''JC on the Set'' is the debut album by saxophonist
James Carter, recorded in 1993 and released on the Japanese
DIW label. It was released by
in the United States. The album was produced by Kazunori Sugiyama.
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Reception
The ''Chicago Tribune
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'' wrote that "Carter draws on bebop, R&B and avant-garde techniques to make a statement; considering his generous use of rasping tone, top-range harmonics, guttural growls and the like, he certainly makes an impression." ''Rolling Stone
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The magazine was first known fo ...
'' noted that "Carter has a conspicuous gift for the entire post-Coltrane jazz vocabulary and a genuine affection for pre-Charlie Parker saxophone techniques, too."[ '']USA Today
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'' listed ''JC on the Set'' as the 10th best jazz album of 1994; the ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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'' listed it as the fourth best.AllMusic
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review by Scott Yanow stated: "Twenty-five at the time of this CD, James Carter had already absorbed much of the tradition... He also shows that he has the courage to play completely outside whenever it seems logical to him... Carter puts on quite a tour-de-force throughout this very impressive set."[Yanow, S.]
AllMusic Review
accessed July 13, 2014 ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
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'' said that the album "delivered in trumps."
Track listing
''All compositions by James Carter except as indicated''
# "JC on the Set" - 6:27
# "Baby Girl Blues" - 7:49
# "Worried and Blue" (Don Byas
Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas (October 21, 1912 – August 24, 1972) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, associated with swing and bebop. He played with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Art Blakey, and Dizzy Gillespie, among others, and also l ...
) - 8:07
# "Blues for a Nomadic Princess" - 13:53
# "Caravan
Caravan or caravans may refer to:
Transport and travel
*Campervan, a type of vehicle also known as a motor caravan
*Caravan (travellers), a group of travellers journeying together
**Caravanserai, a place where a caravan could stop
*Caravan (trail ...
" (Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous Big band, jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life.
Born and raised in Washington, D ...
, Irving Mills
Irving Harold Mills (born Isadore Minsky; January 18, 1894 Odessa, Ukraine – April 21, 1985) was a music publisher, musician, lyricist, and jazz promoter. He often used the pseudonyms Goody Goodwin and Joe Primrose.
Personal life
Mills ...
, Juan Tizol
Juan Tizol Martínez (22 January 1900 – 23 April 1984) was a Puerto Rican jazz trombonist and composer. He is best known as a member of Duke Ellington's big band, and for writing the jazz standards " Caravan", "Pyramid", and " Perdido".
...
) - 9:44
# "Hour of Parting" (Mischa Spoliansky
Mischa Spoliansky (28 December 1898 – 28 June 1985) was a Russian-born composer who made his name writing cabaret and revue songs in the Weimar Republic of the 1920s and early 1930s. He was forced to emigrate to London in 1933 when Hitler ro ...
, incorrectly credited to Sun Ra
Le Sony'r Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993), better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific ou ...
) - 8:20
# "Lunatic" (John Hardee
John Hardee (December 20, 1918 – May 18, 1984) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Hardee toured with Don Albert in 1937–38 while he was in college; he graduated in 1941. He directed a Texas school band and served in the Army during Wo ...
) - 4:20
# "Sophisticated Lady
"Sophisticated Lady" is a jazz standard, composed as an instrumental in 1932 by Duke Ellington.
Background
Additional credit is given to publisher Irving Mills whose words were added to the song by Mitchell Parish. The words met with approval f ...
" (Ellington, Mills, Mitchell Parish
Mitchell Parish (born Michael Hyman Pashelinsky; July 10, 1900 – March 31, 1993) was an American lyricist, notably as a writer of songs for stage and screen.
Biography
Parish was born to a Jewish family in Lithuania, Russian Empire in July 190 ...
) - 6:41
Personnel
* James Carter - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
*Craig Taborn
Craig Marvin Taborn (; born February 20, 1970) is an American pianist, organist, keyboardist and composer. He works solo and in bands, mostly playing various forms of jazz. He started playing piano and Moog synthesizer as an adolescent and was i ...
- piano
*Jaribu Shahid
Jaribu Abdurahman Shahid (born Glenn Henderson, September 11, 1955, Detroit) is an American jazz bassist. He plays both double-bass and electric bass.
Shahid played in the band Griot Galaxy with Faruq Z. Bey in the 1970s, and became the ensembl ...
- bass
*Tani Tabbal
Tani Tabbal is a jazz drummer who has worked with Roscoe Mitchell, David Murray, and Cassandra Wilson.
Biography
By the age of 14 Tabbal was playing professionally, performing with Oscar Brown Jr. In his teens he also performed with Phil Cohra ...
- drums
References
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James Carter (musician) albums
1994 debut albums
DIW Records albums