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| Kenny Carr Group - NYC - Jazz at Kitano & The Bitter End (March) Upcoming NYC Events Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 The Bitter End Kenny Carr Group - 7:00 147 Bleecker Street New York, NY 10012 Thursday, March 14th, 2019 Jazz at Kitano Kenny Carr Quartet - 8:00 and 10:00 66 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016 Kenny Carr - Guitar Kenny Wollesen - Drums Tony Scherr - Bass John Ellis - Saxophone Early Reviews: Carr's tunes have an angularity to them, they fit nicely in the modern jazz category with well-articulated soloing and melodies that build and land with mastery. One thing that always shines is when a guitarist has a strong grasp of jazz and blues, certainly Carr's time with Charles taught him the necessity of melody and the strength of colorizations and how to tie them into something that the listener can enjoy. Carr's originals are well-built, they make sense and offer a vehicle for each musician to drive their solos into. McCaslin is certainly inspired on Carr's originals while Glawischnig and Wollesen offer a solid platform for McCaslin and Carr to expound upon. A stunning listen throughout. - Steph Cosme, Staccatofy There are structures underneath it all, an energy that really isn't that common in jazz. Rock was so controversial during its infancy because the rhythms were almost sexual-it certainly reminded too many of its critics of that, anyway. That same tension floats in Carr's music, that tightness that binds the music into a more manageable whole. -Marc Phillips, The Vinyl Anachronist These are strong particularly in the ostinato and riff-driven tunes which periodically appear throughout Departure, such as Tell Me I Can't, and D&P. At times, these simpler harmonic frameworks are highly successful. For example, on the album's sixth track Evolutions; the uncomplicated undulations between chord one and chord four in the solo section acting as a perfect frame for Carr and Donny McCaslin's (tenor saxophone) improvisations. The harder end of this scale though is also felt on tunes such as Time Change. -Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here write your comments about the article :: © 2019 Jazz News :: home page |