With a name like Smucker’s it has to be good; and with a name like Coltrane (even though unrelated to that Coltrane) it has to be even better. Carrie Coltrane’s a decent singer, but if The First Time is supposed to be a Jazz album it lands considerably short of the mark (unless one broadens the ...

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Carri Coltrane: The First Time

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by AAJ Staff
March 1, 1999

The first impression is very important. Carri Coltrane’s comes with a lot of ambition. Piano and guitar ring the song in, and then it slows down. It’s a vocalise version of “Blue in Green” (called “Sacred Silent Prayer”) and it’s no easier to sing than it was to play. The opening section, played by Miles in ...

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Carri Coltrane: Flamenco Sketches

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by AAJ Staff
February 1, 1999

You can tell from the title: this is an ambitious project. Coming after a Christmas set where the backing was minimal, Carri Coltrane’s third album is a vocalise extravaganza, with strings on several cuts, stars like Ron Carter and Joey DiFrancesco, lyrics and production by Gene McDaniels (author of “Feel Like Makin’ Love”, singer of “Tower ...

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Carri Coltrane: the first time

by Jim Santella
January 1, 1999

Lewis Nash and Ron Carter provide hefty wallpaper for Carri Coltrane’s session of love ballads. The sliding ring of Carter’s bass and crisp snare drum figures from Nash’s kit punctuate the singer's phrases and provide continuity. Guitarist Mark Lucas, along with piano and congas, fills out the ensemble and adds a Brazilian flavor to several tracks. ...

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Child Inside My Heart

By Carri Coltrane

Label: Numoon
Released: 1998
Track listing: Oh, Holy Night, Mary Did You Know, Away in the Manger, Child Inside My Heart, Emmanuel, Angels Dwell, Silent Night, Love is All I know, What Child is This, You Believe.

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Flamenco Sketches

By Carri Coltrane

Label: Numoon
Released: 1998
Track listing: Sketches, Creation, Passion World, Hideaway, Another Moment Gone, Cosmic Dancer, Two Hump Ride, Pilgrim Traveller, Too Rare, Melody is You.

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Carri Coltrane: Flamenco Sketches

by Jim Santella
December 1, 1998

From the recorded memories of Miles and Monk, singer Carri Coltrane has put together an eclectic session with the core rhythm section of bassist Ron Carter, pianist Ted Brancato, drummer Payton Crossley, and guitarist Mark Lucas. Adding a little vocalese here, a lush ballad there, some intentional dissonance for emphasis, and an enjoyable rhythmic lilt throughout ...