Paul Carr Quartet feat. Alison Crockett: Tribute to John Coltrane

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Paul Carr is one of the most venerated bandleaders and educators in the Mid-Atlantic region. The tenor saxophonist runs the beloved Jazz Academy of Music, directs the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival and still finds time to belt out some honey-sweet, sonorous melodies on his horn. He leads his groups through standards and originals, channeling the strong melodic sense of hard-bop titans like Dexter Gordon and Eddie Harris. Alison Crockett blends neo-soul; new-school, uptown jazz; and city blues into something that’s logically political and personally defiant. She has the laggard rhythm of an Erykah Badu, the dance instinct of a Chaka Khan, and the maverick relationship to the jazz canon of a Lizz Wright. The two great ambassadors of D.C. jazz perform a tribute to John Coltrane as part of ongoing celebrations of the saxophonist’s centennial.