Consecration
Studio album by
Charles Gayle
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)

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

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. 1 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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