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Reedman James Carter Interviewed at AAJ
Multi-instrumentalist James Carter has always had eclectic tastes. That was evident on his debut, JC on the Set (Columbia, 1994), where the squeaks and blips linked him to the avant camp of Eric Dolphy and the tenor swoons nestled him comfortably within the traditional velvet of Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster. Subsequent releases found him venturing ...
James Carter: Something Old, Something New
by Matt Marshall
Multi-instrumentalist James Carter has always had eclectic tastes. That was evident on his debut, JC on the Set (Columbia, 1994), where the squeaks and blips linked him to the avant camp of Eric Dolphy and the tenor swoons nestled him comfortably within the traditional velvet of Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster. Subsequent ...
James Carter: Present Tense
by Greg Camphire
Multi-reedist James Carter has been steadily chugging along as a master of many instruments and styles since his auspicious recording debut in the early '90s, often operating under the radar while maintaining a consistent commitment to quality performances. With the release of Present Tense, Carter lets us know exactly where he's at ...
James Carter: Present Tense
by Joel Roberts
Detroit-born James Carter burst on the New York jazz scene in the early 1990s and quickly established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the tenor saxophone and a host of other reed instruments. A technically advanced player with more than a touch of hip hop swagger, Carter stood apart from fellow Neo-traditionalist newcomers ...
James Carter: Present Tense
by Frederick Bernas
James Carter may not yet be forty, but he possesses a degree of instrumental mastery which could easily be a lifetime's work. At different stages of this record, the versatile multi-instrumentalist plays tenor, soprano and baritone saxophones as well as flute and bass clarinet, all with equal power and precision. This diverse approach to instrumental voicing ...
James Carter: Present Tense
by Troy Collins
Omnipresent in the late 1990s, James Carter's output has been erratic ever since Atlantic Records (his former label) dissolved their jazz department in 2000. A pleasing return to form, Present Tense is the poll-winning multi-instrumentalist's first recording in three years, ably produced by the renowned Michael Cuscuna, whose goal was to “capture the breadth of James' ...
James Carter Debuts on Emarcy Records May 20 with "Present Tense"
Ever since he arrived in New York City from his native Detroit at age 21, James Carter's awesome virtuosity on a number of instruments and his postmodernist embrace of the past, present, and future of jazz have been causing listeners' jaws to drop. A consistent winner and/or runner-up in Down Beat polls, the now-39-year-old musician most ...
James Carter Bows to Lady Day in Albany
by R.J. DeLuke
James Carter The Egg Albany, NY March 5, 2006 James Carter came into The Egg, Albany NY's hippest concert venue, on March 5. It's a venue he's played before, and again it seemed, at times, as though he would blow the lid of the unique egg-shaped structure that adorns New ...
Out of Nowhere: Live at the Blue Note
By James Carter
Label: Half Note Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Out of Nowhere; Along Came Betty; Highjack; Song for Camille; Little Red Rooster; I Believe I Can Fly.
Gold Sounds
By James Carter
Label: Brown Brothers Recordings
Released: 2005
Track listing: Stereo; My First Mine; Cut Your Hair; Summer Babe; Blue Hawaiian; Here; Platform Blues;
Trigger Cut.
