Gwotet

Gwotet
Gwotet
Studio album by David Murray
Released	Jun 8, 2004
Recorded	October 2003
Genre	Jazz
Length	62:31
Label	Justin Time
Producer	David Murray
David Murray chronology

Gwotet is an album by David Murray released on the Justin Time label. Recorded in 2003 and released in 2004 the album features performances by Murray and the Gwo-Ka Masters with Pharoah Sanders.[1] It is Murray's second album with the Gwo-Ka Masters following Yonn-Dé (2002).

Reception

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 September 2004, Tom Hull called Gwotet "a foray into pan-African cosmopolitanism" and "a nonstop riot of rhythm and horns".[4]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "Freed from playing jazz standards or very free improvisations, Murray really thrives in this exotic setting . . . 'Gwotet,' 'Ouagadougou,' and 'Djolla Feeling' are high points, but there are no slow moments during the infectious set of danceable but somewhat unclassifiable music."[2]

Track listing

"Gwotet" (Kiavue, Laviso, Murray) - 12:14
"O' Léonso" (Traditional) - 7:57
"Ouagadougou" - 12:30
"La Jwa" - 10:04
"Djolla Feeling" (Sambe) - 9:24
"Go to Jazz" (Kiavue, Murray) - 4:26
"Ovwa" (Kiavue, Traditional) - 5:34
"Gwotet [Radio Edit]" (Kiavue, Laviso, Murray) - 6:22

All compositions by David Murray except as indicated

Recorded October 2003

Personnel

David Murray - tenor saxophone
Leonardo Alarcon - trombone
Angel Ballester Veliz - alto saxophone and flute
Alexander Brown - trumpet
Elpidio Chappotin Delgado - trumpet
Hamid Drake - drums
Klod Kiavue - gwo ka drums and voice
Christian Laviso - guitar and voice
Moises Marquez Leyva - baritone saxophone
Hervé Sambe - guitar
Pharoah Sanders - tenor saxophone
Jaribu Shahid - bass
Carlos Sonduy Dimet - trumpet

References

"Justin Time catalogue". Archived from the original on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 6, 2011
Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1061. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
Hull, Tom (September 28, 2004). "Jazz Consumer Guide (2): The Caribbean Tinge". The Village Voice. Retrieved June 25, 2020 – via tomhull.com.

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[1] "Justin Time catalogue". Archived from the original on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2008-11-25.

[Allmusic-2] Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 6, 2011

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1061. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Hull-4] Hull, Tom (September 28, 2004). "Jazz Consumer Guide (2): The Caribbean Tinge". The Village Voice. Retrieved June 25, 2020 – via tomhull.com.