Kenny Carr – Friday At Five (CD)

 

Sound: B     Music: B-

 

 

Kenny Carr was blues guitarist for Ray Charles for ten years, and you get the feeling he likes what he does from Friday At Five, a CD release of a set of 1997 recordings of Carr and friends laying down some tracks for the fun of it.  Finally released for the first time, it is a Jazz album with a difference, almost a “garage band” equivalent of what you could one expect from Rock in its peak.  The technical recording may show its age, but it has its energy on the following tracks:

 

1)     New York Shuffle

2)     Ray's Riff

3)     Gramercy Groove

4)     Movin' On

5)     Friday At Five

6)     Coast-To-Coast

7)     Exit 16

8)      Fly Away

9)      Santa Cruzin’

 

 

Though it is ultimately uneven, there are Jazz fans who will want to hear the whole thing, especially at a time before the Internet made such albums more possible with that type of marketing as its intent, skipping the major labels.  The PCM 2.0 16Bit/44.1kHz Stereo is fine for the circumstances it was taped under, as rich and full as expected for its age.  If you want to hear some of the tracks for yourself, find out more about Carr, the album and how to order, go to:

 

http://www.kennycarrguitar.com/music.html

 

 

It’s a good site that will fill you in on the rest.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo