Charles Gayle

Personnel: Charles Gayle (as), Hilliard Greene (b) & Jay Rosen (d).

Tracks: 1. Truley, Truly, 2. Edge of Time, 3. Sanctify 4. Jesus..Amen, 5. Of Ages, 6. Giving.

Recorded: 2006 (studio).

"From the streets of New York to the hotels of the world, what changed in the life of Charles Gayle since his hobo days? Some more money, for sure, but considering the earnings made by jazz musicians today not much; a wider recognition of his work; and a project of life, another way of saying a "career", started in 1988 after 20 years of street performances for a coin. But that's it, because the essential is the same: Gayle is still a musician on the move, and if he travels today by plane and train, he's the same nomad he was before, a man with a horn, a message and some needs playing wherever there are people..."