''Time Is of the Essence Is Beyond Time'' is the third album by

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collective quartet

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, 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)

. For this special quintet, recorded live in 1997 and released on the AUM Fidelity label, they are joined by pianist

Matthew Shipp Matthew Shipp (born December 7, 1960) is an American pianist, composer, and bandleader. Early life and education Shipp was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, and began playing piano at six years old. His mother was a friend of trumpeter Clifford B ...

.''Time Is of the Essence Is Beyond Time''
at Aum Fidelity

Reception

In his review for

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, Thom Jurek states "For the listener, 66 minutes is all too brief a period to be engulfed in this ecstatic world of discovery and challenge. You're left wanting more, and all you have to do is hit play again to be immersed once more." ''

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'' says that "The meeting with Shipp is excellent. The pianist, effortlessly versatile in free situations, takes his place in the ensemble without any awkwardness." The ''

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'' review by John Murph notes that "the untitled seven-part suite places heavy emphasis on collective improvisation with little regard for conventional song structure. Given that, depending on your leanings toward ecstatic jazz, the performance amounts to either sonic improvisation of the highest order or indiscernible hermetic noise."Murph, John
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review by Glenn Astarita says that the album "is brimming with innocence, harmony, crisp dialogue and passion as the musicians pursue a cavalcade of themes and motifs in consolidated fashion."Astarita, Glenn
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Other Dimensions In Music'' # ">" - 9:27 # ">" - 4:25 # ">" - 7:29 # ">" - 3:44 # ">" - 5:17 # ">" - 23:32 # ">" - 13:33

Personnel

* Daniel Carter -

alto sax The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B ten ...

tenor sax The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the Alto saxophone, alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key ...

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

* Roy Campbell -

, flugelhorn, pocket trumpet *

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

* 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 A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

References

{{reflist 2000 live albums AUM Fidelity live albums Other Dimensions In Music albums Albums recorded at the Knitting Factory