Jazz Articles about Daniel Carter

Matthew Shipp: Nu Bop Live

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 12, 2010

Come suggerisce lo stesso titolo, questo disco (nuova uscita per la collana Tracce di Rai Trade) ci riporta al CD Nu Bop uscito per Thirsty Ear nel 2002, un lavoro che segnò l'inizio di una fase particolare nella carriera di Shipp, ma anche un peculiare incontro tra improvvisazione collettiva ed elettronica di cui si ritrovano tracce anche in altri lavori (per esempio quelli di DJ Spooky) dell'inizio di questo decennio: produzioni nate nell'ambiente nero della musica improvvisata newyorkese, di cui ...

Daniel Carter / William Parker / Federico Ughi: The Dream

by Troy Collins
August 4, 2006

The Dream features the first recorded example of multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter playing piano. While this revelation is impressive enough, the album itself is a fascinating and endlessly rewarding listen. Ably accompanied by bassist William Parker and drummer Federico Ughi, Carter demonstrates remarkable facility on a half-dozen different instruments in settings ranging from sober to tumultuous.

Opening the album with “This Is the Dream" Carter reveals a piano technique reminiscent of fellow avant gardists Cecil Taylor, Dave Burrell and ...

Daniel Carter/Gregg Keplinger/Reuben Radding: Not Out for Anywhere

by Jeff Stockton
May 4, 2005

Daniel Carter's collaboration with bassman Reuben Radding has evolved from an impressionistic alto sax and contrabass duo on Luminescence (AUM Fidelity, 2003) to an alto/bass/drum trio with the addition of Gregg Keplinger on Language (Origin, 2002) and now to the trio supplemented by Carter's full range of instrumentation and other musicians forming what they call the Large Group. Divided into a two-disc set, Not Out for Anywhere offers a lot of music. Disc one presents the trio in ...

Carter/Blumenkranz/Zubek: Chinatown

by Ty Cumbie
January 30, 2005

This début recording by Chinatown, an unusual trio made up of downtown's wildly diverse music scene, finds the venerable free player Daniel Carter still doing his thing, this time with a young, unique rhythm section. Bassist Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz's playing is muscular and gutteral, and his bowing is turgidly pleasing. On this outing he also shows off his prowess on the oud. Drummer Kevin Zubek, mostly self-taught, has an unconventional drumming style--spacious and asymmetrical, largely eschewing standard jazz or even ...

Daniel Carter/Morgan Craft/Eric Eigner: Mysterium

by Elliott Simon
July 7, 2004

An active sound experience, Mysterium grabs hold and forces the listener to hang on for a wild multi-genre ride. Using jazz, drum and bass, blues, rock, funk and some down right nasty noise, extended drum set artist Eric Eigner has collaborated with multi instrumentalist Daniel Carter and stunt guitarist Morgan Craft to produce a transgenerational improvisational engagement. Old head meets new, as Craft, who can make his guitar squeal like the downtown 7th Ave express pulling into Times ...

Earth People: Simple... Isn't It?

by Rex Butters
June 1, 2004

Characterizing themselves as “the psychedelic free music experience,” Earth People formed in 2001 after performing together in what would have been a one-time-only TV appearance. In addition to a core of André Martinez, Doug Principato, and Jason Chandler, the band also includes a who’s who of New York musicians, including Karen Borca, Daniel Carter, Sabir Mateen, Mark Hennen, and Francois Grillot. Vocalist M brings a flexible six-octave range that finds its way through thorny passages like smoke. Reed rioteers Carter, ...

Daniel Carter: Luminescence

by James Taylor
April 6, 2003

Daniel Carter is quickly, and quietly, becoming one of the most important players on the free jazz scene. But despite being a thirty year veteran of the NYC music community and having worked with everyone from Sun Ra to Medeski, Martin, and Wood, Carter remains largely an underground legend. Luminescence , the saxophonist’s first album released under his own name, is a series of stunning duets that team Carter with another “downtown” vet, bassist ...