Artist..........: James Carter Quintet
Album...........: Heaven On Earth (Live At The Blue Note)
Genre...........: Jazz
Label...........: Half Note Records
Catnr...........: HN4542
Source..........: CDDA
Rip.Date........: 16-03-2010
Street.Date.....: 22-09-2009
Quality.........: VBR/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo
Url.............: http://musique.fnac.com/a2724969/
Size............: 84.45MB
Song.Title :
01. Diminishing 14:14
02. Slam's Mishap 8:35
03. Street Of Dreams 9:25
04. Infiniment (Traditional) 10:39
05. Blue Leo 12:19
06. Heaven On Earth 11:34
Runtime: 66:46 min
Release.Info :
Saxophonist James Carter leads a supergroup of modern jazz musicians through a
live jam session recorded at the Blue Note in New York. In addition to Carter on
tenor, soprano and baritone saxophones, are John Medeski on Hammond B3 Organ,
Adam Rogers in guitar, Christian McBride on bass and Joey Baron on drums.
Although each of these men is a bandleader in their own right, they work
together admirably and create a fun and productive concert. They open with
Django Reinhardt's "Diminishing" which has a fast and funky feel with saxophone
and organ taking the lead. Raw saxophone and sharp sounding guitar seem to tease
Thelonious Monk's "Well, You Needn't" at times. Medeski and McBride lock in
together for some swirling organ over bubbling bass, and Carter responds by
getting wild with some honks and squeals. Lucky Thompson's "Slam's Mishap" is a
nice guitar feature, Rogers employs a much mellower tone than he did in the
previous tune, and Medeski responds with an old school organ sound, employing a
classic sound that echoes the Jimmy Smith/Jack McDuff school. Also employed is a
nice funky drum solo with McBride walking on acoustic bass. "Street of Dreams"
has Carter teasing "Broadway" before moving into a ballad feel. Despite his
reputation as a honker, Carter's true gift is for ballads, and he makes that
plain here with a very thoughtful and patient solo. He slowly ramps up the
intensity, building nicely with thick organ supporting him, culminating in a
climax that references R&B and gospel. Adam Rogers takes a mild toned but
interesting solo on "Infiniment" followed by Carter increasing the pace with
dome deep fast tenor saxophone. "Blue Leo" by Leo Parker has Carter on the
baritone appropriately enough digging into the deep blues. Rogers is the key
here also, he takes a beautiful gutbucket blues solo that is very impressive.
The group takes things out on Larry Young's "Heaven on Earth" which is played as
a flat out uptempo jam. Carter wails on soprano saxophone and the rest of the
band pitches in. This was an enjoyable and fun album of spontaneous and exciting
music. Both the ensemble passages and the solo sections were consistently
interesting and engaging. There is a danger in a jam session that egos may
overrule teamwork, but that is not the case here and the result is a most
agreeable disc.
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