| Captain of the Deep | ||||
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| Released | March 26, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | May 9, 1991 | |||
| Venue | De Effenaar Cultural Centre, Eindhoven | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 72:39 | |||
| Label | Eremite | |||
| Producer | Michael Ehlers | |||
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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]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [4] |
The album was listed as Cadence Magazine's reviewers' choice best recording, and also appeared in the JazzIz critics list of top ten recordings for 1998. [5]
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." [3]
Amiri Baraka called Charles's solos "hip, self-contained, quirky links and carriers of the whole," and noted that "behind Ayler-blunt melodies, straight-ahead timbre, the unique daring simplicity of Charles's rhythmic motive force, Deep has lovely moments." [6]
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