(2007) Earl Carter - My Paradise          


Review:
Earl is a guitarist, bassist, and saxophonist.  When he was 11 years old he bought a couple of books and began teaching himself to play the guitar. At 15 years old he began learning to play saxophone and performing in the school band, marching band and jazz ensemble. His bio says he practiced both "diligently" but eventually chose the guitar to be his main focus. He was a member of the "14 Karat" band and later played with "EU", recording music on the soundtrack of Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing" movie soundtrack. In "1999 he laid several guitar tracks for many artists at Diddy's New York City recording facility, 'Daddy's House'." Earl has performed with many groups and played many styles of music from dance/go-go to jazz. He has been a studio musician, co-produced dialogue recordings for motivational speakers and sports stars, and he has performed with a host of local and world-renowned artists. To name a few, he has performed with Bobby Lyle, Marcus Johnson, Jaared, Alyson Williams, Nick Colionne, Bob Baldwin, Michael Lington, Angela Bofill, Regina belle, Gerald Veasley and opened for Pieces of a Dream, Spyro Gyra, Bona Fide and many others. He released "My Paradise"(2007), "X Project" 2009. Two EP's in 2011 "Yeah Mon" and "Summertime", and his "Welcome Back Carter" album in 2013, all of which can be purchased on CD Baby. Earl is lead guitar player for The X-Posure Band, who was hand picked by one of the wealthiest men in the world, Sheik Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi, to be the featured band at the five-star hotel, The Sheraton Addis in Ethiopia.





Track Listing:
01. Acid Intro (Prelude) 0:5901.
02.Jammin' at the Alley 4:09
03.My Paradise 4:31
04.Latin Fever 3:24
05.My Boo 4:12
06.Happy Anniversary 3:53
07.Indian Summers 3:41
08.Come With Me (Interlude) 2:10
09.The Head Bobber 3:23
10.In Your Mind 4:40
11.Smooth Ride Home 3:45
12.A Horse With No Name 4:00
13.A Taste of Miles 3:40
14.A Taste of Miles (Postlude) 0:41


Media Report:
Genre: Smooth Jazz
Country: USA
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits