Consecration (album)

Consecration is an album by American jazz saxophonist Charles Gayle featuring performances recorded in 1993 for the Italian Black Saint label.[1]

Consecration
Studio album by
Released1993
RecordedApril 17 & 18, 1993
GenreJazz
Length67:23
LabelBlack Saint
ProducerFlavio Bonandrini
Charles Gayle chronology
More Live from the Knitting Factory
(1993)
Consecration
(1993)
Berlin Movement from Future Years
(1993)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

The AllMusic review by Brian Flota awarded the album 4½ stars stating "these performances are not easy to listen to, given their time-free chaos, but the emotional impact of the playing achieved here, like Gayle's other work, is unrivaled".[2]

In an article for the Los Angeles Times, Don Snowden wrote that Gayle "unleashes fierce scale runs and multiphonic squawks over a furious cello/bass/ drums foundation. 'Glorious Saints' and Gayle's bass clarinet feature 'Thy Peace' work best because a greater attention to dynamics leaves enough open space for the music to breathe."[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Gayle
  1. "O Father" - 15:16
  2. "Rise Up" - 10:02
  3. "Justified" - 8:37
  4. "Glorious Saints" - 13:19
  5. "Thy Peace" - 8:33
  6. "Redemption" - 11:36
    • Recorded at Sear Sound in New York City on April 17 & 18, 1993

Personnel

References

  1. Black Saint Records discography accessed July 11, 2011
  2. Flota, B. Allmusic Review accessed July 11, 2011
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 538. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. Snowden, Don (December 14, 1993). "Jazz Album Review : High-Energy Improv From Charles Gayle". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
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