Offering up five tracks of solo instrumental intensity from this NYC street musician and torch-passed-to rep of ’60s free jazz motions, Charles Gayle, Unto I Am is a pressure cooker that is definitely…

San Diego, California Tuesday, February 27, 1996. Charles Gayle Trio at Olé Madrid in San Diego, California on Tuesday, February 27, 1996. Photo ©1996 by Rich Jacobs. “Charles Gayle is a free jazz…

The first time I heard Charles Gayle, I actually saw him, too, at a live show he headlined in San Diego back in 1996. Word was floating around amongst the spaghetti, I mean…