Live at Baker's Keyboard Lounge

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]
The Village Voice	A−[4]

Reviewing for The Village Voice in July 2004, Tom Hull said that "this isn't a great album, but it's voluble and exciting the way Carter can be."[4]

The Allmusic review by Al Campbell says, "Live at Baker's Keyboard Lounge finds Carter cutting loose like a musician who's been conceptually sidetracked long enough. This is a back to basics blowing session and concepts be damned".[2] In JazzTimes Chris Kelsey called the album "a rollicking session that captures the loose vibe of a nightclub set to near perfection".[5] On All About Jazz Russ Musto noted, "James Carter is a passionate player whose solos are frequently pushed over the top by his awesome virtuosity. That tendency is put to good use on this live extravaganza recorded before a raucous crowd at Baker's Keyboard Lounge. ... Carter moves effortlessly through his arsenal of saxophones on an exciting program of jazz classics".[6]

1. "Tricotism" (Oscar Pettiford) – 9:23
2. "Soul Street" (Jimmy Forrest) – 8:17
3. "Freedom Jazz Dance" (Eddie Harris) – 9:26
4. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 7:10
5. "Free and Easy" (Don Byas) – 10:39
6. "Low Flame" (Leonard Feather) – 10:21
7. "Sack Full of Dreams" (Gary McFarland) – 12:00
8. "Foot Pattin'" (George Duvivier) – 11:29

• James Carter – tenor saxophone soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone
• Gerard Gibbs – organ
• Leonard King – drums
• David Murray, Johnny Griffin – tenor saxophone
• Franz Jackson – tenor saxophone, vocals
• Larry Smith – alto saxophone
• Dwight Adams – trumpet
• Kenny Cox – piano
• Ralphe Armstrong – bass
• Richard "Pistol" Allen – drums