Bannar
Studio album by
Charles Brackeen
Released1987
RecordedFebruary 13, 1987
StudioOmega Audio, Dallas, TX
GenreJazz
Length53:45
LabelSilkheart SHLP 105
ProducerCharles Brackeen
Charles Brackeen chronology
Rhythm X
(1973)		 Bannar
(1987)		 Attainment
(1988)

Bannar is the second album led by saxophonist Charles Brackeen which was recorded in 1987 and released on the Swedish Silkheart label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes ""If Coltrane was the overdetermining presence for most saxophonists of the period, Brackeen seems virtually untouched, working instead on a vein reminiscent of Ornette Coleman (as on the stop-start melodic stutter of "Three Monks Suite" ) and Albert Ayler ("Allah"). He favours a high, slightly pinched tone, his soprano frequently resembles clarinet, and his tenor work is punctuated by Aylerish sallies into the "false" upper register. The "Three Monks Suite" is wholly composed and Brackeen really lets go as a soloist on Bannar only with "Story", a limping melody with enough tightly packed musical information to fuel two superb solos from the horns".[4] In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow states "Intriguing and often intense music that effectively uses simple folk melodies as vehicles for improvising".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Brackeen.

  1. "Three Monks Suite: Chaos/Sugar Doll/Waltz with Me/Snow Shoes/Hush and Stop/Cas-Ba/Cheers" – 8:44
  2. "Open" – 7:56
  3. "Allah" – 8:24
  4. "Stone Blue" – 9:36
  5. "Story" – 9:27
  6. "Open" [Take 2] – 9:38 Bonus track on CD release

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Silkheart Records catalog, accessed February 11, 2017
  2. ↑ Jazzlists: Silkheart records discography, accessed February 11, 2017
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Worshippers Come Nigh – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  4. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (1996). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (3rd ed.). London: Penguin. p. 155. ISBN 0-14-051368-X.
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