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Bio-Free Time

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For Carter Graham, music has always been an outlet to positively express and share ideas with others. It all started from a very young age, once he discovered how to work his parents’ record player. Shortly thereafter, it was on to piano lessons and almost immediately, Carter found the most alluring part of music to be the creative process, especially composition and performing with others.

Having performed professionally for over a decade, and having the opportunity to play all over North America with such jazz luminaries as Jon Gordon, Rodney Whitaker, Derrick Gardner, Quincy Davis and Randy Napoleon, Carter now leads his own trio, Free Time, a group dedicated to breathing new life into familiar standards as well as creating exciting new original music.

Free Time is a passion project, born out of years of friendship and musical experience with bandmates Kevin Waters and Julian Bradford, who each bring their own unique creative and expressive voice to the trio. The band as a whole combines years of performing with nearly every kind of artist, genre and venue one can think of, and infuses those experiences into every show they play.

The band has a driving, infectious energy, and loves the process of exploration whether it be in the bebop tradition or the modern/post bop world.  Their unique sound has been heard at various venues, clubs, events and was most recently featured in the Online Canadian Jazz Festival, as part of Jazz Winnipeg’s contribution to the event.