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Till We Have Faces (Gary Thomas album)

Till We Have Faces is the sixth album by saxophonist Gary Thomas which was recorded in 1992 and released on the JMT label.[1] As with his previous album While the Gate Is Open (1990), it features Thomas' interpretations of eight jazz standards.

Till We Have Faces
Studio album by
Gary Thomas
Released1992
RecordedMay 8–14, 1992
GenreJazz
Length60:48
LabelJMT
JMT 514 000
ProducerStefan Winter
Gary Thomas chronology
The Kold Kage
(1991) 		Till We Have Faces
(1992) 		Exile's Gate
(1993)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [3]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states, "This is Thomas' best moment on record thus far, and a casebook example of reinterpreting the jazz genre."[2] The Chicago Tribune's Jack Fuller noted "The combination of Gary Thomas' whirling dervish tenor saxophone and Pat Metheny's guitar makes this an outstanding recording".[4]

Track listing edit

Side one:
No.TitleLength
1."Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis)8:12
2."The Best Thing for You" (Irving Berlin)8:00
3."Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn)5:30
4."Bye Bye Baby" (Leo Robin, Jule Styne)6:41
Side two:
No.TitleLength
5."Lament" (J. J. Johnson)9:28
6."Peace" (Horace Silver)7:19
7."It's You or No One" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)6:36
8."You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye)9:38

Personnel edit

  • Gary Thomas – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
  • Pat Metheny – electric guitar (tracks 1-6 & 8)
  • Tim Murphy – piano (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 8)
  • Anthony Cox – bass (tracks 1, 5 & 6), Ed Howard (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 8)
  • Terri Lyne Carrington – drums (tracks 1, 2 & 4-8)
  • Steve Moss – percussion (track 6)

References edit

  1. ^ Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed November 14, 2014
  2. ^ a b Jurek, T., Allmusic Review accessed November 17, 2014
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1396. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Fuller, J., Chicago Tribune Review, June 20, 1993
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