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Django Unchained
JAMES CARTER ORGAN TRIO
“Carter’s delivery has the energy to burst the seams of any setting. This performance similarly
featured breathtaking cadenzas, unaccompanied torrents of notes and high-pitched squeaks that resolved peacefully to consonance. the strongest impression was of a tight-knit working band extending the reach and range of a classic formula. As a unit they retain the shuffles, bounce and romance
that lie at the heart of organ combo jazz, but add an academician’s grasp of history and a knowing
contemporary resonance.” Mike Hobart FINANCIAL TIMES
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“Tribute albums and tribute bands are often content
with summoning up old ghosts. Saxophonist, James
Carter, took a more rewarding approach on his excellent CD, CHASIN’ THE GYPSY and he continues that
approach with his Organ Trio’s Tribute performances
to the music of Django Reinhardt by offering up fresh
takes on the music of the French Gypsy guitarist. 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.
These performances, like the CD do more than invoke
Reinhardt’s spirit; they have a life of their own.” Christopher John Farley TIME MAGAZINE
Django Unchained
WE’RE NOT CHASIN’ THE GYPSY ANYMORE – HE’S HERE IN THE HOOD!
From James: “I personally feel that the music of Django can still speak volumes, even 60 years after his
passing! It’s true that in recent times (in part because of the commemoration of his centennial in 2010) that
his music has been played by vast amounts of Hot Club-esque ensembles but with the cohesive power of
the James Carter Organ Trio, Django comes to the ‘Hood in a very soulful, funky way’ that lifts the material
from its traditional all-string rhythm guitar la pompe and allows the listener to hear Reinhardt from another
angle with a new appreciation of what he brought to the jazz world on the other side of the Atlantic...” Since 2001, I’ve had the privilege of sharing the stage with numerous luminaries of the Gypsy Jazz genre
such as: Stochelo Rosenberg & his trio, Bireli Lagrene, Boulou & Elios Ferre(sons of Django’s guitar accompanist Matelo Ferre), Dorado, Samson & Tchavolo Schmitt and Django’s grandson David Reinhardt to name
a few, so I know the tradition to say most certainly that the Organ Trio provides a ‘hood pass’ for Django
but you can still hear and feel the tradition!”
Some selections of the repertoire
Impromptu
Fleche d’Or
Troublant Bolero
Babik (Bi-Bop)
Nuages
Diminushing
Mabel
La Derniere Bergere
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