Captain of the Deep

Captain of the Deep is an album by the American jazz drummer Denis Charles, which was recorded live in 1991 at the Zuid-Nederlands Jazz Festival and released in 1998 on the Eremite label.[1]

Captain of the Deep
Live album by
Denis Charles
ReleasedMarch 26, 1998
RecordedMay 9, 1991
VenueDe Effenaar Cultural Centre, Eindhoven
GenreJazz
Length72:39
LabelEremite
ProducerMichael Ehlers
Denis Charles chronology
Queen Mary
(1990)		 Captain of the Deep
(1998)		 A Scream for Charles Tyler
(1992)

The album was issued to the public on the day Charles died.[2]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]

The album was listed as Cadence Magazine's reviewers' choice best recording, and also appeared in the JazzIz critics list of top ten recordings for 1998.[5]

In his review for AllMusic, Steve Loewy wrote, "With a sound often approximating the work of early Ornette Coleman, the two horns spurt attractively dissonant themes, after which the four players turn out repeatedly fascinating solos and interactive lines."[3]

Amiri Baraka called Charles's solos "hip, self-contained, quirky links and carriers of the whole," and noted that "behind Ayler-blunt melodies, straight-ahead timbre, the unique daring simplicity of Charles's rhythmic motive force, Deep has lovely moments."[6]

Track listing
  1. "We Don't" (Traditional) - 14:04
  2. "Mota" (Breedlove) - 13:37
  3. "Round About" (Breedlove / Charles / DeJoode / Moondoc) - 15:38
  4. "Jamaj's" (de Joode) - 9:40
  5. "Rob" (Breedlove) - 13:35
  6. "Tobie Continyou" (de Joode) - 6:05

Personnel

References
  1. "Denis Charles Captain of the Deep". Eremite.
  2. Ratliff, Ben (April 12, 1998). "Denis Charles, 64, Drummer Who Gave Jazz Caribbean Lilt". The New York Times. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  3. Loewy, Steve. Captain of the Deep: Denis Charles at AllMusic. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 242. ISBN 978-0141034010.
  5. Griggs, Steve (August 2016). "Nathan Breedlove: Recluse on the Loose". Earshot Jazz. Vol. 32, no. 8. p. 7.
  6. Baraka, Amiri (2009). Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music. University of California Press. p. 377.
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