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Present Tense (James Carter album)

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Released
  
May 20, 2008

Length
  
63:16

Artist
  
James Carter

Producer
  
Michael Cuscuna

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
September 21–23, 2007

Present Tense (2008)
  
Heaven on Earth (2009)

Release date
  
20 May 2008

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

Studio
  
Avatar Studios, New York City

Similar
  
James Carter albums, Jazz albums

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Present Tense is an album by saxophonist James Carter released on the EmArcy label in 2008.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek says "Present Tense showcases Carter at his most disciplined and ambitious ... This may be Carter's finest album because of its insistence on the balance between restraint and adventure". In JazzTimes David R. Adler called the album "an unselfconscious mix of influences, more three-dimensional than his various tribute discs and the recent organ-trio blowouts". On All About Jazz Greg Camphire noted "This solid, straight-ahead outing sounds both "old-timey" (in the best sense), with deep roots in blues and swing; and exploratory, never sacrificing Carter's personal approach, while maintaining his place in the jazz tradition". The Guardian critic John Fordham wrote "The whole set is a jazz history, rescued from cheesiness by Carter's mastery of every technical detail".

Track listing

All compositions by James Carter except where noted.

  1. "Rapid Shave" (Dave Burns) - 7:28
  2. "Bro. Dolphy" - 7:13
  3. "Pour Que Ma Vie Demeure" (Django Reinhardt) - 5:05
  4. "Sussa Nita" - 6:00
  5. "Song of Delilah" (Victor Young, Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) - 5:11
  6. "Dodo's Bounce" (Dodo Marmarosa) - 6:00
  7. "Shadowy Sands" (Jimmy Jones) - 8:28
  8. "Hymn of the Orient" (Gigi Gryce) - 4:23
  9. "Bossa J.C." - 4:41
  10. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 8:12

Personnel

  • James Carter - flute, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
  • Dwight Adams - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • D. D. Jackson - piano
  • Rodney Jones - guitar (tracks 4, 6 & 9)
  • James Genus - bass
  • Victor Lewis - drums
  • Eli Fountain - congas, percussion (tracks 4, 7 & 9)
  • Songs

    1Rapid Shave7:32
    2Bro Dolphy7:16
    3Pour Que Ma Vie Demeure5:09

    References

    Present Tense (James Carter album) Wikipedia