Captain of the Deep explained

Captain of the Deep
Type:live
Artist:Denis Charles
Cover:Captain_of_the_deep_cover.jpeg
Released:March 26, 1998
Recorded:May 9, 1991
Venue:De Effenaar Cultural Centre, Eindhoven
Genre:Jazz
Length:72:39
Label:Eremite
Producer:Michael Ehlers
Chronology:Denis Charles
Prev Title:Queen Mary
Prev Year:1990
Next Title:A Scream for Charles Tyler
Next Year:1992

Captain of the Deep is an album by the American jazz drummer Denis Charles, which was recorded live in 1991 at the Zuid-Nederlands Jazz Festival and released in 1998 on the Eremite label.[1]

The album was issued to the public on the day Charles died.[2]

Reception

The album was listed as Cadence Magazines reviewers' choice best recording, and also appeared in the JazzIz critics list of top ten recordings for 1998.[3]

In his review for AllMusic, Steve Loewy wrote, "With a sound often approximating the work of early Ornette Coleman, the two horns spurt attractively dissonant themes, after which the four players turn out repeatedly fascinating solos and interactive lines."

Amiri Baraka called Charles's solos "hip, self-contained, quirky links and carriers of the whole," and noted that "behind Ayler-blunt melodies, straight-aheadtimbre, the unique daring simplicity of Charles's rhythmic motive force, Deep has lovely moments."[4]

Track listing

  1. "We Don't" (Traditional) - 14:04
  2. "Mota" (Breedlove) - 13:37
  3. "Round About" (Breedlove / Charles / DeJoode / Moondoc) - 15:38
  4. "Jamaj's" (de Joode) - 9:40
  5. "Rob" (Breedlove) - 13:35
  6. "Tobie Continyou" (de Joode) - 6:05

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Denis Charles Captain of the Deep . Eremite.
  2. Web site: Denis Charles, 64, Drummer Who Gave Jazz Caribbean Lilt . Ben . Ratliff . April 12, 1998 . The New York Times . April 26, 2023.
  3. Griggs . Steve . August 2016 . Nathan Breedlove: Recluse on the Loose . Earshot Jazz . 7 . 32 . 8.
  4. Book: Baraka, Amiri . Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music . University of California Press . 2009 . 377 .