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Charles Gayle: Shout!
by Rex Butters
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 ...
Charles Gayle: Shout!
by Dennis Hollingsworth
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 ...
Precious Soul
Label: FMP Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Delight/ Honour/ Your Grace/ Oh God/ Pray Always/ As Yourself.
Charles Gayle 3: Precious Soul
by Derek Taylor
Like the Holy Trinity at the cynosure of Charles Gayle's religious faith the trio of leader, bass and drums exists as the foundation for nearly all of his music. Even his explorations into larger instrumentations have at their core the central stanchion of this steadfast template. Solo settings are the only other context where he is ...
Ancient of Days
Label: Knitting Factory
Released: 2000
Track listing: Betrayal; Risen Eternal; Holy Servant; Draw Me Nearer; New Earth; Glorified Love.
Charles Gayle
by Robert Spencer
Charles Gayle blew down with hurricane force--the pun is too obvious--out of Buffalo. He drifted in and out of the first great free jazz scenes of the Sixties, playing with Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, and other trailblazers. But he says now that his sound then was even more fiery and forceful than it is now, and ...
Charles Gayle: Ancient of Days
by Robert Spencer
Charles Gayle is the ultimate power tenor man. Most of his recordings, notably Repent, Consecration, and More Live at the Knitting Factory are vats of molten lead, music to go through the wall headfirst. He's a master of the altissimo register of the tenor, and of the screams and cries that, he says, come straight out ...
