Consecration (album)

Consecration
Studio album by Charles Gayle
Released 1993
Recorded April 17 & 18, 1993
Genre Jazz
Length 67:23
Label Black Saint
Producer Flavio 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]

Contents

Reception

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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]

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. ^ a b Flota, B. Allmusic Review accessed July 11, 2011