Title: How Carter Is Able To Pay His Rent Is Beyond Me
Product review: James Carter, whom I've already wrote 2 reviews on, bombs another release with "Chasin' The Gypsy." What is up with this guy? Can't he put out a decent album that swings and doesn't sound like a trainwreck? His approach to saxophone playing is amateurish. He has no lyricism, melodic invention, and his saxophone tone is forceful and downright annoying. No kind of warmth to be found. Why record companies continue to back no talents like James Carter is beyond me. Thank goodness for the '40s, '50s, and early '60s when jazz was an important medium to express oneself in. Now, all we have are guys like Carter who don't seem to understand anything about being melodic.
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