While the Gate Is Open | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1990 | |||
Recorded | May 1990 | |||
Studio | Hit Factory, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 59:06 | |||
Label | JMT JMT 834 439 | |||
Producer | Stefan Winter | |||
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While the Gate Is Open is the fourth album by saxophonist Gary Thomas which was recorded in 1990 and released on the JMT label.[1][2] It features Thomas' interpretations of eight jazz standards.
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Guardian | [4] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "Thomas gives the eight tunes fresh treatments and as usual avoids all clichés (and the logic of bop) in his explorative improvisations."[3] The Guardian's John Fordham noted "This one features the hard-nosed Miles Davis saxophonist Gary Thomas with a fiercely collaborative band of experts... There's a lot of full-on tenor sax blasting over ferocious percussion barrages... The saxophonist's tendency to spit out phrases rather than massage them into life gives his work a rather impassive quality that mellowed later".[4]