One of jazz’s most acclaimed, distinctive improvisers, virtuoso saxophonist James Carter returns to a favored format and simpatico colleagues with At the Crossroads, his 15th CD as a leader and the third showcasing his long-standing Organ Trio. Emarcy Records...
James has been named Baritone Saxophonist of the Year JJA (Jazz Journalists Association) Jazz Awards! Read more about this prestigious honor here. ← « Previous Next » → Whether he’s playing tenor or soprano sax, shows off a sweet, sinuous tone; when he...
Read the article here ← « Previous Next » → Whether he’s playing tenor or soprano sax, shows off a sweet, sinuous tone; when he reinterprets Reinhardt’s classic Nuages with a bass sax, the muscular sound is distancing at first, but then it wraps itself...
Hugo Kugiya The Seattle Times The 2010 Earshot Jazz Festival presented a rousing performance by tenor saxophonist James Carter this past Friday at the Triple Door. Vocalist Gretchen Parlato played an entrancing set there Sunday. Upcoming shows include Seattle drummer...
Jim Harrington Oakland Tribune—10 September 2010 It was billed like a clash of the titans, yet one of the colossal talents stood taller than all the rest. Saxophonist James Carter overshadowed everyone else onstage at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco on Thursday...
Tim September 2009 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...
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