Jazz review: James Carter/Ronnie Scott's, London

The work of Detroit saxophonist James Carter is a jazz history lesson, but his gigs feel like a party rather than a classroom. Carter plays most reed instruments, from flutes and clarinets to the baritone sax, and he bridges styles and eras with a cavalier disregard for the proprieties of what ought to fit with what. But his approach is so hot that he makes the most disparate styles melt together. His varied set included music from his Present Tense album, an explosive tribute to the late reeds ...

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