James Carter - Gardenias for Lady Day
James Carter - Gardenias for Lady Day
2001 | Jazz/Label: Columbia Records | APE+CUE+cover art | 377 MB
James Carter – Gardenias for Lady Day
James Carter - saxophones and clarinets
John Hicks - piano
Peter Washington - bass
Victor Lewis - drums
string arrangements by Greg Cohen & Cassius Richmond
Carter paying a tribute to Billie Holiday – which doesn’t mean he copied her style; the man’s too much infused with modernity.
This amazing instrumentalist plays every kind of sax and clarinet under the sun, and can make his horns sound like a metal factory or a nightingale. In Rotterdam, I saw him perform life at the North Sea Jazz festival. Among the many instruments he used during his concert was one I’d never seen before – a contrabass sax. Which is a colossal monster of a sax one doesn’t want to be near when it topples.
1. Gloria
2. Sunset
3. I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone
4. I’m In A Low Down Groove
5. Strange Fruit
6. A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
7. Indian Summer
8. More Than You Know
9. Lil’ Hat’s Odyssey
10. You’re A Lucky Guy
APE image, cuesheets, coverart & log; 377mb