The jazz world is heralding A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle, a document of John Coltrane performing his masterpiece in 1965. But the story is bigger than Trane: It involves his friend who recorded it, Joe Brazil and a dogged archivist trying to bring his story into the light.
James Carter
Lianmo - James Carter, Richmond, Cassius
Down to the River - James Carter, Traditional
Don s Idea - James Carter, Byas, Don
Skull Grabbin - James Carter, Carter, James [1]
Odyssey - James Carter, Green, Kenneth
Trouble in the World - James Carter, Traditional
Escape from Bizarro World - James Carter, Barefield, Spencer
Frisco Follies - James Carter, Carter, James [1]
Lockjaw s Lament - James Carter, Carter, James [1]
In Carterian Fashion - James Carter, Carter, James [1]
Early in 1998, saxophonist James Carter signed a modeling contract, perhaps explaining the title of this LP. His jazz chops, we are happy to report, have not suffered. On Fashion, Carter and his sax are all business. He i.
Oh and Sorey aren t mere collaborators or accompanists; they re educators and composers in their own rights. Of Sorey s drumming, Iyer cites a life-sustaining kind of magic. And of Oh s bass playing, Her awareness of and relation to pulse, it s like micro-detail, he says. Those qualities and more can be found on
Uneasy, the trio s first studio record, which drops April 9 on ECM Records. The album is a mix of topical material Children of Flint with Iyer originals ( Combat Breathing ) and standards ( Night and Day ) from deep in their wheelhouse.
Most importantly, Iyer considers the pair to be his musical family; together, they re his stronghold through a racially and sociopolitically turbulent time. And with the tragic Atlanta spa shootings in the rearview, the cover where the three musicians names float around an out-of-focus Statue of Liberty is a side-eyed glance at what it means to be an American.