Charles Gayle / discography

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This discography is an overview of the released records by the jazz musician Charles Gayle (* 1939). It includes his albums under his own name (Section 1) , collaborative band projects (Section 2) and his participation as a guest soloist in other productions (Section 3) . According to the discographer Tom Lord , he was involved in 45 recording sessions between 1987 and 2015.

Albums under your own name

This section lists the LPs and CDs released by Charles Gayle in chronological order by year of recording.

album Label admission Release Remarks
Always Born Silkheart Records 1988 1988 Charles Gayle Quartet Featuring John Tchicai ; with Sirone , Reggie Nicholson
Spirits Before Silkheart 1988 1989 Charles Gayle Trio , with Sirone, David Pleasant
Homeless Silkheart 1988 1989 Charles Gayle Trio , with Sirone, David Pleasant
Touchin 'on Trane FMP 1991 1993 Charles Gayle / William Parker / Rashied Ali
Repent Knitting Factory Works 1992 1992 Charles Gayle, Hilliard Greene , Vattel Cherry , David Pleasant
Raining Fire Silkheart 1993 1994? Charles Gayle Quartet , with William Parker, Vattel Cherry, Michael Wimberly
Blue shadows Silkheart 1993 2008 Charles Gayle Quartet , with William Parker, Vattel Cherry, Michael Wimberly
Translations Silkheart 1993 1994 with William Parker, Vattel Cherry, Michael Wimberly
More Live at the Knitting Factory February, 1993 Knitting Factory Works 1993 1993 Charles Gayle Quartet , with Vattel Cherry, William Parker, Michael Wimberly and Marc Edwards
Consecration Black Saint 1993 1993 Charles Gayle, William Parker, Vattel Cherry, Michael Wimberly
Berlin Movement from Future Years FMP 1993 1997 Charles Gayle 3 , with Vattel Cherry, Michael Wimberly
Abiding variations FMP 1993 1999 Charles Gayle 3, dto.
Kingdom Come Knitting Factory Works 1994 1995 Charles Gayle with Sunny Murray & William Parker
Live at Disobey Blast First 1994 1994 The Charles Gayle Trio , with Hilliard Greene, Michael Wimberly
Unto I Am Les Disques Victo 1994 1995 Charles Gayle solo (ts, b-cl, p, dr, vcl)
Look up ESP disk 1995 2012 Charles Gayle, Michael Bisio , Michael Wimberly
Daily bread Black Saint 1995 1998 Charles Gayle Quartet , with William Parker, Wilber Morris , Michael Wimberly
Will Knitting Factory Works 1995 2995 with Wilber Morris, Michael Wimberly
Delivered 2.13.61 Records 1997 1997 The Charles Gayle Quartet , with James Jones (p), Gerald Benson (b), Kalil Madi (dr)
Solo in Japan PSF 1997 1997 Charles Gayle (ts, sop, p) solo
Precious Soul FMP 1998 2001 Charles Gayle 3 , with Gerald Benson, Gerald Cleaver ; Total Music Meeting , Berlin
Ancient of Days Knitting Factory Works 1999 1999 Charles Gayle, Hank Johnson (p) June Booth , Michael Wimberly
Jazz solo piano Knitting Factory Works 2001 2001 Charles Gayle (p) solo
No bills Long Arms 2003 2004? Charles Gayle (p, ts) solo
Shout! Clean Deed 2003 2005 Charles Gayle, Sirone, Gerald Cleaver
Time zones Tompkins Square 2006 2006 Charles Gayle piano solo
Consider the Lilies ... Clean feed 2006 2006 Charles Gayle, Hilliard Greene, Jay Rosen
Live at Glenn Miller Cafe Ayler 2006 2006 Charles Gayle, Gerald Benson, Michael Wimberly
Forgiveness Not two 2008 2008 Charles Gayle, Hilliard Greene, Klaus Kugel
Our Souls - Live in Vilnius NoBusiness 2009 2010? Charles Gayle, Dominic Duval , Arkadijus Gotesmanas
Streets Northern Spy 2011 2012 Charles Gayle, Larry Roland , Michael TA Thompson
Christ Everlasting For Tune 2014 2015 Charles Gayle, Ksawery Wojcinski , Klaus Kugel

Collaborative band projects

album Musician band project Label rec Release Remarks
Live at crescendo By Any Means Ayler 2008 2008 Charles Gayle, William Parker, Rashied Ali
Live at Jazzwerkstatt Peitz Charles Gayle / William Parker / Hamid Drake Jazz workshop 2014 2015 Live in the Peitz Jazz Workshop
05/26/15 Charles Gayle, John Edwards , Roger Turner Otoroku 2015 2016
Live in Belgium Gayle • Barcella • Cabras El Negocito 2015 2016 Charles Gayle, Manolo Cabras (kb), Giovanni Barcella (dr)
Seasons Changing Charles Gayle, John Edwards, Mark Sanders Otoroku 2017 2019
The Alto Sessions Charles Gayle, Giovanni Barcella, Manolo Cabras El Negocito Records 2017 2019

Albums as guest soloist in other productions

album Artist Label rec Remarks
Gayle Force Buell Neidlinger K2B2 records 1965 Released 2015; Charles Gayle's first recordings, with John Bergamo
Voices William Parker NoBusiness 1987 Duo Parker / Gayle in Crosses (Long Scarf over Canal Street) and Entrusted Spirit (Dedicated to Bilal Abdur Rahman)
Always a pleasure Cecil Taylor Ensemble FMP 1993 With Longineu Parsons , Harri Sjöström , Charles Gayle, Cecil Taylor, Tristan Honsinger , Sirone, Rashid Bakr
Everything Henry Rollins Thirsty Ear 1996 With Charles Gayle (sax, p, vln), Rashied Ali
Illuminators Sunny Murray Duo featuring Charles Gayle Audible Hiss 1996
requiem William Parker Bass Quartet Featuring Charles Gayle Splasc (h) 2004 Charles Gayle (as), Henry Grimes , William Parker, Alan Silva , Norris Jones
Configuration Billy Bang Ensemble Silkheart 2004 Charles Gayle, Billy Bang, Sirone, Tyshawn Sorey
For Those Who Are, Still William Parker AUM fidelity 2013 William Parker Ensemble, with Charles Gayle, Mike Reed , NFM Symphony Orchestra , Jan Jakub Bokun (cond), soloists of the NFM Choir. Live recording from the Jazztopad Festival , Wrocław

Web links / sources

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed December 21, 2017)