Voorlopige kroon op haar oevre, natuurlijk verwijzend naar Coltrane's 'Ballads'-album. Luister alleen al naar haar interpretatie van 'Naima'. Met o.a. John Patitucci (b), James Carter, Steve Wilson. "Jazz vocalist Karrin Allyson strikes a sentimental chord with this super fine 2001 release, inspired by tenor sax titan John Coltrane's infamous Ballads LP. The diva exhibits her near flawless phraseology and alluring vigor throughout these wonderfully executed pieces. Allyson also receives exemplary support from what some might consider an all-star band, featuring bassist John Patitucci; saxophonists Bob Berg, Steve Wilson, and James Carter; pianist/educator James Williams; and drummer Lewis Nash. All told, the musicians inject their distinct musical personas into these moving portraitures amid Allyson's trance-like renderings of pieces such as "You Don't Know What Love Is," "All or Nothing at All," and others." (Allmusic)
Opname: 2007
"The charismatic reeds virtuoso is at his earthiest with this classic Hammond organ trio lineup. Carter can be sumptuously romantic or exhilaratingly funky his technique embraces all kinds of extreme playing, from split-note multiphonic harmonies to staccato effects and he directs his full firepower at this mostly mainstream-groovy repertoire. His muscular tenor-sax tone and honking low notes barge through the opening swinger, "Oh Gee". He's majestic, yet abrasive on the smouldering "Aged Pain", and stomps and blasts in the basement register of the baritone sax on "The Walking Blues", after guest Miche Braden's chanting vocal. "Walking The Dog" brings the best out of the imaginative Hammond-player Gerard Gibbs." (John Fordham, Guardian) "In the course of a dozen numbers he plays four saxophones, from soprano to baritone, plus flute. He has phenomenal control of them all and a wonderful sense of swing, which he deploys with immense joie de vivre. It's exhausting but exhilarating." (Dave Gelly, Guardian)
Tegelijk verschenen met het akoestische "Chasin' The Gypsy'. Hier is Carter met zijn saxen te horen naast twee elektrische gitaren (Marc Ribot en Jef Lee Johnson). Gejaagde, heftige vrije fusiongetinte jazz waarin men elkaar opjut tot de meest waanzinnige fratsen, afgewisseld met enkele ontspannen funkier tracks.
Tegelijk met 'Layin' the Cut' verschenen CD met akoestische 'zigeunerjazz', waaronder wat Django Reinhardt-stukken. Van de vele saxen die James bespeelt is de diep knorrende bassax de opvallendste, naast Regina Carter's viool & 2 ac. gitaren.
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