Exile's Gate (album) explained

Exile's Gate
Type:	Album
Artist:	Gary Thomas
Cover:	Exile's Gate (album).jpg
Released:	1993
Recorded:	May 19–23, 1993
Studio:	Power Station, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	55:41
Label:	JMT JMT 514 009
Producer:	Stefan F. Winter, Gary Thomas
Chronology:	Gary Thomas
Prev Title:	Till We Have Faces
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	Overkill
Next Year:	1994

Exile's Gate is the seventh album by saxophonist Gary Thomas recorded in 1993 and released on the JMT label.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states, "As a leader, saxophonist and composer Gary Thomas is wildly ambitious. Throughout the 1980s and into the '90s, Thomas experimented with everything from free jazz and funk to heavy metal and hip-hop. Exile's Gate is another such exercise... The first band plays Thomas' free-spirited and aggressive originals while the second plays standards for the most part. Only Thomas would think of putting the two approaches together on one record on alternate cuts."^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Gary Thomas except as indicated

1. "Exile's Gate" - 9:26
2. "Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 9:01
3. "Kulture Bandits" - 7:19
4. "Blues on the Corner" (McCoy Tyner) - 8:00
5. "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) - 5:46
6. "No Mercy Rule" - 8:20
7. "A Brilliant Madness" - 8:10

Personnel

• Gary Thomas - tenor saxophone
• Paul Bollenback (tracks 1, 4 & 7), Marvin Sewell (tracks 2-3 & 5-6) - guitar
• Charles Covington (tracks 1, 4 & 7), Tim Murphy (tracks: 2-3 & 5-6) - organ
• Ed Howard - bass (tracks 2-3 & 5-6)
• Jack DeJohnette (tracks 1, 4 & 7), Terri Lyne Carrington (tracks 2-3 & 5-6) - drums
• Steve Moss - percussion (track 6)

Notes and References

1. Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed September 26, 2014
2. Jurek, T., Allmusic Review accessed November 17, 2014