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1972 live album by Frank Wright Quartet
Center of the World
Live album by Frank Wright Quartet
Released1972
RecordedMarch 26, 1972
VenueDoelen, Rotterdam
GenreJazz
Length39:36
70:19 (Fractal reissue)
LabelCenter of the World
Frank Wright chronology
Church Number Nine
(1971) 		Center of the World
(1972) 		Last Polka in Nancy?
(1973)

Center of the World is an album by the Frank Wright Quartet, consisting of saxophonist Frank Wright, pianist Bobby Few, bassist Alan Silva and drummer Muhammad Ali. It was recorded live in 1972 and released on the French Center of the World label. The album was reissued on CD in 1999 by Fractal with two previously unreleased performances from a 1978 reunion.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states "While Wright is the leader of the ensemble and was capable of blowing the hell out of his horn, the true star on these sessions is Few, who joined Steve Lacy's Sextet upon departure from this group."

Writing for Cadence, Derek Taylor called the album "revelatory," offering "undeniable evidence of the Reverend Frank Wright's rightful place in the pantheon of early free Jazz forefathers."

A reviewer for The Wire stated that Wright's sideman are "capable of chasing and sometimes even outpacing his ever accelerating squeals," and described the album as a "high-energy apex, with Bobby Few's delicately tumbling piano transporting Wright's bluesy wailing to regions of non-stop organic flux, where the music scales peak after peak."

Track listing

  1. "Center of the World, Part 1" (Wright, Silva, Few) – 19:51
  2. "Center of the World, Part 2" (Wright, Silva, Few) – 19:45

Bonus tracks on Fractal reissue CD Recorded live 1978 at Neue Anta, Detmold

  2. "No End" (Wright) – 17:32
  4. "Church Number 9" (Wright) – 13:11

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Jurek, Thom. Frank Wright – Center of the World: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  2. Taylor, Derek (November 1999). "Reviews". Cadence. Vol. 25, no. 11. p. 29.
  3. "Reviews". The Wire. Vol. 192. February 2000. p. 54.
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