Ancient of Days

Charles Gayle | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 25, 2000)
• Original Release Date: January 25, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Knitting Factory
• ASIN: B00003OP3U
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #498,196 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Tenor!, May 29, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Ancient of Days (Audio CD)

I have all of Charles Gayle's CDs, and in my opinion this is his very best. His earlier CDs were fearsome displays of raw energy and ferocious technique, but ANCIENT OF DAYS is more soulful and intelligient. Gayle is truly committed to innovation; he refuses to rest on his laurels. This CD has less of the pyrotechnics which characterized previous releases. Instead, he explores here the gospel tradition in an idiom derived from Coltrane and Ayler; but unlike Ayler, Gayle never lapses into sentimentality. This is a disc of magnificient beauty and supreme creativity. Gayle never relies on riffs or repetition of any kind, and he always something interesting to say. The back-up players are all very fine, and Gayle sticks to tenor throughout on this release. Pure enjoyment from start to finish.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars (Nearly) Inside Gayle, February 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Ancient of Days (Audio CD)

Charles Gayle brings his music in from way outside to create a very enjoyable album. Shades of Ornette Coleman, Archie Shepp and even Sonny Rollins can be heard in his playing, though his sound is still distinctively his own. If you like Gayle but wondered whether you needed another CD by him, by all means buy this one.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gayle is the tenor king of free jazz, January 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Ancient of Days (Audio CD)

Charles Gayle continues his long streak of excellent recordings. One of the free jazz kings.