X-75 Volume 1
| X-75 Volume 1 | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | January 13, 1979 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Arista/Novus | |||
| Henry Threadgill chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| DownBeat | [2] |
| Tom Hull | C+[3] |
X-75 Volume 1 is the debut album by American musician Henry Threadgill released on the Arista Novus label in 1979.[4] The album and features four of Threadgill's compositions performed by an unusual nine-piece ensemble of Threadgill himself and three other saxophonists/flutists, four bassists, and a vocalist.
Reception
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]
In his 4 star review for DownBeat, Neil Tesser wrote, "The four pieces on X-75 show an impressive variety, yet Threadgill’s melodies have a shamanistic air, a residue of folk magic, that helps tie them together".[6]
Track listing
All compositions by Henry Threadgill
- "Sir Simpleton" – 6:26
- "Celebration" – 13:2
- "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 (February 28, 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ↑ Backstrom, L. & Lopez, R. Henry Threadgill discography accessed 8 September 2009
- ↑ Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed 8 September 2009
- ↑ Tesser, Neil (January 1980). "Record Reviews". DownBeat. 47 (1): 34.