Daniel Carter is an American free jazz musician who plays saxophone, trumpet, and flute.

[1] Carter has recorded and performed with many distinguished musicians, including William Parker, Federico Ughi, DJ Logic, The Negatones, Thurston Moore, Yo La Tengo, Soul-Junk, Anne Waldman, Cooper-Moore, Matthew Shipp and scientist/musician Matthew Putman among others.

He is a member of the cooperative free jazz groups Test, Other Dimensions In Music, odon, Ghost Moth and Dissipated Face.

[2] In 2007 the Pendu Sound compilation album Getting rid of the glue  with Excepter and Daniel Carter was listed as number 70 in Thurston Moore's "Top 80 of 2006".

[3] In 2015 the New York Forward Festival was created to celebrate Carter's 70th birthday.