X-75 Volume 1

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X-75 Volume 1
X-75 Volume 1.jpg
Studio album by
Henry Threadgill
Released1979
RecordedJanuary 13, 1979
GenreJazz
LabelArista/Novus
Henry Threadgill chronology
X-75 Volume 1
(1979) 		When Was That?
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars [1]
Tom HullC+[2]

X-75 Volume 1 is the debut album by Henry Threadgill released on the Arista Novus label in 1979.[3] The album and features four of Threadgill's compositions performed by Threadgill with Douglas Ewart, Joseph Jarman, , 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".[4]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Henry Threadgill

  1. "Sir Simpleton" - 6:26
  2. "Celebration" - 13:21
  3. "Air Song" - 10:21
  4. "Fe Fi Fo Fum" - 13:00

Recorded at CI Recording Studios, New York City on January 13, 1979

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ X-75 Volume 1 at AllMusic
  2. ^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. ^ Backstrom, L. & Lopez, R. Henry Threadgill discography accessed 8 September 2009
  4. ^ Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed 8 September 2009
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