Rhythm X
Studio album by
Charles Brackeen
Released1973
RecordedJanuary 26, 1968 in New York
GenreJazz
Length34:34
LabelStrata-East SES-19736
ProducerClifford Jordan
Charles Brackeen chronology
Rhythm X
(1973) 		Bannar
(1987)

Rhythm X is the debut album led by saxophonist Charles Brackeen recorded in 1968 but not released on the Strata-East label until 1973.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "Rhythm X is a valuable glimpse of the earlier, pre-sabbatical Brackeen ... Though nowhere near as individual as the later Silkhearts, the 1968 record is packed with gritty detail."[3] In his review for AllMusic, Rob Ferrier states "On this record, the little-known Charles Brackeen brings his saxophone to a party with most of Ornette Coleman's band. As might be expected, while Brackeen certainly holds his own, it's Ornette's boys who bring the thunder, playing around Brackeen's muscular alto as if they were a gang jumping on a new member ...with results that are often surprising and never short of beautiful".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Brackeen.

  1. "Rhythm X" – 8:01
  2. "Hour Glass" – 11:35
  3. "Charles Concept" – 6:45
  4. "C. B. Blues" – 7:42

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Don Cherry discography accessed January 12, 2015
  2. ^ a b Ferrier, Rob. Rhythm X – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (1996). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (3rd ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 155–156. ISBN 014051368X.
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