X-75 Volume 1
X-75 Volume 1 | ||||
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Studio album by Henry Threadgill | ||||
Released | 1979 | |||
Recorded | January 13, 1979 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Arista/Novus | |||
Henry Threadgill chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
DownBeat | [2] |
Tom Hull | C+[3] |
X-75 Volume 1 is the debut album by Henry Threadgill released on the Arista Novus label in 1979.[4] The album and features four of Threadgill's compositions performed by Threadgill with Douglas Ewart, Joseph Jarman, Wallace McMillan, Leonard Jones, Brian Smith, Rufus Reid, Fred Hopkins and vocals by Amina Claudine Myers. The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick states, "Henry Threadgill's first album as a leader immediately plunged into experimental waters. He utilized a nonet the likes of which had certainly never been heard before and probably not since... Threadgill's massive talent for mid-size band arrangements is immediately apparent... As of 2002, X-75, Vol. 1 was unreleased on disc and, even more disappointingly, there was never a "Vol. 2." But Threadgill fans looking for a link between Air and his Sextett owe it to themselves to search this one out".[5]
Track listing
All compositions by Henry Threadgill
- "Sir Simpleton" – 6:26
- "Celebration" – 13:21
- "Air Song" – 10:21
- "Fe Fi Fo Fum" – 13:00
Recorded at CI Recording Studios, New York City on January 13, 1979
Personnel
- Henry Threadgill – alto saxophone, flute, bass flute
- Douglas Ewart – bass clarinet, piccolo, flute
- Joseph Jarman – soprano saxophone, flute
- Wallace McMillan – piccolo, alto flute, tenor saxophone
- Leonard Jones – bass
- Brian Smith – piccolo bass, bass
- Rufus Reid – bass
- Fred Hopkins – bass
- Amina Claudine Myers – vocals
References
- ^ X-75 Volume 1 at AllMusic
- ^ Tesser, Neil (January 1980). "Henry Threadgill: X-75 Volume 1". DownBeat. Vol. 47, no. 1. p. 34.
- ^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ Backstrom, L. & Lopez, R. Henry Threadgill discography accessed 8 September 2009
- ^ Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed 8 September 2009
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- Air Lore (1979)
- Air Mail (1980)
- 80° Below '82 (1982)
- Live at Montreal International Jazz Festival (1983)
- Air Show No. 1 (1986)
- X-75 Volume 1 (1979)
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