Exile's Gate (album)

Exile's Gate
Studio album by Gary Thomas
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
Gary Thomas chronology
Till We Have Faces (1992) Exile's Gate (1993) Overkill (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]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

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)

References

1. Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed September 26, 2014
2. Jurek, T., Allmusic Review accessed November 17, 2014
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1396. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.