Bannar (album)

1987 studio album by Charles Brackeen

Bannar

Studio album by

Charles Brackeen

Released| 1987
Recorded| February 13, 1987
Studio| Omega Audio, Dallas, TX
Genre| Jazz
Length| 53:45
Label| Silkheart SHLP 105
Producer| Charles Brackeen
Charles Brackeen chronology
| Rhythm X
(1973)  | Bannar
(1987)  | Attainment
(1988)

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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[edit]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
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[edit]

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[edit]

* Charles Brackeen – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
* Dennis González – trumpet, flugelhorn
* Malachi Favors – bass
* Alvin Fielder – drums

## References[edit]

1. ^ Silkheart Records catalog, accessed February 11, 2017
2. ^ Jazzlists: Silkheart records discography, accessed February 11, 2017
3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Worshippers Come Nigh – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
4. ^ a b 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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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

Studio albums|

* Rhythm X (1968)
* Bannar (1987)
* Attainment (1987)
* Worshippers Come Nigh (1987)

Live albums|

* Melodic Art–Tet (with Ahmed Abdullah, William Parker, and Roger Blank, 1974)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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