Charl Gayle Albums and Disgraphy | AllMic

Contents:

• CHARL GAYLE
• THE COMPLETE DISGRAPHY OF CHARL GAYLE
• CHARL GAYLE
• LIST OF PRODUCTS BY MANUFACTURER CHARL GAYLE
• CHARL GAYLE QUARTET - ALWAYS BORN '1988
• CHARL GAYLE
• CHARLES GAYLE
• CHARL GAYLE FACTS FOR KIDS

CHARL GAYLE

Charl Gayle.

On this rerdg, the explosive Charl Gayle tras saxophone l wh John Tchii, who typilly plays wh a thner sound a more rtraed style. On paper, 's an odd pairg, but the two micians settle their differenc nicely, wh Tchii playg more aggrsively than ual and Gayle often tong thgs down a b.

THE COMPLETE DISGRAPHY OF CHARL GAYLE

Still, spe the prence of plenty of more tentative tracks like the openg tle cut, there are flash of the Albert Ayler-style blastg for which Gayle would later bee known.

CHARL GAYLE

For example, Gayle and Tchii tear at each other throughout the r, 13-mute "Solid Clouds, " wh Reggie Nicholson's ee-rock dmmg eggg them on.

Nicholson and bassist and former Cecil Taylor siman Sirone are superb throughout Always Born, and they get a chance to she on their duet, "Comg Together, " which Sirone plays twistg, high-register harmonics on his bass that sound a b like Gayle's squealg saxophone. Always Born is more rtraed than much of Gayle's later work, but his teractn wh Tchii and the fe playg om Sirone and Nicholson are not to be missed.

LIST OF PRODUCTS BY MANUFACTURER CHARL GAYLE

"Charl Gayle is rvg out a ee jazz that is mcular, impassned, clearly stctured, and wonrfully volatile.

So one day Steve wrote a rd to me wh a uple of suggtns for artists likely to be of tert to Silkheart, and one of them was Charl Gayle. Some ltle while later Lars and I got together and talked about Steve's tape and about Charl Gayle. We left on that note, but some weeks afterwards Lars was New York on bs and had the opportuny of hearg the Charl Gayle Tr at the "Kntg Factory" East Hoton Street.

CHARL GAYLE QUARTET - ALWAYS BORN '1988

He me back to Stockholm shortly before Christmas full of enthiasm for Gayle's mic, havg clearly heard thgs durg the personal appearance that he hadn't ear on Steve's tape. It was agreed that Silkheart arrange to rerd Gayle wh a tr, and was also cid to rerd him as part of a quartet wh John Tchii alongsi.

Sirone was chosen as the bassist for the Charl Gayle Tr and seemed also an appropriate choice for the quartet. It was cid that the Chigoan, Reggie Nicholson, now based New York, would perform wh the quartet while Gayle's regular dmmer, Dave Pleasant, would rerd wh the tr.

CHARL GAYLE

The qutn of rehearsals was brought up, but Charl Gayle was que adamant; there were to be none. Gayle don't plan what he's gog to play until he plays , although would as likely as not be high energy; It was this spir that he aimed to go to the stud and simply play his mic. Charl Gayle is extremely forceful when he needs to be and there were ocsns durg the early part of the quartet rerdg ssn when this was necsary.

CHARLES GAYLE

Gayle explaed that he uld play many kds of mic and specific circumstanc he played what was appropriate. A few quotatns will bt give the ia of what Gayle was tryg to get across to the other members of the quartet.

CHARL GAYLE FACTS FOR KIDS

As far as the quartet was ncerned there was an addnal vector to acunt for and John Tchii put his fger on when he said, "We only started to pull to shape when Gayle unrstood that the mic had to be played as a operative enavor by all four of .

At the outset there were several vlent exprsns of tent om Gayle and a fair number of mil upsets. Gayle is heard elsewhere the right channel, wh Tchii the left channel where he n be easily regnized by his more stacto approach and his uier tenor sound. Gayle has a huge saxophone tone and a blisterg attack, which is based on wi tervals and astonishg melodic turns.

Gayle utiliz a variety of approach to each piece he plays, wh, as he puts , "A different range and a different technique.

As a rult, the form prented a group performance is variably very clear ed and there is ltle doubt that, this sense, Charl Gayle has taken a signifint step forward his prentatn of ee jazz. ArtistCharl Gayle Quartet. Charl Gayle tenor saxophone, producer, poser1-3, 5, 6.

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