Breath Rhyme is an album by American jazz saxophonist Rob Brown recorded in 1989 and released on the Swedish Silkheart label.
| Breath Rhyme | ||||
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| Released | 1990 | |||
| Recorded | April 28 & 29, 1989 | |||
| Studio | Sound on Sound, New York | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 47:14 (LP) 65:32 (CD) | |||
| Label | Silkheart | |||
| Producer | Rob Brown | |||
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Background
editAfter his debut album co-led with pianist Matthew Shipp, Sonic Explorations, which was privately recorded and then sold, this was his first real studio date. It features a trio with bassist William Parker and drummer Denis Charles playing all original Brown compositions. Parker and Charles had worked together a lot before, with Jemeel Moondoc and some other bands. Brown first played with Parker in a trio with drummer Frank Bambara in 1987. He put together the trio with Parker and Charles for a gig at the Knitting Factory the same year.[1][2]
Reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [4] |
In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow says about the trio that "is a throwback in ways to the intense projects recorded by the ESP label in the 1960s, but it is also more modern, looking toward Cecil Taylor."[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "Brown first record looked back to the frantic avant-gardism of the '60s and forward to a new, third way approach which combine that freedom and radicalism of purpose with a more melodic and expressive idiom."[4]
The Cadence Magazine review by Carl Baugher says about the album that "It makes a strong case for Brown's place amongst today's better alto improvisers and is another unqualified winner for Silkheart".[1]
Track listing
edit- All compositions by Rob Brown
- "Firewalk" – 10:50
- "Stillness" – 5:58
- "Breath Rhyme" – 7:31
- "PB" – 10:47
- "The Light" – 4:47
- "Beehive" – 11:33
- "Awake" – 7:28
- "Escape Velocity" – 6:38
- 3 & 4 does not appear on original LP
Personnel
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Breath Rhyme at Silkheart
- ^ William Parker Sessionography by Rick Lopez
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Rob Brown – Breath Rhyme: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 186. ISBN 0-14-103401-7.