Gold Sounds


Gold Sounds is an album by saxophonist James Carter, keyboardist Cyrus Chestnut, drummer Ali [Jackson (jazz drummer)|Ali Jackson] and bassist Reginald Veal performing compositions by the indie rock band Pavement and released on the Brown Brothers label in 2005.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Sean Westergaard commented: "Gold Sounds is an overwhelming success, not just as a tribute but as a jazz album... If you're a Pavement fan, you owe it to yourself to check out what these guys do with the songbook. If you're a jazz fan, forget that these tunes come from the world of indie rock; in the hands of Carter and Chestnut, they might as well be undiscovered standards". On All About Jazz, Michael McCaw observed: "Gold Sounds doesn't give you everything the first time around. Like Pavement's recordings, what may seem complete is only a portion of the melody and musical ideas to which you ultimately want to return, because each time they hook you in a different way. In the end, the album provides a meaty dose of jazz that is as infectious as the pop from which it is derived". In JazzTimes, Brent Burton was less enthusiastic, writing: "a big hunk of the covers disc is, simply put, rather anonymous sounding, which leaves listeners with the quartet's somewhat cheesy conception of what it means to—gulp—rock".

Track listing

  1. "Stereo" – 6:24
  2. "My First Mine" – 6:30
  3. "Cut Your Hair" – 6:30
  4. "Summer Babe" – 4:36
  5. "Blue Hawaiian" – 4:54
  6. "Here" – 5:52
  7. "Platform Blues" – 5:38
  8. "Trigger Cut" – 3:54

Personnel