GEORGE CARTWRIGHT

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George Cartwright, a leading composer and performer of avant-garde music since 1979, was born in the Mississippi Delta community of Midnight (near Belzoni in Humphreys County) on 10 December 1950 to George and Elizabeth Rosa Cartwright. The Methodist Church was an early influence on his music and view of life. In high school he discovered the blues by reading in a magazine that Cream, his favorite rock band, drew inspiration from Mississippi Delta music. As a college student at Mississippi State University, from which he graduated in 1972 with a degree in sociology, he heard memorable performances by B. B. King and Big Joe Williams. A sense of vocation was mysteriously aroused when Howlin’ Wolf silently tapped him on the shoulder and shook his hand between sets at the Black Elks Club in Greenville. He also studied at the University of Southern Mississippi, where Wilbur Moreland was an influential music read more...
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GEORGE CARTWRIGHT Dot album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Dot
Avant-Garde Jazz 1994
GEORGE CARTWRIGHT George Cartwright, Michael Lytle ‎: Red Rope - 3 Pieces For 2 Players album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
George Cartwright, Michael Lytle ‎: Red Rope - 3 Pieces For 2 Players
Avant-Garde Jazz 1997
GEORGE CARTWRIGHT George Cartwright / Amy Denio / Paul Haines ‎: The Memphis Years: Terminal Moraine album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
George Cartwright / Amy Denio / Paul Haines ‎: The Memphis Years: Terminal Moraine
Avant-Garde Jazz 2000
GEORGE CARTWRIGHT George Cartwright's GloryLand PonyCat ‎: Black Ants Crawling album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
George Cartwright's GloryLand PonyCat ‎: Black Ants Crawling
Avant-Garde Jazz 2003
GEORGE CARTWRIGHT The Ghostly Bee album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Ghostly Bee
Avant-Garde Jazz 2005
GEORGE CARTWRIGHT Bonanza album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bonanza
Avant-Garde Jazz 2019
GEORGE CARTWRIGHT George Cartwright & Mauro Sambo : 0.00 | 0 ratings
George Cartwright & Mauro Sambo : "dell'umore di Chi è Sempre In Attesa"
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 2019
GEORGE CARTWRIGHT E. Moon 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
E. Moon 1
Avant-Garde Jazz 2020
GEORGE CARTWRIGHT Grape album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Grape
Avant-Garde Jazz 2020
GEORGE CARTWRIGHT George Cartwright, Chad Fowler, Steve Hirsh, Christopher Parker, Kelley Hurt : Notice That There album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
George Cartwright, Chad Fowler, Steve Hirsh, Christopher Parker, Kelley Hurt : Notice That There
Avant-Garde Jazz 2022

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GEORGE CARTWRIGHT A Tenacious Slew album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Tenacious Slew
Avant-Garde Jazz 2007
GEORGE CARTWRIGHT Send Help album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Send Help
Avant-Garde Jazz 2008
GEORGE CARTWRIGHT George Cartwright And Davu Seru ‎: Rag album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
George Cartwright And Davu Seru ‎: Rag
Avant-Garde Jazz 2010
GEORGE CARTWRIGHT Solo at Lemuria Book Store album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solo at Lemuria Book Store
Avant-Garde Jazz 2019
GEORGE CARTWRIGHT King ​/ Cartwright / ​Granowski​ album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
King ​/ Cartwright / ​Granowski​
Avant-Garde Jazz 2019

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