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Release Date: Nov 11, 2003; Lead Performance: James Carter
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Occasionally, Carter -- a master of all reeds -- flashes so much skill, he loses a song's sense. Not here. This Billie Holiday tribute offers sometimes lush, always thoughtful contexts in which he focuses on melody and story line. His overdubbed choir of baritone, tenor, and F-mezzo saxes swings mightily on ''I'm in a Lowdown Groove,'' while ''Strange Fruit'' achieves a stirring climax. And Greg Cohen's tasteful strings form perfect springboards for Carter's purposeful improvisations.
Posted Dec 05, 2003
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