From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1989 studio album by Gary Thomas & Seventh Quadrant
By Any Means Necessary
Released 1989 Recorded May 1989 Studio RPM Sound Studios, New York City
Genre
Jazz Length 53 :58
Label
JMT JMT 834 432
Producer Stefan F. Winter
By Any Means Necessary is the third album by saxophonist
Gary Thomas recorded in 1989 and released on the
JMT label.
[1]
[2]
Reception
The
AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "The music features dense ensembles, simultaneous improvisations, eccentric funk rhythms, and rhythmic but very dissonant horn solos that have a logic of their own. One can think of this noisy date as being an updated extension of
Ornette Coleman 's Prime Time and is recommended to open-minded listeners who think that nothing new has been played in jazz since the mid-'70s."
[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Gary Thomas except as indicated
"By Any Means Necessary" - 7:44
"Continuum" - 6:52
"You're Under Arrest" (John Scofield) - 7:17
"Potential Hazard" - 6:23
"To the Vanishing Point" - 4:37
"Screen Gem" - 5:02
"Janala" (Geri Allen, Greg Osby, Gary Thomas, Naná Vasconcelos) - 2:39
"At Risk" - 7:12
"Out of Harm's Way" - 6:12
Personnel
Gary Thomas - tenor saxophone, flute synthesizer
Greg Osby - alto saxophone, synthesizer (tracks 7 & 9)
Mick Goodrick (tracks 6 & 8),
John Scofield (tracks 1, 3 & 8) - guitar
Geri Allen , (tracks 4, 5 & 7), Tim Murphy (tracks 1–6, 8 & 9) - piano, synthesizer
Anthony Cox - bass (tracks 1–6, 8 & 9)
Dennis Chambers - drums (tracks 1–6, 8 & 9)
Naná Vasconcelos - percussion (tracks 1, 2, 4-6 & 8)
References
^
Peabody Institute Staff Profile: Gary Thomas
Archived 2014-11-29 at the
Wayback Machine , accessed November 17, 2014
^ Shimada, T.,
JMT label discography , accessed November 14, 2014
^
a
b Yanow, S.,
Allmusic Review accessed November 17, 2014
^
Cook, Richard ;
Morton, Brian (2008).
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.).
Penguin . p. 1396.
ISBN
978-0-141-03401-0 .
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader With
Oliver Lake With others
Movies (
Franco Ambrosetti , 1986)
Movies Too (Franco Ambrosetti, 1988)
The Collective (
Cecil Brooks III , 1989)
Duet in Detroit (
Roy Brooks , 1989)
Droppin' Things (
Betty Carter , 1990)
Feed the Fire (Betty Carter, 1993)
Sound Museum: Hidden Man (
Ornette Coleman , 1996)
Sound Museum: Three Women (Ornette Coleman, 1996)
Motherland Pulse (
Steve Coleman , 1985)
Flute Talk (
Buddy Collette , 1988)
Etudes (
Charlie Haden , 1987)
The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Charlie Haden, 1989)
The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (Charlie Haden, 1989)
Reflections in Change (
Craig Handy , 1999)
Lift Every Voice (
Charles Lloyd , 2002)
Jumping the Creek (Charles Lloyd, 2004)
Decision in Paradise (Frank Lowe, 1984)
Monk in Motian (
Paul Motian , 1988)
Mindgames (
Greg Osby , 1988)
Living on the Edge (
Dewey Redman , 1989)
Crunchin' (
Wallace Roney , 1993)
Munchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993)
Bemsha Swing (
Woody Shaw , 1986)
By Any Means Necessary (
Gary Thomas , 1989)