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The man behind the voice
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Many people who have spent hours listening to music programs on Savannah State University’s radio station, WHCJ 90.3 FM, hosted by Theron A. “Ike” Carter, Jr., have failed to recognize him when seeing him for the first time in person. By contrast, they almost always recognize his voice the moment he speaks.
Carter’s lifelong passion for music––especially the different genres of what he prefers to call African American classical music––have led him to declare himself “a music fanatic.” Something at least close to that description has long captivated people listening to him expound upon, and sometimes party to, the great innovators of jazz and the blues. |
“African American classical music is built on freedom. It is a powerful force to elevate the mind and helps you look inward and outward at the same time.” |
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The question of how a native of Savannah, Georgia (USA) became a world-renowned authority on African American music traditions is one worthy of deep-dive considerations.
It is also a question which Carter himself decided deserves an appropriately honest answer. Even if some might consider the answer controversial. This decision is about much more than preserving his own legacy. It is about something he believes is owed to the music itself and to those whose skills, passions, voices, compositions, style, and commitment made it the foundation of a globally-celebrated culture and art-form. |
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Chronicling a Lived History of Music
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What does it mean to chronicle the life story of someone whose intimate relationship with music has informed both his own life and that of countless radio listeners around the world? The Passion Supreme Ike Carter Story project is one that proposes to answer that enthralling question.
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