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By Any Means Necessary (Gary Thomas album)

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Released
  
1989

Producer
  
Stefan F. Winter

Release date
  
1989

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
53:58

Artist
  
Gary Thomas

Label
  
JMT Records

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Recorded
  
May 1989 RPM Sound Studios, N.Y.C

By Any Means Necessary (1989)
  
While the Gate Is Open (1990)

Similar
  
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By Any Means Necessary is the third album by saxophonist Gary Thomas recorded in 1989 and released on the JMT label.

Contents

By any means necessary waste


Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "The music features dense ensembles, simultaneous improvisations, eccentric funk rhythms, and rhythmic but very dissonant horn solos that have a logic of their own. One can think of this noisy date as being an updated extension of Ornette Coleman's Prime Time and is recommended to open-minded listeners who think that nothing new has been played in jazz since the mid-'70s."

Track listing

All compositions by Gary Thomas except as indicated

  1. "By Any Means Necessary" - 7:44
  2. "Continuum" - 6:52
  3. "You're Under Arrest" (John Scofield) - 7:17
  4. "Potential Hazard" - 6:23
  5. "To the Vanishing Point" - 4:37
  6. "Screen Gem" - 5:02
  7. "Janala" (Geri Allen, Greg Osby, Gary Thomas, Naná Vasconcelos) - 2:39
  8. "At Risk" - 7:12
  9. "Out of Harm's Way" - 6:12

Personnel

  • Gary Thomas - tenor saxophone, flute synthesizer
  • Greg Osby - alto saxophone, synthesizer (tracks 7 & 9)
  • Mick Goodrick (tracks 6 & 8), John Scofield (tracks 1, 3 & 8) - guitar
  • Geri Allen, (tracks 4, 5 & 7), Tim Murphy (tracks 1-6, 8 & 9) - piano, synthesizer
  • Anthony Cox - bass (tracks 1-6, 8 & 9)
  • Dennis Chambers - drums (tracks 1-6, 8 & 9)
  • Naná Vasconcelos - percussion (tracks 1, 2, 4-6 & 8)

    • Songs

    1By Any Means Necessary7:45
    2Continuum6:52
    3You're Under Arrest7:18

    References

    By Any Means Necessary (Gary Thomas album) Wikipedia
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