Album

X-75 Volume 1

Henry Threadgill

1979 · Jazz

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X-75 Volume 1 by Henry Threadgill

X-75 Volume 1 is a Jazz album by Henry Threadgill, originally released in 1979.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Sir Simpleton6:26
  2. A2Celebration13:21

Side B

  1. B1Air Song10:21
  2. B2Fe Fi Fo Fum13:00

Sound DNA

  • Jazz
  • Avant-Garde & Free Jazz
  • angular
  • restless
  • cerebral

Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

On back cover:
Recorded at CI Recording Studios,
New York City on January 13, 1979
Technical Notes: In stereo, from left to right in the
Reed section are Douglas Ewart, Joseph Jarman, Henry
Threadgill and Wallace McMillan.
From left to right in the bass section are Leonard
Jones, Brian Smith, Rufus Reid and Fred Hopkins.
The piccolo bass is not an electric gimmick. It is an
Acoustic bass with a range exactly one octave higher
Than the standard bass.

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Amina Claudine MyersVOCALS
  • Brian SmithBASS, BASS
  • Douglas EwartFLUTE, BASS CLARINET
  • Fred HopkinsBASS
  • Henry ThreadgillFLUTE, BASS FLUTE, ALTO SAXOPHONE
  • Joseph JarmanFLUTE, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
  • Leonard JonesBASS
  • Rufus ReidBASS
  • Wallace McMillanPICCOLO FLUTE, ALTO FLUTE, TENOR SAXOPHONE

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