Door of the Cage

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Door of the Cage
Baikida Carroll Door of the Cage.jpg
Studio album by
Baikida Carroll
Released1995
RecordedMarch 16–17, 1994
StudioEastside Sound, New York City
Genre Free jazz
Length1:01:04
Label Soul Note
121123-2
Producer Baikida Carroll, Flavio Bonandrini
Baikida Carroll chronology
Shadows and Reflections
(1982)		Door of the Cage
(1995)		 Marionettes on a High Wire
(2001)

Door of the Cage is an album by trumpeter and composer Baikida Carroll. It was recorded on March 16 and 17, 1994, at Eastside Sound in New York City, and was released in 1995 by Soul Note. On the album, Carroll is joined by saxophonist Erica Lindsay, pianist Steve Adegoke Colson, double bassist Santi Debriano, and drummer Pheeroan akLaff. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote: "The ten compositions are all Carroll's, and they cover a variety of moods and grooves. The music overall is more accessible than one would expect, making this an excellent introduction to Baikida Carroll's music." [1]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called the album an "enormously impressive record," and noted Carroll's "line-driven, melodic approach" and soft, "plangent tone." They commented: "There is still a brassy bite on numbers like "King" and "At Roi", which was originally written for [Julius] Hemphill... in friendly revenge for some of the charts he gave the young trumpeter to play." [6]

Track listing

Composed by Baikida Carroll.

  1. "Door of the Cage" – 7:02
  2. "King" – 8:11
  3. "At Roi" – 7:14
  4. "Against Your Warmth" – 6:59
  5. "Speak" – 4:29
  6. "Legacies" – 6:27
  7. "I Thought You Knew" – 4:40
  8. "Hannah Pearl" – 5:07
  9. "I Need..." – 4:11
  10. "Spade Hearts in Clubs" – 6:44

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Yanow, Scott. "Baikida Carroll: Door of the Cage". AllMusic. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Baikida Carroll - Door of the Cage". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Baikida Carroll discography". JazzLists. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Soul Note Records main series discography". JazzLists. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Door of the Cage". CamJazz. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  6. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2000). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin Books. p. 245.
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