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Carri Coltrane: The First Time
by Jack Bowers
With a name like Smucker’s it has to be good; and with a name like Coltrane (even though unrelated to that Coltrane) it has to be even better. Carrie Coltrane’s a decent singer, but if The First Time is supposed to be a Jazz album it lands considerably short of the mark (unless one broadens the definition to include “smooth Jazz” or “crossover”). The material is uncompromisingly pop, and appending a few reputable Jazz musicians can’t make it anything else. ...
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by AAJ Staff
The first impression is very important. Carri Coltrane’s comes with a lot of ambition. Piano and guitar ring the song in, and then it slows down. It’s a vocalise version of “Blue in Green” (called “Sacred Silent Prayer”) and it’s no easier to sing than it was to play. The opening section, played by Miles in the original, has Carri slow and at the bottom of her range, where she sounds quite husky. The words have her despondent at first: ...
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by AAJ Staff
You can tell from the title: this is an ambitious project. Coming after a Christmas set where the backing was minimal, Carri Coltrane’s third album is a vocalise extravaganza, with strings on several cuts, stars like Ron Carter and Joey DiFrancesco, lyrics and production by Gene McDaniels (author of “Feel Like Makin’ Love”, singer of “Tower of Strength”) and the songs are all modern jazz classics. A big project. A big voice.
In a sign of confidence, artist and producer ...
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by Jim Santella
Lewis Nash and Ron Carter provide hefty wallpaper for Carri Coltrane’s session of love ballads. The sliding ring of Carter’s bass and crisp snare drum figures from Nash’s kit punctuate the singer's phrases and provide continuity. Guitarist Mark Lucas, along with piano and congas, fills out the ensemble and adds a Brazilian flavor to several tracks.
Carrie Thompson sang professionally from the age of nine with her father. The singer's career, like that of many others, moved into pop and ...
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by Jim Santella
From the recorded memories of Miles and Monk, singer Carri Coltrane has put together an eclectic session with the core rhythm section of bassist Ron Carter, pianist Ted Brancato, drummer Payton Crossley, and guitarist Mark Lucas. Adding a little vocalese here, a lush ballad there, some intentional dissonance for emphasis, and an enjoyable rhythmic lilt throughout the performance, Coltrane appears as a fresh new voice on the jazz scene. Ron Carter’s bass work and his lyrical solo stretch mark Passion ...
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by Joel Roberts
Carri Coltrane is a jazz/pop singer with a dramatic, emotional approach to the modern jazz classics she covers on Flamenco Sketches. And no, she's not related to John Coltrane. But she did, according to press clips, change her name in honor of Trane.
The album is a collaboration between Coltrane and producer Gene McDaniels, a songwriter best known for Feel Like Makin' Love," a 1974 pop hit for Roberta Flack. All the selections feature lyrics added by McDaniels to such ...
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by C. Michael Bailey
Carri Coltrane...Eugene McDaniels?. With Flamenco Sketches, emerging jazz vocalist Carri Coltrane waxes her third release for Numoon records. Last year saw the release of The First Time and the seasonal Child in My Heart (reviewed by this critic in last month's AAJ. All three recordings were produced by noted music Renaissance man Eugene McDaniels. McDaniels has acted in a variety of capacities in the music industry since the early 1970s. He sang background vocals on Roberta Flack's Quiet Fire (1971) ...
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