Straight No Chaser by Joshua Redman and James Carter

This is clipped from the DVD "Eastwood After Hours-Live At Carnegie Hall", and is performed by James Carter/Joshua Redman/The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band. It is astonishing, and i love it so much. So I ripped it out from my own DVD and share with you all. If you are interested too, please buy this DVD for the entire show. I can guarantee that you will not regret!

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• clint eastwood
• carnegie hall
• joshua redman
• James Carter
• straight no chaser
• jazz

[iJiggsy]

I have to agree with many on several points:

First, that this isn't really a competition or a battle in anyway, just a really well prepared jam session. There isn't a "better" player, it is all subject to personal preference.

That being said, MY personal preference was in Redman's solos. I say this simply because Carter has raw power, he's bluesy, and has a great command of his sound, but Redman has an incredibly lyrical take of this song and he seems to be dancing circles around the changes.

[LorentzYeung]

@iJiggsy

good point of view, agree with you.

but would you please tell me more about "dancing around the changes"?

[iJiggsy]

@LorentzYeung I mean't that although Carter isn't ignoring the changes, he uses more traditional conceptions of the changes like roots, fifths, blues scales, etc. It seems to me like Redman has got a hold of the tonal centers of the changes well enough to "break through the glass ceiling" parsay. I just mean, that while carter's solo was great, Redman explored the flow of the changes and had a lot of movement conceptually around the changes, like playing over the changes, or blending in to them.

[LorentzYeung]

@iJiggsy

I get it now, thanks alot!

: >

i like them both!

[bjazzer795]

6:42 is the first time that man ever smiled since his childhood.

[LorentzYeung]

@bjazzer795

Why say so?

[jazzernamedworm]

redman out classed carter by a long shot

[dsaxman71]

I'm pretty sure that Redman plays on on a balanced action but what does carter play on?

[drumjunkie99]

damn redman is so nasty

[mal1gosia1]

LorentzYeung - thank you so much!!!

[SaxPilot19]

MIND BLOWN!!!



[SimenBjorkhaug]

Omg!! Stunning! :D Heard Redman never do thumbs up for his own playing, but aren't we all like that? :) Thanks for the clip! Thumb this up folks! :D

[fighterace0]

James Carter disliked this.

[pugoverlordoffspring]

Man it was amazing how they would play off each other when they were trading 4s

[mesoprano]

@DajaWaja some people don't understand that MUSIC is not a competition!

[Sax4565]

awesome, just awesome...

[ElCubanoConguero]

@iJiggsy ...yup. Joshua "out-Cartered" Carter