Pete Carney Quartet – From Memphis to Chitown to Motown

The route in the title runs from Memphis blues and soul to Chicago swing to Detroit's Motown, and saxophonist Pete Carney's résumé follows the same map: B.B. King and Al Green, both Memphis fixtures, and Aretha Franklin, born in Memphis and raised in Detroit, are among the artists he has performed with. Before becoming director of jazz studies at State College of Florida, he taught at Saint Xavier University and the City Colleges of Chicago, where he led the Chicago All-City Jazz Ensemble. He holds a doctorate in jazz from the University of Illinois and leads the RADIOjazzHEAD Orchestra. His quartet takes its turn in the Jazz Club of Sarasota's series at FST's Court Cabaret.