Live at Baker's Keyboard Lounge


Live at Baker's Keyboard Lounge is a live album by saxophonist James Carter with guests David Murray, Johnny Griffin and Franz Jackson recorded at Baker's Keyboard Lounge in 2001, and released on the Warner Bros. label in 2004.

Reception

Reviewing for The Village Voice in July 2004, Tom Hull said that "this isn't a great album, but it's voluble and exciting the way Carter can be."
The Allmusic review by Al Campbell says, "Live at Baker's Keyboard Lounge finds Carter cutting loose like a musician who's been conceptually sidetracked long enough. This is a back to basics blowing session and concepts be damned". In JazzTimes Chris Kelsey called the album "a rollicking session that captures the loose vibe of a nightclub set to near perfection". On All About Jazz Russ Musto noted, "James Carter is a passionate player whose solos are frequently pushed over the top by his awesome virtuosity. That tendency is put to good use on this live extravaganza recorded before a raucous crowd at Baker's Keyboard Lounge.... Carter moves effortlessly through his arsenal of saxophones on an exciting program of jazz classics".

Track listing

  1. "Tricotism" – 9:23
  2. "Soul Street" – 8:17
  3. "Freedom Jazz Dance" – 9:26
  4. "I Can't Get Started" – 7:10
  5. "Free and Easy" – 10:39
  6. "Low Flame" – 10:21
  7. "Sack Full of Dreams" – 12:00
  8. "Foot Pattin'" – 11:29

Personnel