''Other Dimensions In Music'' is the self-titled debut album by
free jazz
Free jazz is an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes. Musicians duri ...
collective quartet
Other Dimensions In Music
Other Dimensions In Music is a free jazz group founded in the 1980s.Allmusic/ref>
The group is a collective quartet composed of trumpeter Roy Campbell, multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter, bassist William Parker and drummer Rashid Bakr. Campb ...
, composed of trumpeter
Roy Campbell, multi-instrumentalist
Daniel Carter, bassist
William Parker and drummer
Rashid Bakr Rashid Bakr may refer to:
* Rashid Bakr (musician) (born 1943), American free jazz drummer
* Rashid Bakr (politician)
El Rashid El Tahir Bakr (24 June 1933 – 11 March 1988) . It was recorded in studio in 1989 and released on the Swedish
Silkheart label. In the liner notes of the album, Campbell claims "We represent the sum total of the musical masters who played before us and presently".
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at Silkheart Records
Silkheart Records is a Swedish record company and label dedicated to improvised music and free jazz.
Lars-Olof Gustavsson and Keith Knox founded Silkheart in 1985. In 1991, Jimmy Johnson of Forced Exposure suggested that Silkheart "could easily ...
Meanwhile, Parker says that "the music on this album is defined by the strictest rules of beauty, each sound is ordered and cured with the energy of ancient spirits. The same spirits that guided
John Coltrane
John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist
The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of br ...
,
Louis Armstrong
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several era ...
and
Bud Powell."
The CD edition adds two bonus tracks.
Reception
In his review for
AllMusic
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, Charlie Wilmoth states "Despite their involvement with the downtown New York avant-jazz crowd, multi-reedist
Daniel Carter, trumpeter
Roy Campbell, and bassist
William Parker probably play in a pensive, straightforward manner just as often as they play free."
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz
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'' states that in comparation with the next album "the record feels unfocused and often ragged."
Track listing
:''All compositions by Daniel Carter, Roy Campbell, William Parker, Rashid Bakr''
# "Tradition's Transitional Omissions Suite - Sailing Towards the Dark Happy Voice" - 22:58
# "Ascent (My Shadow Is a Cloud)" - 16:04
# "Sihu Chant for Sly Stone"- 15:27
# "Spirits Rise/Fall (Dedicated to Ethel Brown Lee)" - 15:51
:''2 & 4 does not appear on original LP''
Personnel
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Daniel Carter -
alto sax
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,
tenor sax
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,
flute
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trumpet
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*
Roy Campbell -
trumpet
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,
flugelhorn,
recorder
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*
William Parker -
bass
*
Rashid Bakr Rashid Bakr may refer to:
* Rashid Bakr (musician) (born 1943), American free jazz drummer
* Rashid Bakr (politician)
El Rashid El Tahir Bakr (24 June 1933 – 11 March 1988) -
drums
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References
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Other Dimensions In Music albums
Silkheart Records albums
1990 debut albums