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...JAMES CARTER, CHASIN' THE GYPSY: This tribute to Django Reinhardt offers more than covers of the Gypsy guitarist's songs. Carter also serves up involving originals inspired by Reinhardt and, in doing so, establishes himself as one of the premier saxophonists in jazz. The chase is on, and Carter is closing...
...gained an admirable reputation himself. His fast octave runs on the piano were demonstrated capably throughout the set, even though he had to warm up slowly from his initial contained exuberance. On Malone part's, he managed to maintain his signature bluesy sound, while recalling the Django Reinhardt recordings of the past...
...deserved his royal honorific as much as jazz gents named Duke and Count. One listens to the set, culled by Armstrong and Sherwin Dunner from rare originals, and the '30s guitarist in Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown comes to mind--the one who was right up there with Django Reinhardt. And one thinks he should have been a Hawaiian...
Tribute albums are often content with summoning up old ghosts. Saxophonist , 31, takes a more rewarding approach on his excellent new CD: he offers up fresh takes on the music of French Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, but he does so by substituting his own instrument in the lead role. Carter, 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 around the listener like an anaconda. This CD does more than invoke Reinhardt...