Kudos

NIU’s Ron Carter is featured in “CHOPS,” a film being shown several times this week and next at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.

Directed by Bruce Broder, the 88-minute “CHOPS” focuses on the Essentially Ellington Festival. Carter, coordinator of jazz studies in the School of Music, has played a key role in the festival for a number of years.

In one uniquely heartwarming scene, Carter visits a Jacksonville, Fla., high school to help prepare the young musicians for the Essentially Ellington competition.

More information is availble at http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org. A clip of Carter also is online.

4-23-07