Look Up, by Charles Gayle

Look Up

by Charles Gayle

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1.	Alpha 14:25	buy track
2.	Homage to Albert Ayler 11:18	buy track
3.	I Remember Eric Dolphy 14:29	buy track
4.	In the Name of the Father 08:24	buy track
5.	The Book of Revelation 22:34	buy track

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A 1994, high-energy performance of Charles Gayle recorded live in Santa Barbara, California playing total Fire Music.

The critics say:

"Charles Gayle‘s music is breathtaking.... This album is one of the stronger entries in his discography—the fact that the tape took 18 years to emerge says nothing about its quality. Highly recommended."
– Phil Freeman, Burning Ambulance

"Look Up shows that it didn’t matter where Gayle played and who he played with, he performs as the living, high priest of guttural jazz. Few, if any, can preach this kind of gospel with this much vigor and personal investment."
– S. Victor Aaron, Something Else!

At this time, Gayle was the epitome of uncompromising full on power, stretching the mantle of saxophonist John Coltrane's later years by over-blowing his way through abstract long form improvisations. Other progenitors, such as saxophonist Albert Ayler, also come to mind in Gayle's co-opting of simple folk melodies as the launch pad for some of his extravaganzas, like this set's appropriately named 'Homage to Albert Ayler.' Not that Gayle sounds like either man. Religious similes such as preaching, prayer and incantation are often invoked to describe the reedman's passion."
– John Sharp, AllAboutJazz.com

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released January 1, 2012

Charles Gayle: tenor saxophone, bass clarinet & vocals
Michael Bisio: double-bass
Michael Wimberley: drums

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