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Article: Extended Analysis

Riviere Composers’ Pool: Summer Works 2009

by John Eyles
August 26, 2010

Rivière Composers' PoolSummer Works 2009Emanem2010 It is rare for Emanem to issue a three-CD album, but whenever it happens they are a bit special--witness the most recently recorded one, Strings with Evan Parker, from 2001, plus the label's two excellent Iskra 1903 compilations. Now, to join such ...

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Article: Interview

Bobby Bradford: Self-Determination in the Great Basin

by Clifford Allen
October 28, 2009

Born in Cleveland, Mississippi in 1934 and raised between Dallas and Los Angeles, trumpeter Bobby Bradford began playing with Ornette Coleman in Los Angeles in the 1950s, and replaced Don Cherry in an unrecorded Coleman quartet during the early 1960s. However, the most significant partnership in Bradford's musical life was with the clarinetist and composer John ...

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Intersections

By Kent Carter

Label: Emanem
Released: 2006
Track listing: March 17; Blithe; Eigens Fur Eidens; Intentions #1; Exuberance; Pulapka; Who Might That Be?; Blues Suite; In The Mean Time.

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Article: Album Review

Kent Carter String Trio: Intersections

Read "Intersections" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
October 8, 2006

Legendary bassist Kent Carter's broad musicality is about much more than simply dabbling within fleeting interests, as evident on this quasi-chamber jazz session. Whether performing within free jazz circles or the modern mainstream, Carter is often an intense stylist. On this string trio endeavor, the bassist serves as the anchor while enjoying ample breathing room among ...

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Innovation

By Trevor Watts

Label: FMR Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Staggering; When is Now; Hello; Suzie Jay; Austrian Roll.

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Article: Interview

Kent Carter and the Continental Continuum

by Clifford Allen
August 13, 2004

Best known for his work as principal bassist in the ensembles of Steve Lacy between 1965 and 1982, Kent Carter has worked squarely within the annals of the 'new thing' almost since its inception. However, most of his career has been as an expatriate - and it is something rare to have a foothold in both ...

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Article: Profile

Kent Carter

by Clifford Allen
August 13, 2004

There are those improvisers who find Europe both a financially more stable climate as well as an aesthetic challenge. Steve Lacy and his regular bassist for almost 20 years, Kent Carter, are a prime example. Carter, while certainly his own musician with a unique conception, is in some ways inextricably tied to Lacy, for the path ...

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Beauvais Cathedral

By Kent Carter

Label: Candid
Released: 2001

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Beauvais Cathedral (1974-75)

By Kent Carter

Label: Emanem
Released: 2001
Track listing: Cello Study 1: Pinch; Dance 2: Rhapsody; Play Time; Stretch; Bass Time for Max; Chateau de Maignelay; Other Fingers; Cello Solo 2: Beginnings; Michala Dance; Bass Suit No. 1: Fingers; Beauvais Cathedral; Thumps; Steps; Tarragona.

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Article: Album Review

Kent Carter: Beauvais Cathedral (1974-75)

Read "Beauvais Cathedral (1974-75)" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
November 1, 2001

It used to be a very rare event for a bassist to make a solo record. Now things have changed a bit, but Beauvais Cathedral takes the listener back to the day. This disc is not exactly a solo bass disc (3 tracks are solo bass and one is solo cello; the rest are higher-order units) ...