{"id":3054,"date":"2011-11-04T14:00:55","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T21:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=3054"},"modified":"2011-11-04T14:00:55","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T21:00:55","slug":"cd-ron-carter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2011\/11\/cd-ron-carter\/","title":{"rendered":"CD: Ron Carter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ron-Carters-Great-Big-Band\/dp\/B005DZMPVY?_encoding=UTF8&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325\"target=\"_blank\">Ron Carter<\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Great Big Band<\/a><\/em> (Sunnyside) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Carter-Big-Band.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Carter-Big-Band.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Carter Big Band\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Carter-Big-Band.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Carter-Big-Band-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Carter-Big-Band-110x110.jpg 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a>The venerable bassist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first recording at the helm of a big band has style, depth and power. The playlist of jazz standards may suggest that Carter and arranger Robert Freedman are plowing old ground, but they produce a crop of fresh ideas. They transform \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Opus One,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Con Alma,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sail Away,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Golden Striker,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153St. Louis Blues\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and eight others.  Harmonically and rhythmically, Carter leads. He solos, but does not dominate the album, leaving space for Steve Wilson, Greg Gisbert, Wayne Escoffery, Jerry Dodgion, Mulgrew Miller and Scott Robinson&#151;a few of the 17 top-flight members of the band.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ron Carter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Great Big Band (Sunnyside) The venerable bassist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first recording at the helm of a big band has style, depth and power. The playlist of jazz standards may suggest that Carter and arranger Robert Freedman are plowing old ground, but they produce a crop of fresh ideas. They transform \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Opus One,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Con Alma,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sail [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-recommendations","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3054\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}