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The music on this page features LANCE CARTER on drums, and all songs are played on this site with the permission of the recording artists. ........../////.......... Drummer LANCE CARTER passed away on November 1, 2006 at age 51 after an 18 months battle with PRIMARY (AL) AMYLOIDOSIS, a rare bone marrow disease that afflicts just 8 people in a million. Learn more about this rare disease at www.amyloidosis.org. .......... /////.......... Lance Carter was a drummer/percussionist for over thirty years, and played in every kind of band imaginable! He toured the world with major label artists and was a staple in New York..s downtown avant-jazz scene, frequently playing venues like the Knitting Factory, Bowery Poetry Club and Tonic. Lance appeared on the Grammy nominated release "BLUE LIGHT 'TILL DAWN" with Grammy Award winning jazz artist, Cassandra Wilson; as well as "HIGHLIFE," with avant-jazz guitarist Sonny Sharrock. Lance also appeared with Sonny Sharrock on the theme song to the hit Cartoon Network series, "SPACE GHOST: COAST TO COAST." He also collaborated with many notable artists including jazz great Junior Mance, guitarists Brandon Ross, Elliot Sharp, Marc Ribot, Chris Haskett, Vernon Reid, Robert Musso, Andre Cholmondeley, Chris Buono and Billy Hector; bassists Percy Jones, Melvin Gibbs, Dave Driewitz, Charles Baldwin;, Derek Nievergelt; vocalist Eric Mingus; drummers Abe Speller and Gerry White, keyboardists Bernie Worrell, David Snider, Benny Lackner and Arne Wendt, horn players Elliot Levin and Erik Lawrence, Grammy Nominee Joan Osborne, singer/songwriter Nadine Goellner, avant-jazz artists Maroon, spoken word/improv group Lunar Ensemble, and producer Bill Laswell. Lance attended the Berklee College of Music, studied with percussion masters, Freddie Waits and Peter Erskine, and his television and film credits include "Good Morning America" and the film "JUNIOR" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. ..........////........ Please support research to develop a cure for amyloidosis. Donations in memory of Lance Carter may be made to the AMYLOIDOSIS RESEARCH FUND, c/o Dr. Raymond Comenzo, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave., H-802, New York, N.Y. 10021. ..........////.......... This site is maintained by Lance's wife, Lisa Cooney Carter.Create your own visitor map!