is violinist Regina Carter?

Carter shares her home in Maywood, about an hour outside of New York, with her husband, drummer Alvester Garnett. The couple have no children. “We are the children,” Carter said, laughing. She is a compact woman, five feet tall , with a face that lights up with a toothy grin.

Who is Regina Carter's father?

Lil Wayne

What does Regina Carter do for a living?

Reginae Carter is a well-known singer and TV personality in America.