Composed by Maddison Carter for Orchestra and Improvisers. 
Performed by the Victorian Youth Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Ball (trumpet), Julien Wilson (soprano saxophone), Theo Carbo (guitar), Selene Messinis (piano), Isaac Gunnoo (double bass), and Maddison Carter (drums), conducted by Ingrid Martin.

Fort Nest

The first release from the Maddison Carter Quintet, 'Elbow Room' teams Carter up with Eugene Ball, Theo Carbo, Joe O'Connor, and Tamara Murphy. Recorded in two days, 'Elbow Room' blurs lines between composition and improvisation, new music and jazz, possibilities of polytempi in highly indeterminate improvised music; and imbues an openness that allows these creative minds to run wild.
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released March 5, 2019

Eugene Ball | Trumpet
Theo Carbo | Electric Guitar
Joe O’Connor | Piano
Tamara Murphy | Double Bass
Maddison Carter | Drums


All compositions by Maddison Carter
www.maddisoncarter.com


Record 24th & 25th September 2018
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Niko Schauble at Pughouse Studios
Artwork and design by Jessica Lindsay Smith


Thanks to:

Jessica Lindsay Smith for your endless support, advice and design skills; Niko Schauble for your studio skills; Simon Barker, Eugene Ball, and Geoff Hughes for your mentorship; Nat Bartsch; Andrea Keller; Isaac Gunnoo; Martin Jackson and the Melbourne Jazz Co-op for their support and for putting on our first gig; the Carter and Smith families for their patience and encouragement; and everyone who listened to us. Finally, thanks to Euge, Tam, Joe, and Theo for allowing me to throw anything at them, and taking it on so boldly.

In loving memory of my Dad. So much of this music is still for you.

Elbow Room - MP3

Music for a Movie

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Middle of Nowhere

Regent St.

Fort Nest IV

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Princes St.

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Maddison Carter is a Melbourne-based drummer and composer, fascin¬ated with the territory between notated and improvised music. Exploring a large palette of improvisatory sounds, he is currently in his final year of Jazz and Improvisation studies at the Victorian College of the Arts. He has lead an array of ensembles, including a 12-piece New Music ensemble, a double saxophone trio sextet, and has lead and co-lead three of the winning bands in the VCA’s Ensemble Series. 
Maddison performs regularly in local and interstate contexts, notably, the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Wangaratta Jazz Festival, and Stonnington Jazz Festival. He is co-leader of improvising bands ISM and Carbo Carter Gunnoo, and recently performed with the Allan Browne Quintet as part of the Allan Browne Memorial Concert, following an East Coast tour with folk band The Bean Project.