Daniel Carter + Reuben Radding
“Luminescence”
(AUM Fidelity)
Daniel Carter (Other Dimensions In Music, TEST) performs on alto sax with Reuben Radding (John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Elliott Sharp) on bowed bass in this understated disc of instrumental jazz. (The final track, “Occurrences, Places, Entities and The Sea”, is a monster, though.) Daniel Carter is a master of his instrument, gently coaxing an impressive spectrum of tones from his horn. It is also a rare even to hear him hold himself to this sole member of the reed family.
Carter has been a long-standing member of the improv jazz scene having worked with Sun Ra and from the ’70s to today with William Parker. Radding comes to us more on the fast track having broken with punk rock to indulge in the sophisticated and extemporaneous.
