Bryan Carter

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Bryan Carter
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Carter at the 76th Tony Awards in 2023
Background information
Born (1990-07-11) July 11, 1990 (age 34)
St. Louis, Missouri
Origin New York City
Genres Jazz
Occupationsdrummer, vocalist, composer, arranger, orchestrator, bandleader
LabelsBandstand Presents, La Reserve
Website www.bryancartermusic.com

Bryan Carter (born July 11, 1990, in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American drummer, vocalist, composer, arranger, orchestrator and bandleader. [1] [2] In 2023, he and Charlie Rosen won the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for Some Like It Hot. In 2024, he and Charlie Rosen won The Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album for co-producing the cast album at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards.

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Early life and education

Bryan Carter was born in St. Louis, Missouri. [1] He was introduced to the drums by his father at the age of two. He began his formal musical training on the violin at the age of four using the Suzuki method. [2] [3] Carter was raised in Sycamore, Illinois and attended Sycamore High School. While in high school he was a part of The Gibson/Baldwin Grammy Jazz Ensemble where he met future collaborators Emmet Cohen, Benny Benack III, Grace Kelly, Cody Fry and Chad Lefkowitz-Brown. [4]

Carter attended The Juilliard School in New York City, receiving a Bachelor of Music in 2012. [5] [6]

Career

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Carter with NEA Jazz Master George Coleman

Music

Bryan Carter is primarily known for his work in Jazz and Improvisational music. He has performed/recorded with Wynton Marsalis, Jon Batiste, Kenny Barron, McCoy Tyner, Marcus Roberts, Kurt Elling, Kris Bowers, Steven Feifke, Emmet Cohen, Braxton Cook, Marquis Hill, Veronica Swift, Martina DaSilva, Michael Feinstein and Steve Tyrell. [2] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

As a bandleader, Carter tours with his band, “Bryan Carter & The Swangers” which he describes as a diverse semi-acoustic band built upon a foundation of brash eclecticism as well as its expanded “concert-driven” counterpart, “The Swangers Orchestra. [14]

Theatre

In 2012 Bryan Carter was cast in Kyle Riabko’s “What’s it all About: Bacharach Reimagined” musical-workshop where he starred alongside Charlie Rosen, Daniel Bailen, Laura Dreyfuss and Ariana Debose. [15] In 2022, Carter contributed additional orchestrations to Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer Prize winning musical, “A Strange Loop”. He co-orchestrated “Some Like It Hot”, a Broadway musical based on the film of the same name. [2] [16] [17] [18] He has as performed with Tituss Burgess, Laura Osnes, Gavin Creel, Kristin Chenoweth, and Aaron Tveit. [19] [20]

Bryan Carter is the first black orchestrator to win the "Outer Critics Circle Award" for "Outstanding Orchestrations." Carter and his co-orchestrator Charlie Rosen are the first orchestrators to win the Outer Critics Circle Award, The Drama Desk Award, and The Tony Award in a single season.

Film/Television

Bryan Carter served as the house drummer for NBC’s summer variety showMaya & Marty” starring Maya Rudolph, Martin Short and Keenan Thompson. The show featured special guests in musical segments Jimmy Fallon, Steve Martin and Nick Jonas. [12] [21] In 2021 and 2022 he worked on “The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo” and “Sesame Street”. [22]

Carter has appeared as the guest drummer on NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers".

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2023 Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Orchestrations Some Like It Hot Won [23]
2023 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestrations Some Like It Hot Won [24]
2023 Tony Award Best Orchestrations Some Like It Hot Won [25]
2024 Grammy Award Best Musical Theatre Album Some Like It Hot Won [26]

Personal life

Carter resides in the Hells Kitchen neighborhood of New York City. He identifies as Queer. [5] [27]

Jazz at Pride

In 2019, Bryan established “Jazz at Pride”—a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating and creating safe spaces for the LGBTQIA+ community within the jazz community. [14]

Endorsements

Carter endorses Vic Firth drumsticks, mallets and brushes, Zildjian cymbals, Remo drumheads and Ludwig Drums.

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