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Article: Live Review

Charles Gayle at Ortlieb's Jazzhaus in Philadelphia

by Edward Zucker
August 25, 2006

Charles Gayle Ortlieb's Jazzhaus Philadelphia PA July 13, 2006 In the annals of jazz, Charles Gayle's story is unique. Gayle originally came to prominence as a free jazz tenor and alto saxophonist. In the early 1990s Gayle found religion. His concerts became sermon. Gayle would preach instead of playing ...

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Charles Gayle: Always Reaching

by Rex Butters
May 2, 2006

Charles Gayle's life and art must certainly inspire anyone choosing to look at it. A humble, articulate man who laughs easily, he's seen more than his share of hard times. Yet now, at 65, his creative arc takes the upswing as critics and audiences begin to catch up. A highly original saxophonist, Gayle resumed his piano ...

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Time Zones

April 27, 2006

Album: Time Zones
By Charles Gayle
Label: Tompkins Square
Released: 2006
Duration: 8:01

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Charles Gayle: Time Zones

Read "Time Zones" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
March 6, 2006

If Charles Gayle had not already made a piano recording (Jazz Solo Piano, Knitting Factory, 2000), this one would have come as a more of a surprise. To repeat what has been said often enough, Gayle is best known as a saxophonist whose horn spews molten lava. But his first love was the piano. And while ...

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Charles Gayle: Time Zones

by Nic Jones
February 28, 2006

As Charles Gayle has forged himself a parallel path as a pianist, he has afforded listeners an entirely different insight into his musical thinking. This is just as it should be with any individual who specialises in instruments as different as the piano and the tenor sax. Time Zones might just be his most successfully realised ...

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Shout!

By Charles Gayle

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: I Remember You; Glory dance; What's New; Shout of Love; Unto Jesus Christ; I Can't Get Started; Independence Blues; Healing Souls.

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Charles Gayle: Shout!

by Rex Butters
November 13, 2005

Charles Gayle's discography has grown steadily since his reemergence in the '80s. Spiritually motivated like so many of his '60s free jazz peers, Gayle presents a program of Gospel-influenced tunes, new takes on standards, and bracing trio improvisations that continually churn sparks. More lyrical and less strident than he sounds on older recordings, Gayle maintains a ...

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Charles Gayle: Shout!

Read "Shout!" reviewed by Dennis Hollingsworth

by Dennis Hollingsworth
June 9, 2005

Charles Gayle is without question one of the most intriguing figures in modern jazz today. His powerful, free, and onerous style defies easy categorization. His background as a vagabond New York street musician adds mystique, like the Renaissance artists who toiled without financial reward while pushing the envelope of art and music beyond conventional boundaries. He ...

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