Carter Jefferson

A reliable and advanced soloist who spent most of his career as a sideman, Carter Jefferson is best-remembered for his association with Woody Shaw during 1977-1980. Jefferson started on clarinet and played alto before settling on tenor, going on tour early in the backup bands of the Temptations, the Supremes and Little Richard (including band mate at the time, Jimi Hendrix). In 1971, he moved to New York to attend New York University and soon spent two years with Mongo Santamaria and a period in 1973 as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. After his important stint with Woody Shaw (with whom he recorded several times), Jefferson worked with many top players, including Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes, Cedar Walton, Jerry Gonzalez & the Fort Apache Band, Malachi Thompson, and Jack Walrath's Masters of Suspense. His premature death while touring in Krakow Poland and after emergency surgery was a major loss. Carter Jefferson led one record, The Rise of Atlantis, on the Timeless label in 1978. ~~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide ~~
Carter is survived by his six children, Lashon, Jeff, Carter, Kamala, Kiyomi & Naomi, five grand children and step-daughter Portia.
DISCOGRAPHY
Mongo '70/Mongo at Montreux (2000 Album by Mongo Santamaria)
Child's Dance (1972 Album by Art Blakey)
Child's Dance: Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Vol. 1 (1972 Album by Art Blakey)
Mongo's Way/Up from the Roots (1999 Album by Mongo Santamaria)
Anthenagin (1973 Album by Art Blakey)
Buhaina (1973 Album by Art Blakey)
Mission Eternal, Vol. 2 (1973 Album by Art Blakey)
Saturday Night Special (1976 Album by Norman Connors)
Rising Sun (1976 Album by Teruo Nakamura)
You Are My Starship (1977 Album by Norman Connors)
Free Spirit (1977 Album by Roland Prince)
Rosewood (1977 Album by Woody Shaw)
The Rise of Atlantis (2000 Album by Carter Jefferson)
Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard (1978 Album by Woody Shaw)
Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard [Bonus Tracks] (2005 Album by Woody Shaw)
Woody III (1978 Album by Woody Shaw)
For Sure! (1980 Album by Woody Shaw)
Spirit (1983 Album by Malachi Thompson)
Master of Suspense (1986 Album by Jack Walrath)
Illumination [Denon] (1989 Album by Walter Davis, Jr.)
Gut Feelings (1990 Album by Jack Walrath)
Earthdance (1990 Album by Jerry Gonzalez)
Molindo Cafe (1991 Album by Jerry Gonzalez)
The Jaz Life (1991 Album by Malachi Thompson)
Another Way Out (1991 Album by Mickey Bass)
Lift Every Voice (1992 Album by Malachi Thompson)
47th Street (1993 Album by Malachi Thompson)
New Standards (1993 Album by Malachi Thompson)
Delmark 40th Anniversary Jazz (1993 Album)
Jazz Dance Classics, Vol. 3 (1995 Album)
The Legacy of Phyllis Hyman (1996 Album by Phyllis Hyman)
Mellow Side of Clifford Jordan (1997 Album by Clifford Jordan)
Freebop Now! (1998 Album by Malachi Thompson)
Les Incontournables (2000 Album by Art Blakey)
The History of Jazz Messengers (1954 Album by Art Blakey)
I Am the Walrath (2000 Album by Jack Walrath)
Timeline (2000 Album by Malachi Thompson)
Mirage (2000 Album by Nasar Abadey)
Woody Shaw Live, Vol. 1 (2000 Album by Woody Shaw)
Woody Shaw Live, Vol. 2 (2001 Album by Woody Shaw)
Latin Jazz: La Combinación Perfecta (2002 Album)
"Trumpeter Woody Shaw was a major player in Dexter Gordons homecoming gigs at the Village Vanguard, which were released by Columbia as a double-LP to anoint Gordons return to the U.S.; two years later Shaw returned to the scene of the crime with his own quintet and recorded an equally stunning document, Stepping Stoneschronologically the last reissue in this batch. Shaw leads the group on cornet and flugelhornno trumpetthrough a set of lengthy originals and McCoy Tyners Blues for Ball with plenty of fire and passion to go around. Tenor and soprano saxophonist Carter Jefferson nearly steals the showhis interplay with Shaw on the title track is worth the sticker price alonealthough pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs, bassist Clint Houston, and drummer Victor Lewis all add incomparable solo work, as well as compositions to the quintets repertoire. Shaw cut several excellent records as a leader for Contemporary, Muse, and Columbia before his tragic death in 1989, but Stepping Stones stands out as one of his finest for the level of empathy among the band members"
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