Jazz Articles about Sax-of-Praise

Take Five With Sax-of-Praise

by AAJ Staff
March 9, 2007

Meet Sax-of-Praise (Otha T. Carpenter, Esq.): Legacy of Peace (Sax-of-Praise) Quiet Presence (Quiet Presence)Instrument(s): soprano saxophone.Teachers and/or influences? I have both traditional and contemporary influences varying from John Coltrane to Kenny G. However, being born in Memphis, I favor artists such as Kirk Whalum.I knew I wanted to be a musician when... I started playing clarinet in the fourth grade and rekindled the interest much later in life from promoting jazz artists like Bob ...