| James Carter is back in town. One of the most admired saxophonists of his generation makes his Emarcy debut with Present Tense, an album of uncompromising, swinging jazz. While it's music that has its roots in the jazz tradition, it's also forward looking, "How else could it be, with players like Victor Lewis on drums, D. D. Jackson on piano and Dwight Adams on trumpet?" asks Carter. The all-star cast, which also has James Genus on bass, includes guest appearances by Rodney Jones on guitar and Eli Fountain on percussion. The album is produced by Michael Cuscuna, who sensed a challenge to capture the sheer range of Carter's enormous talent and his mastery of jazz idiom, which he felt had not really been adequately represented on earlier albums. "On going through James's entire output prior to recording Present Tense it struck me that many of his albums were ingenious concepts," he reflected. "As successful as each was, none of them captured the breadth of James's mastery of this music." On Present Tense the real James Carter steps forward with a breathtaking album that demands you play it again and again. On what is surely an instant classic, his critically acclaimed virtuosity on flute, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone and baritone saxophone has never been better highlighted. Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
