submitted on Tue, 06/17/2008 - 06:05 in Jazz Group by Mike_Longo Similar media
Houston's tenor sax player Paul Carr has provided, within a short recording career span, a number of intriguing and solid appearances. On his debut, Just Noodlin' (Jazz Karma, 2006), Carr provides a soulful and robust tenor sax in the style of Hank Mobley without seeking any deliberate comparisons. In addition, with his appearance on Eric Byrd's Brother Ray (Self Published, 2008), Carr is one of the four-man sax section which pays homage to the Ray Charles Atlantic Records period. Carr is placed in the tenor sax role of equivocating the role of David "Fathead" Newman and does a magnificent job. Carr has spent some twenty years as a member of the Washington D.C. jazz community...
Source: allaboutjazz
Author: Michael P. Gladstone
