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Living Your Life With 2008's Best In Jazz

KNKX Public Radio

December 10, 2008 • The year's best jazz albums reach into your world rather than demanding that you reach into theirs, KPLU's Nick Francis says. Here, he picks 10 fun recordings with a contemporary attitude compliant to listeners' daily lives.

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James Carter's Music in the Moment

Fresh Air

May 30, 2008 • Saxophonist James Carter says he titled his new album Present Tense because "it captures where I am now." The album features Victor Lewis on drums, D. D. Jackson on piano and Dwight Adams on trumpet. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead offers a review.

James Carter's Music in the Moment

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New Jazz Album has Vaudeville, Hip-Hop Influences

May 7, 2008 • Fresh Air jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Present Tense, the new album by saxophonist James Carter. On tenor, baritone and soprano sax, Carter touches on influences as diverse as vaudeville and hip-hop.

The Music of Don Byas Featuring James Carter

WBGO

September 27, 2007 • In the 1940s, saxophonist Don Byas (1912-1972) was a pivotal player, but he's no longer well known. James Carter brings back Byas's glorious sound, in a tribute with the Jazzorchestra of the Concertgebouw recorded live at the 2006 North Sea Jazz Festival.

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'Gold Sounds': Where Jazz Meets Alt-Rock

December 13, 2005 • The saxophonist James Carter has recorded tributes to Billie Holiday and the gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, among others. On a new record called Gold Sounds, he and a top-shelf trio pick a less obvious target: the work of the alternative rock band Pavement.

'Gold Sounds': Where Jazz Meets Alt-Rock

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'Chasing the Gypsy'

December 1, 2001 • This past week musicians from all over the world commemorated guitar great Django Reinhardt in New York City. Reinhardt died in 1953 but is reknowned for his fast, passionate guitar compositions. Lisa talks to Saxophonist James Carter who was there; his newest CD is called Chasin' the Gypsy, wherein he pays tribute to the "Hot Jazz" of 1920s and '30s Paris.

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Fresh Air

August 24, 2000 • Jazz saxophonist James Carter. He has just released two new CDs Chasin' the Gypsy and Layin' in the Cut (Atlantic Records). The 31-year-old New York based musician was discovered at the age of 17 by Wynton Marsalis. He's played with Marsalis, the late Lester Bowie and Kathleen Battle. He has been praised by jazz musicians and critics alike; Richard Harrington of the Washington Post once wrote, "To hear saxophonist James Carter is to be blown away."

Jazz Saxophonist James Carter

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James Carter At Newport On JazzSet

WBGO

May 21, 2010 • We say "Hello Summer!" with the JC Organ Trio from Newport. Carter is big and tall, a saxophone master with a smile. Always sharp and with chapeau, he brings a cache of saxes of all sizes to the Harbor Stage at the Newport Jazz Festival.

James Carter At Newport On JazzSet

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James Carter and Roberto Sierra: At the Junction of Jazz and Classical

The new album Caribbean Rhapsody is the result of a ten-year collaboration between jazz saxophonist James Carter and classical composer Roberto Sierra. Vincent Soyez/Emarcy Records hide caption

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James Carter and Roberto Sierra: At the Junction of Jazz and Classical

May 26, 2011 • Jazz and classical music have merged many times in the past and not always with pleasing results. But on the new album Caribbean Rhapsody, James Carter's saxophones combined with Roberto Sierra's compositions may set a new standard for collaborating.

Playful — Fast (With Swing)

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Choo Choo Boogaloo: 5 Jazz Songs For Trains

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