Daily Bread (Charles Gayle album)

Daily Bread is an album by American jazz saxophonist Charles Gayle featuring performances recorded in 1995 for the Italian Black Saint label.^[1]

Daily Bread
Studio album by Charles Gayle
Released	1998
Recorded	October 25, 26 and 28, 1995
Genre	Jazz
Length	76:07
Label	Black Saint
Producer	Flavio Bonandrini
Charles Gayle chronology
Testaments (1995) Daily Bread (1998) Delivered (1997)

Reception

Professional ratings

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

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "Charles Gayle takes some heartfelt solos on piano and fiddles up a storm on viola, but it is his very intense tenor solos that (as one would expect) leave the biggest impression. To use a cliché, this powerful recording is not for the faint-hearted!".^[2]

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called the album "another great one," and commented: "Gayle's doubling lends context and breadth, and when all four men are playing strings... the results turn string quartet music inside out. 'Earthly Things' and 'Shout Merrily' are terrific group performances as well as signature Gayle."^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Gayle

1. "This Cup" - 10:00
2. "Our Sins" - 6:42
3. "Inner Joy" - 7:10
4. "Drink" - 3:57
5. "Earthly Things" - 10:41
6. "Watch" - 5:33
7. "Rest Awhile" - 8:01
8. "Offering to Christ" - 15:41
9. "Shout Merrily" - 8:22

• • Recorded at East Side Sound in New York City on October 25, 26 and 28, 1995

Personnel

• Charles Gayle - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, viola, piano
• William Parker - cello, piano
• Wilber Morris - bass
• Michael Wimberly - drums, violin

References

1. Black Saint Records discography accessed July 11, 2011
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 11, 2011
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 538. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.