Released 1973 Rhythm X
(1973) Bannar
(1987) Release date 1973 Label Strata-East Records | Length 34:34 Artist Charles Brackeen Producer Clifford Jordan Genre Jazz | |
Recorded January 26, 1968 in New York Similar Izipho Zam (My Gifts), Glass Bead Games, To Whom Who Keeps a Record, Broken Shadows, The Art of the Improvisers | ||
Rhythm X is the debut album led by saxophonist Charles Brackeen recorded in 1968 but not released on the Strata-East label until 1973.
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Reception
The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "Rhythm X is a valuable glimpse of the earlier, pre-sabbatical Brackeen ... Though nowhere near as individual as the later Silkhearts, the 1968 record is packed with gritty detail." In his review for AllMusic, Rob Ferrier states "On this record, the little-known Charles Brackeen brings his saxophone to a party with most of Ornette Coleman's band. As might be expected, while Brackeen certainly holds his own, it's Ornette's boys who bring the thunder, playing around Brackeen's muscular alto as if they were a gang jumping on a new member ...with results that are often surprising and never short of beautiful".
Track listing
All compositions by Charles Brackeen.
- "Rhythm X" – 8:01
- "Hour Glass" – 11:35
- "Charles Concept" – 6:45
- "C. B. Blues" – 7:42
Personnel
Songs
1Rhythm X8:03
2Hour Glass11:31
3Charles Concept7:50