Gold Sounds is an album by saxophonist James Carter, keyboardist Cyrus Chestnut, drummer Ali Jackson and bassist Reginald Veal performing compositions by the indie rock band Pavement and released on the Brown Brothers label in 2005.

[1] The AllMusic 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 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".

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.

[3] In JazzTimes, 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".