Captain of the Deep is an album by the American jazz drummer Denis Charles, which was recorded live in 1991 at the Zuid-Nederlands Jazz Festival and released in 1998 on the Eremite label.[1]
| Captain of the Deep | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | March 26, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | May 9, 1991 | |||
| Venue | De Effenaar Cultural Centre, Eindhoven | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 72:39 | |||
| Label | Eremite | |||
| Producer | Michael Ehlers | |||
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The album was issued to the public on the day Charles died.[2]
Reception edit
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [4] |
The album was listed as Cadence Magazine's reviewers' choice best recording, and also appeared in the JazzIz critics list of top ten recordings for 1998.[5]
In his review for AllMusic, Steve Loewy wrote, "With a sound often approximating the work of early Ornette Coleman, the two horns spurt attractively dissonant themes, after which the four players turn out repeatedly fascinating solos and interactive lines."[3]
Amiri Baraka called Charles's solos "hip, self-contained, quirky links and carriers of the whole," and noted that "behind Ayler-blunt melodies, straight-ahead timbre, the unique daring simplicity of Charles's rhythmic motive force, Deep has lovely moments."[6]
Track listing edit
- "We Don't" (Traditional) - 14:04
- "Mota" (Breedlove) - 13:37
- "Round About" (Breedlove / Charles / DeJoode / Moondoc) - 15:38
- "Jamaj's" (de Joode) - 9:40
- "Rob" (Breedlove) - 13:35
- "Tobie Continyou" (de Joode) - 6:05
Personnel edit
- Denis Charles - drums
- Nathan Breedlove - trumpet
- Wilber de Joode - double bass
- Jemeel Moondoc - alto saxophone
References edit
- ^ "Denis Charles Captain of the Deep". Eremite.
- ^ Ratliff, Ben (April 12, 1998). "Denis Charles, 64, Drummer Who Gave Jazz Caribbean Lilt". The New York Times. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
- ^ a b Loewy, Steve. Captain of the Deep: Denis Charles at AllMusic. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 242. ISBN 978-0141034010.
- ^ Griggs, Steve (August 2016). "Nathan Breedlove: Recluse on the Loose". Earshot Jazz. Vol. 32, no. 8. p. 7.
- ^ Baraka, Amiri (2009). Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music. University of California Press. p. 377.