Gwotet

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Gwotet
Gwotet.jpg
Studio album by
David Murray
ReleasedJun 8, 2004
RecordedOctober, 2003
GenreJazz
Length62:31
LabelJustin Time
ProducerDavid Murray
David Murray chronology
Now Is Another Time
(2003) 		Gwotet
(2004) 		Waltz Again
(2005)

Gwotet is an album by David Murray released on the Justin Time label. Recorded in 2003 and released in 2004 the album features performances by Murray and the Gwo-Ka Masters with Pharoah Sanders.[1] It is Murray's second album with the Gwo-Ka Masters following Yonn-Dé (2002).

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 stars[3]
The Village VoiceA[4]

Reviewing for The Village Voice in September 2004, Tom Hull called Gwotet "a foray into pan-African cosmopolitanism" and "a nonstop riot of rhythm and horns".[4]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "Freed from playing jazz standards or very free "Djolla Feeling" are high points, but there are no slow moments during the infectious set of danceable but somewhat unclassifiable music.".[2]

Track listing[]

  1. "Gwotet" (Kiavue, Laviso, Murray) - 12:14
  2. "O' Léonso" (Traditional) - 7:57
  3. "Ouagadougou" - 12:30
  4. "La Jwa" - 10:04
  5. "Djolla Feeling" (Sambe) - 9:24
  6. "Go to Jazz" (Kiavue, Murray) - 4:26
  7. "Ovwa" (Kiavue, Traditional) - 5:34
  8. "Gwotet [Radio Edit]" (Kiavue, Laviso, Murray) - 6:22
All compositions by David Murray except as indicated
  • Recorded October 2003

Personnel[]

  • David Murray - tenor saxophone
  • - trombone
  • - alto saxophone and flute
  • Alexander Brown - trumpet
  • - trumpet
  • Hamid Drake - drums
  • - gwo ka drums and voice
  • - guitar and voice
  • - baritone saxophone
  • - guitar
  • Pharoah Sanders - tenor saxophone
  • Jaribu Shahid - bass
  • - trumpet

References[]

  1. ^ "Justin Time catalogue". Archived from the original on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 6, 2011
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1061. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Hull, Tom (September 28, 2004). "Jazz Consumer Guide (2): The Caribbean Tinge". The Village Voice. Retrieved June 25, 2020 – via tomhull.com.
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