25.11.04
Uma boa notícia para quem andava à procura deste disco. Denis Charles IVtet, Captain of the Deep - um dos grandes discos de Denis Charles, e um dos melhores de 1998 para muito boa gente, foi reeditado pela Eremite.
"Captain is an imposing live set led by the late drummer Charles (he died the day this was released). With a resume that included time with Steve Lacy and Cecil Taylor, Charles was firmly ensconced in the restless beauty of the free jazz world, and that sort of passion and joy overflows here. His group draws its sound from Albert Ayler and early Ornette Coleman, with stirring folkish themes that turn into blazing marathon solos. Its all-encompassing exuberance draws funeral wails, blues, African rhythms and down-the-line bebop into one roaring vortex. This band includes veteran avant-gardist Jemeel Moondoc on alto and Nathan Breedlove, now with the Skatalites, on trumpet. Their music is consisently powerful but controlled. They are both careful never to go so far out that they leave the other musicians behind or destroy the fabric of the melody. They are uplifting both on the crazed, martial air of 'We Don't' and the bluesy improvisations of 'Round About.' Add Wilbert DeJoode's deep-souled bass and Charles powerful drumming and you have an amazing, hot-blooded session with the best features of modern jazz. It sounds both ancient and up to the minute at the same time." -- Jerome Wilson, Option 1 January 1991 Holland. Winner Jazziz Magazine Critics Picks Top Ten Recordings 1998, Cadence Magazine Reviewers' Choice Best Recording 1998.
