''Gold Sounds'' is an album by saxophonist James Carter, keyboardist

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, drummer Ali Jackson and bassist

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performing compositions by the indie rock band Pavement and released on the Brown Brothers label in 2005.

Reception

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review by Sean Westergaard commented: "''Gold Sounds'' is an overwhelming success, not just as a tribute but as a jazz album ... If you're a Pavement fan, you owe it to yourself to check out what these guys do with the songbook. If you're a jazz fan, forget that these tunes come from the world of indie rock; in the hands of Carter and Chestnut, they might as well be undiscovered standards". On

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, Michael McCaw observed: "''Gold Sounds'' doesn't give you everything the first time around. Like Pavement's recordings, what may seem complete is only a portion of the melody and musical ideas to which you ultimately want to return, because each time they hook you in a different way. In the end, the album provides a meaty dose of jazz that is as infectious as the pop from which it is derived".McCaw, M.
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'', Brent Burton was less enthusiastic, writing: "a big hunk of the covers disc is, simply put, rather anonymous sounding, which leaves listeners with the quartet's somewhat cheesy conception of what it means to—gulp—rock".Burton, B.
James Carter, Cyrus Chestnut, Ali Jackson, Reginald Veal: ''Gold Sounds'' – review
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Track listing

:''All compositions by

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.'' # " Stereo" – 6:24 # "My First Mine" – 6:30 # "

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" – 6:30 # " Summer Babe" – 4:36 # "Blue Hawaiian" – 4:54 # "Here" – 5:52 # "Platform Blues" – 5:38 # "Trigger Cut" – 3:54

Personnel

* James Carter –

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

soprano saxophone,

contrabass sarrusophone The contrabass sarrusophone is the deepest of the family of sarrusophones, and was made in three sizes. The EE version was the only sarrusophone that was ever mass-produced in the United States. It was made by companies such as Gautrot, Couesnon, ...

– piano, electric piano, organ *

– bass, electric bass, vocals * Ali Jackson – drums, vocals

References

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