Master of the Mutable, in an Idiom All His Own
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The world of improvised music is poised for a Henry Threadgill moment.
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Six Picks: November 2009
Lerterland (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York , November 2009: Gerald Clayton , Two-Shade (ArtistShare) Graham Dechter , Right On Time (Capri) Anne Drummond , Like Water (ObliqSound) Terell Stafford-Dick Oatts Quintet , Bridging the Gap (Planet Arts) Henry Threadgill’s ZOOID , This Brings Us To, Volume 1 (Pi Recordings) Miguel Zenón , Esta Plena (Marsalis...
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Do You Know the Name — Or the Number?
Destination: Out (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
SONG Artist Album Label : Year It’s been a while since we last offered any free booty to our kind, good-looking, abnormally intelligent, and generous readership. Welcome to the latest D:O contest, brought to you by the fine folks at Pi Recordings, and Henry Threadgill. CONTEST ONE – Blindfold, please. The blindfold test. We’ve posted an mp3, above, stripped of identifying [...]
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CONTEST/GIVEAWAY: Enter the Pi "Henry Threadgill - This Brings Us To, Vol. 1" Giveaway
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Pi Recordings "Henry Threadgill - This Brings Us To, Vol. 1" giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on December 2nd. Click here to enter the contest (Following Henry Threadgill at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)...
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Henry Threadgill: This Brings Us To, Volume 1 (Reviews)
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Henry Threadgill's new release is not music for everyone, but it is music for anyone. This is a difficult review to write, knowing that the folks who follow Henry Threadgill are likely already aware of (or in possession of) this new release -- his first in eight very long years. On the other hand, this is an easy review to write, since it is pretty painless to recommend exceptional music. So let it...
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The Charles Tolliver Big Band Live at The Iridium Jazz Club
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
The Charles Tolliver Big Band The Iridium Jazz Club New York, NY October 17, 2009 Charles Tolliver leads a modernist 16 piece big band that pushes the envelope of contemporary orchestral jazz sounds. The Big Band played a four night stand at the Iridium Jazz Club and I was fortunate to catch the second set on Saturday night. The Iridium is situated in Midtown Manhattan, just a few blocks away from...
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Upcoming Jazz Releases | October 27, 2009
JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Alicia Keys - Alicia Keys Smooth Jazz Tribute (CC Entertainment ) Aram Shelton - Two Cities (Delmark ) Art Blakey - Jazz Messengers (LP W/Tshirt) (Phantom ) Charlie Parker - Bird On 52ND Street (Original Jazz Classics ) Collage - Fifty-Four Minutes Twenty Seconds (Wool ) Crane River Jazz Band - Storming Session (United States Of Distribution LTD. ) Crane River Jazz Band - Storming Session: Germany...
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Henry Threadgill Zooid: This Brings Us To, Volume 1
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Pi Recordings was founded in 2001 to release a pair of albums by legendary AACM composer/multi-instrumentalist Henry Threadgill, the electric Everybody's Mouth's a Book (with Make a Move) and acoustic Up Popped the Two Lips (with Zooid). This Brings Us To, Volume 1 is his first commercially released recording in eight years--a homecoming of sorts for both Pi and Threadgill...
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Guest Post: EXCLUSIVE LIVE TRACKS FROM VIJAY IYER TRIO
Destination: Out (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
CARDIO – LIVE QUESTIONS OF AGENCY – LIVE Vijay Iyer Trio [ exclusive to D:O ] : 2009 VI, piano; Stephan Crump, bass; Marcus Gilmore, drums. We’re incredibly pleased to have longtime friend of the site Vijay Iyer back for another guest post. This time he’s been generous enough to share two exclusive live tracks from his trio, recorded [...]
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The Wire - New Issue - #309 | Julian Cope | November 2009
DJ Martian's Page (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
New issue of The Wire features Julian Cope on the front cover. On The Cover: Julian Cope - How the modern antiquarian, megalithic European and Odinist rock 'n' roll heretic orchestrates elegant chaos with his new group Black Sheep. Plus: Cornelius Cardew, Henry Threadgill, Peter Walker, Jim Jarmusch's Invisible Jukebox, 00I00, Mordant Music, Bernie Krause in Cross Platform, William Bennett on Yoko...
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jellybean weirdo with electric snake fang (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
If I am black now like your butane in the butt wild in singing crow londoners gasping bust POE POE BPOE with bubble gum bubbles from out its ears Henry Threadgill to the 70's AIR sunglasses lost and found and private bodies If I am earthman, woomond horticlique-cher's sonny abonition if I am ebonics as a white man my body my existence If I never touch that goddamn latte' again I would rather be Sonny...
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Henry Threadgill soars on first new CD in 8 years
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Alto saxophonist and composer Henry Threadgill hasn't issued a CD since 2001, an unusually long silence for a musician of his stature, but "This Brings Us To, Volume 1" has been worth the wait (**** out of four stars, Pi Recordings, out Oct. 27). The album is a major achievement.
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EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PREVIEW: Henry Threadgill Zooid
Destination: Out (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] To undertake my corners open [Audio clip: view full post to listen] After some time Henry Threadgill Zooid This Brings Us To, Volume 1 Pi Recordings : 2009 HT, alto sax, flute; Liberty Ellman, guitar; Jose Davila, trombone, tuba; Stomu Takeishi, bass; Elliot Humberto Kavee, drums. Zooid: A cell that is able to move independently [...]
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Henry Threadgill - This Brings Us To, Vol. 1 (Pi Recordings, 2009)
Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
It has been a long time coming, but mecurial composer and instrumentalist Henry Threadgill finally has a new album. Recorded with his band Zooid, this album of knotty compositions and exciting improvisations was well worth the wait. Along with Threadgill on alto saxophone and flute, Zooid consists of Liberty Ellman on guitar, Jose Davila on trombone and tuba, Stomu Takeishi on bass and Elliot Kavee...
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The Kids Are Alright
Destination: Out (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS OH ALLAH Alice Coltrane Universal Consciousness Impulse : 1971 AC, organ and harp; Leroy Jenkins, violin; John Blair, violin; Julius Brand, violin; Joan Kalisch, violin; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Jack DeJohnette, drums. String arrangements by AC; transcription by Ornette Coleman. “Is jazz dead? That all depends on what you know.” –Lester Bowie “A higher consciousness...