Gwotet
{{Infobox album
| name = Gwotet
| type = Album
| artist = David Murray
| cover = Gwotet.jpg
| alt =
| released = Jun 8, 2004
| recorded = October 2003
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 62:31
| label = Justin Time
| producer = David Murray
| prev_title = Now Is Another Time
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = Waltz Again
| next_year = 2005
}}
Gwotet is an album by David Murray released on the Justin Time label. Recorded in 2003 and released in 2004 the album features performances by Murray and the Gwo-Ka Masters with Pharoah Sanders.{{Cite web |url=http://www.justin-time.com/works/JUST_200-2/ |title=Justin Time catalogue |access-date=2008-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706123546/http://www.justin-time.com/works/JUST_200-2/ |archive-date=2008-07-06 |url-status=dead }} It is Murray's second album with the Gwo-Ka Masters following Yonn-Dé (2002).
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1061}}
| rev3 = The Village Voice
| rev3Score = A{{cite news|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|date=September 28, 2004|url=http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/arch/jcg/jcg-02.php|title=Jazz Consumer Guide (2): The Caribbean Tinge|newspaper=The Village Voice|access-date=June 25, 2020|via=tomhull.com}}
}}
Reviewing for The Village Voice in September 2004, Tom Hull called Gwotet as "a foray into pan-African cosmopolitanism" and "a nonstop riot of rhythm and horns".
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "Freed from playing jazz standards or very free improvisations, Murray really thrives in this exotic setting . . . 'Gwotet,' 'Ouagadougou,' and 'Djolla Feeling' are high points, but there are no slow moments during the infectious set of danceable but somewhat unclassifiable music."Yanow, S. [http://allmusic.com/album/gwotet-r693149/review Allmusic Review] accessed September 6, 2011
Track listing
- "Gwotet" (Kiavue, Laviso, Murray) - 12:14
- "O' Léonso" (Traditional) - 7:57
- "Ouagadougou" - 12:30
- "La Jwa" - 10:04
- "Djolla Feeling" (Sambe) - 9:24
- "Go to Jazz" (Kiavue, Murray) - 4:26
- "Ovwa" (Kiavue, Traditional) - 5:34
- "Gwotet [Radio Edit]" (Kiavue, Laviso, Murray) - 6:22
:All compositions by David Murray except as indicated
:*Recorded October 2003
Personnel
- David Murray - tenor saxophone
- Leonardo Alarcon - trombone
- Angel Ballester Veliz - alto saxophone and flute
- Alexander Brown - trumpet
- Elpidio Chappotin Delgado - trumpet
- Hamid Drake - drums
- Klod Kiavue - gwo ka drums and voice
- Christian Laviso - guitar and voice
- Moises Marquez Leyva - baritone saxophone
- Hervé Sambe - guitar
- Pharoah Sanders - tenor saxophone
- Jaribu Shahid - bass
- Carlos Sonduy Dimet - trumpet