Till We Have Faces (Gary Thomas album)

Till We Have Faces
Till We Have Faces
Studio album by Gary Thomas
Released	1992
Recorded	May 8–14, 1992
Genre	Jazz
Length	60:48
Label	JMT; JMT 514 000
Producer	Stefan Winter
Gary Thomas chronology

Till We Have Faces is the sixth album by saxophonist Gary Thomas which was recorded in 1992 and released on the JMT label.^[1] As with his previous album While the Gate Is Open (1990), it features Thomas' interpretations of eight jazz standards.

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states, "This is Thomas' best moment on record thus far, and a casebook example of reinterpreting the jazz genre."^[2] The Chicago Tribune's Jack Fuller noted "The combination of Gary Thomas' whirling dervish tenor saxophone and Pat Metheny's guitar makes this an outstanding recording".^[4]

Track listing[edit]

Side one:
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis)	8:12
2.	"The Best Thing for You" (Irving Berlin)	8:00
3.	"Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn)	5:30
4.	"Bye Bye Baby" (Leo Robin, Jule Styne)	6:41

Side two:
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Lament" (J. J. Johnson)	9:28
6.	"Peace" (Horace Silver)	7:19
7.	"It's You or No One" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)	6:36
8.	"You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye)	9:38

Personnel[edit]

Gary Thomas – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Pat Metheny – electric guitar (tracks 1-6 & 8)
Tim Murphy – piano (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 8)
Anthony Cox – bass (tracks 1, 5 & 6), Ed Howard (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 8)
Terri Lyne Carrington – drums (tracks 1, 2 & 4-8)
Steve Moss – percussion (track 6)

References[edit]

^ Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed November 14, 2014
^ ^a ^b Jurek, T., 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.
^ Fuller, J., Chicago Tribune Review, June 20, 1993

[1] Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed November 14, 2014

[Allmusic-2] Jurek, T., Allmusic Review accessed November 17, 2014

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1396. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[ChicagoTribune-4] Fuller, J., Chicago Tribune Review, June 20, 1993

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v t e Gary Thomas
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums	By Any Means Necessary (1989) While the Gate Is Open (1990) The Kold Kage (1991) Till We Have Faces (1992) Exile's Gate (1993) Found on Sordid Streets (1996) Pariah's Pariah (1997)