Nominated for "Debut CD of the Year, 2001" by the Jazz Journalists Association
Chosen as a "Top Release" for 2000 by Jazz.about.com
Featured in JazzTimes Magazine Annual Guitar Edition 2001
"Focused, achieving an ideal balance of technical sophistication and emotional depth"
– David R. Adler, allmusic.com
"Chromatically serrated power chords, shape shifting blurs of octave clusters...a revelatory experience"
– Tom Terrell, Jazz Times
"Ritualism is one of the most eloquent inaugural statements in recent memory"
– Nate Chinen, Schwann Inside
David Gilmore – guitar • George Colligan – piano, keyboards • Brad Jones – bass • Rodney Holmes – drums
With guest artists:
Ravi Coltrane – tenor & soprano sax • Bruce Cox – drums • Imani Uzuri – vocals • David Binney – alto sax • Ralph Alessi – trumpet • Sharrif Simmons – poet • Daniel Moreno – percussion
