Present Tense (James Carter album)

Present Tense
Studio album by James Carter
Released May 20, 2008
Recorded September 21–23, 2007
Studio Avatar Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length 63:16
Label EmArcy
B0010985-02
Producer Michael Cuscuna
James Carter chronology
Gold Sounds
(2006)Gold Sounds2006		 Present Tense
(2008)		 Heaven on Earth
(2009)Heaven on Earth2009

Present Tense is an album by saxophonist James Carter released on the EmArcy label in 2008.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
All About Jazz[3]
The Guardian[4]

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".[2] 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".[5] 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".[3] The Guardian critic John Fordham wrote "The whole set is a jazz history, rescued from cheesiness by Carter's mastery of every technical detail".[4]

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

References

  1. ↑ James Carter discography, accessed October 15, 2016
  2. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. Present Tense – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Camphire, G., All About Jazz Review, accessed October 15, 2016
  4. 1 2 Fordham, J., The Guardian Review, May 9, 2008
  5. ↑ Adler, D. R., James Carter: Present Tense - review, JazzTimes, August 2008 - accessed October 15, 2016
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