News and Announcements
Viva Pinata!
[Dec. 3, 2007] Brent's vocals are featured on the theme song for Viva Pinata, a cartoon show on the Fox television network every Saturday morning at 11:00 AM. Check out this YouTube video sample:
Brent on Broadway!
January 28, 2006. Brent Carter has signed to appear as lead vocalist in the Broadway production of Hot Feet at the Hilton Theatre, 213 West 42nd Street. Hot Feet is a new dance musical conceived by Maurice Hines, featuring music and lyrics by Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire), and directed and choreographed by Hines. Brent will perform the EWF songs in the show. It comes to Broadway following a run in D.C. The book is by MTV scribe Heru Ptah. View a Video Clip about this show.
Ptah's book, White's music and Hines direction and choreography bring out the emotion, sensitivity and the heart of Hot Feet. Together they weave a Faustian tale about a beautiful young dancer - Kalimba, whose whole life's dreams and ambition are to be a Broadway dancer. Kalimba is cajoled to dance with a pair of magical and enchanted red shoes, when she puts them on they begin to take control of the talented dancer's fate.
Hot Feet begins at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. with previews on March 21, then opens on March 27 and runs through April 9. Then it moves to New York, where previews begin April 15 at the Hilton Theatre with opening night scheduled for April 30. We hope you can attend if you are in the New York area! See the Scheduled Appearances page for show dates.
Smooth Jazz CD in the Offing
Brent Carter is delighted to announce that he is working on a soon-to-be-released CD in the smooth jazz genre, featuring Brent's interpretation of some of the old standards and classics from Coltrane to Nat King Cole. You can hear a sample from this CD when the Home Page of this Web site loads. Details are forthcoming and will be announced as they become available.
ABOVE: Brent Carter with the legendary Sam Moore from the 60's soul group, Sam and Dave.
Barry Danielian CD features Brent
Brent Carter is among the artists featured on trumpeter Barry Danielian's CD, Common Ground. Barry and Brent were members of Tower of Power in the mid-1990s. You can purchase the CD and hear samples on the Strokeland.com Web site or visit Barry's Web site.
Brent appears on 2003 DVD
Brent Carter is the featured vocalist on the Tower of Power DVD released on October 7, 2003. The DVD was filmed for German national television in early 1998 and was originally broadcast on the Ohne Filter Extra German TV show. You may order this DVD at Amazon.com.
Brent duets with Irene Cara
Brent Carter is featured on Irene Cara's new 2003 CD on the track Kiss and Walk Away. To hear an audio clip, visit her Web site at: http://www.irenecara.com/musicv5.htm. Irene's Web site also contains a short bio of Brent at this address: http://www.irenecara.com/brent.htm. Check it out! [Posted 05/15/03.]
Brent contributes to Tower's 28th CD
April 22, 2003. Brent Carter is listed in the credits as co-author of This Type of Funk, one of the tracks on Tower of Power's 28th CD, Oakland's Own in the Oakland Zone, released today and available now at music outlets nationally on the Or Music label.
ABOVE: Brent Carter with the one-and-only James Brown in Oakland, California on May 10, 2000.
Brent on The Learning Channel
On Friday, Jan. 17, 2003, Brent Carter appeared on The Wedding Story on The Learning Channel. This show was filmed in Fall 2002 at the wedding of one of the members of the WNBA's Charlotte Sting. Brent sang A Whole New World and a song from Regina Belle's latest CD.
Brent takes the stage--again!
Brent Carter is cast in the Michael Matthews gospel drama, Forbidden Fruit, opening October 29, 2002 in Columbus, Mississippi. The stage plays stars James Avery (Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), Marla Gibbs from The Jeffersons, Todd Bridges from Different Strokes, and noted singer and songwriter Angela Winbush. The cast photo is online at: http://www.brentcarter.com/fruit.htm. For a full list of appearance dates, see Brent's Calendar page at: http://www.brentcarter.com/calendar.htm.
Opening Night Draws 5,000!
Feb. 12, 2002, Jacksonville, Florida. Nearly 5,000 (!) were in attendance for the Opening Night production of the gospel drama Who Can You Trust?, starring Brent Carter in the lead role. Brent did a GREAT job on Opening Night! He reports that the house was also full on Wednesday and Thursday night. There was plenty of great singing with the likes of Brent, Melba Moore, and Ralph Tresvant on stage!
Brent Lands Lead Role in Stage Play
Feb. 6, 2002. Brent has been cast as Joseph, the central character in the Michael Matthews gospel drama, Who Can You Trust? Co-stars are Melba
Moore, Bernadette Stanis (Thelma from TV's Good Times, who plays
Joseph's wife), Ralph Tresvant (lead vocalist from New Edition), and Kene
Holliday (Tyler Hudson on the Matlock TV series). Rehearsals began
in early February; the curtain goes up on Feb. 12 in Jacksonville, Florida. Who
Can You Trust? is an electrifying, spiritually uplifting drama that will touch
your heart and open your eyes to the world. This production will appear in a number
of cities across America, including Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Kansas City, and others.
A few dates are already available on TicketMaster's Web site. For ticket information,
visit http://www.ticketmaster.com and
do a search for "Who Can You Trust" (without the quotes).
Cast photo: http://www.brentcarter.com/trust.htm.
New Music From Brent
Brent recently posted four new contemporary R&B tracks on this Web site on the Downloads page: http://www.brentcarter.com/downloads.htm. These are free tracks you can stream from the server using RealPlayer software. MP3 versions will be available soon that you can download to your computer. Enjoy!
Brent joins Funk Filharmonik
Funk Filharmonik, New York's popular soul and funk band, distributed this May
2001 press release:
"For those of you who don't know it, we have been fortunate enough to have Brent
Carter (former Tower of Power lead vocalist) join us over the past few months.
At this time we're very proud and excited to let you know that he has officially
joined the ranks of Funk Filharmonik! So come and check out his killin' vocals
and join us as we welcome him into our funk-family!" This band features several
artists that Tower of Power fans will recognize, such as Tom Bowes, John Scarpulla,
David Mann, etc. You may visit Funk Filharmonik on the Web at: http://www.funkfilharmonik.com.
ABOVE: Brent Carter and his good friend Tom Bowes, two great vocalists with the Funk Filharmonik, together at a New York gig recently.
2001 CD Features Brent's Vocals
Released in 2001 is a jazz album called Sketches of James, a tribute to the legendary James Taylor. Among the contributing artists on this production from the Koch Jazz label are Shirley Horn, Gerald Albright, the Pancho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band, Les McCann, and Tower of Power, featuring Brent Carter's vocals on an absolutely awesome version of Steamroller on Track 1. You may order this CD online at http://www.amazon.com or http://www.cdnow.com.