D-CLAIM 002

D-CLAIM 002: Xxavier Edward Carter

D-CLAIM is a Dallas-based jazz & literature collective founded by poet/bassist J.D. Debris, backing contemporary poets with hypnotic live-band grooves. The third Thursday of every month at The Wild Detectives, D-CLAIM brings together hip-hop tinged jazz with a poetry reading, highlighting an improvisational confluence of words and music.

Manny Galindo: piano

Ste’fon Landers: saxophone

Jackie Whitmill Jr.: drums

J.D. Debris: bass

Featured Poet: Xxavier Edward Carter

Xxavier Edward Carter (b.1986 Dallas, Texas) is a Transdisciplinary Artist of Black and Mvskoke descent. The eldest child of professional athlete (Russell Carter)  and saleswoman (Melody Missick), embodiment and communication were foundational to his upbringing as well as flexibility in new environments. Xxavier attended Stanford University on a football scholarship, receiving a BFA in Studio Art after studying Political Science and English. After 7 years of art world immersion Xxavier returned to Dallas to receive his MFA from Southern Methodist University, the alma mater of his father.

Through a commitment to the concepts of returns, community, ecology, humanity, abstraction, and poetry, Xxavier has established his career through the intimate connections made sharing his work and the philosophy that has molded his practice. He is currently the Head Artist and Engineer of Goldfish Dreams, an artistic publication and production house based in Dallas, Texas.

This event is free and open to the public.