Released 1990 Producer Stefan Winter | Length 59:06 Release date 1990 | |
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Recorded May 1990The Hit Factory, NYC Similar By Any Means Necessary, Till We Have Faces, The Kold Kage, Exile's Gate, Found on Sordid Streets | ||
While the Gate Is Open is the fourth album by saxophonist Gary Thomas which was recorded in 1990 and released on the JMT label. It features Thomas' interpretations of eight jazz standards.
Contents
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "Thomas gives the eight tunes fresh treatments and as usual avoids all clichés (and the logic of bop) in his explorative improvisations." The Guardian's John Fordham noted "This one features the hard-nosed Miles Davis saxophonist Gary Thomas with a fiercely collaborative band of experts... There's a lot of full-on tenor sax blasting over ferocious percussion barrages... The saxophonist's tendency to spit out phrases rather than massage them into life gives his work a rather impassive quality that mellowed later".
Track listing
- "Strode Rode" (Sonny Rollins) - 8:06
- "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 7:27
- "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) - 7:58
- "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 7:31
- "Invitation" (Bronisław Kaper, Paul Francis Webster) - 10:00
- "Chelsea Bridge" (Billy Strayhorn) - 5:38
- "On the Trail" (Ferde Grofé) - 6:47
- "Epistrophy" (Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke) - 5:39
Personnel
Songs
1Strode Rode8:06
2Star Eyes7:27
3You Stepped Out of a Dream7:58