Tim Niland Examiner.com National—23 May 2008 As mercurial as he is talented, this is saxophonist Carter’s fourth album on as many labels after a successful stint with Atlantic Records in the 1990’s. Produced by legendary jazz re-issue maven Michael Cuscuna...
Pico Blogcritics Magazine Music—23 May 2008 Ken Burns’ epic PBS documentary on jazz spent nearly all its time on the history up to 1960 and little afterwards. The implication was that jazz stopped becoming revolutionary and more evolutionary after Ornette...
Lawrence B. Johnson Detroit News Music Critic—18 October 2003 Now that’s the way to rededicate an American concert hall to its purpose in the continuum of classical music. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s subscription concert Thursday night at Orchestra...
Mark Stryker Detroit News Music Critic—19 October 2002 It is a rare concert in which Detroit Symphony Orchestra music director Neeme Jarvi is not the most spontaneous musician on stage. But until this week, Jarvi had never worked with James Carter, the Detroit-born...
Lawrence B. Johnson Detroit News Music Critic—19 October 2002 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra made a rockin’ return to its home roost Thursday night, unleashing the homegrown gifts of saxophonist James Carter in the world premiere of a concerto that sent the...
Lawrence B. Johnson Detroit News Music Critic—17 October 2002 James Carter, one of the larger lions of modern-day jazz, raps both hands around a saxophone that only he can see. Practiced fingers fly up and down invisible keys as he vocalizes an explosion of notes....
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