George Cartwright (musician)

George Cartwright (born December 10, 1950, in Midnight, Mississippi) is an American musician, best known as the founder of the band Curlew in 1979 in New York City.[1][2] Besides playing soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones, he has composed music for Curlew, his own solo recordings and other music ensembles such as Zeitgeist. He attended the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, New York, and currently resides in Minnesota.[3].

Discography

With Curlew

  • Curlew (Landslide, 1984)
  • Live in Berlin (Cuneiform, 1986)
  • North America (Moers, 1986)
  • Bee (Cuneiform, 1991)
  • A Beautiful Western Saddle (Lyrics by Paul Haines) (Cuneiform, 1993)
  • Paradise (Cuneiform, 1996)
  • Fabulous Drop (Cuneiform, 1998)
  • North America (Cuneiform, 2002) [4]
  • Gussie [live] (Roaratorio, 2003)
  • Mercury (Cuneiform, 2003)
  • The Hardwood'’(Cuneiform, 1992)

Solo

  • DOT (Cuneiform/Rune, 1994)
  • The Memphis Years (Lyrics by Paul Haines, Vocals by Amy Denio) (Cuneiform/Rune, 2000)
  • Black Ants Crawling (Innova Recordings, 2002)
  • Send Help (Innova Recordings, 2008)

with Michael Lytle

  • Red Rope:3 Pieces for 2 Players (Cadence, 1997)

with The Snaildartha 6

gollark: I'll go check NPM for charting libraries, even.
gollark: As I said, it's *odd*.
gollark: Why would the Magic Price Algorithm™ be the secret proprietary bit? It seems like it just increments and decrements the price a bit when people buy and sell it.
gollark: You can figure out the basic bits easily using the browser devtools "network" option.
gollark: It's not documented, but there is.

References
  1. https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/george-cartwright/ George Cartwright
  2. https://news.allaboutjazz.com/curlew-founder-saxophonist-george-cartwright-interviewed-at-all-about-jazz.php?width=1440
  3. http://www.mnartists.org/article.do?rid=282150
  4. http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/
  5. "Snaildartha: Snaildartha: The Story of Jerry the Christmas Snail - A Soul Jazz Extravaganza". Allmusic. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
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