JAMES CARTER QUINTET

James Carter has an encyclopaedic knowledge of jazz and an unprecedented technical mastery of practically all sizes of saxophones and clarinets. All of this stems from a deep passion for Afro-American music. With his powerful sound and his enormous energy Carter is appropriately recognized as one of the best jazz artists of his generation. On the album Present Tense the front man translates jazz from all eras to the present. De CD earned a maximum score of 5 stars in NRC. ‘The apotheosis of the postmodern jazzman’ (Washington Post). and, Joshua Redman vs James Carter Live At Carnegie Hall: