Baraka (album)

This article is about DKV Trio album. For Sami Yusuf album, see Barakah (album).
Baraka
Studio album by
DKV Trio
Released1997
RecordedFebruary 17 & 19, 1997
StudioÜberstudio, Chicago
GenreJazz
Length71:41
LabelOkka Disk
ProducerKen Vandermark
Ken Vandermark chronology
All Night Burner
(1997) 		Baraka
(1997) 		Like Rays
(1998)

Baraka is an album by the DKV Trio, composed of drummer Hamid Drake, bassist Kent Kessler and reedist Ken Vandermark. It was recorded in 1997 and released on Okka Disk.[1]

The DKV Trio was assembled by Vandermak in the summer of 1994 for the recording project Standards. The band's first album was the limited edition CD DKV Live, recorded on December 26, 1996, at the Chicago Lunar Cabaret and also released on Okka Disk.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]

In her review for AllMusic, Joslyn Layne states: "Baraka may suffer a bit in comparison to the later, extraordinary Live in Wels & Chicago, but it's still a terrific showcase of the trio and, overall, a great adventurous jazz album."[3]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes that "Baraka has its moments of stasis -the title track runs for more than 35 minutes, and it needs plenty of resources to sustain that- but there is still an awful lot to listen to."[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Drake/Kessler/Vandermark
  1. "Double Holiday" – 10:46
  2. "Soft Gamma Ray Repeater" – 8:14
  3. "Baraka" – 35:58
  4. "Figure It Out" – 7:16
  5. "Consequence" – 9:27

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Baraka at Okka Disk
  2. ^ DKV Live at Okka Disk
  3. ^ a b Layne, Joslyn. DKV Trio – Baraka: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1488. ISBN 0140515216.