Henry Threadgill, alto & tenor saxophone, flute
Fred Hopkins, double bass
Steve McCall, drums
01 - Sir Simpleton 21:53
02 - Substration 11:59
03 - Somebody Got The Wrong Shoes (For Rafael Garrett) 19:28
04 - C.T., J.L. - Ann SMcC 19:56
Recorded May 28, 1981 at Festival d'Angouleme, Theatre Municipal, Angouleme.
(FM - 16bit48)
This is the complete concert
For the first day of spring, what better than a live Air?
Rec. live at "Teatro Giardino Scotto", Pisa, Italy,
on June 27, 1979 (mics recording)
Henry Threadgill,reeds,flute
Fred Hopkins,bass
Steve McCall,drums
1. Unknown/Portrait Of Leo Smith (14:36)
2. Midnight Sun (13:22)
3. Sir Simpleton (12:37)
4. Untitled Tango (16:09)
5. Open Air Suit [encore] (05:56)
Total Time 1:02:42
excerpt from Midnight Sun
For all Air lovers.
Rec. live in Lovere, Italy, on June 17, 1979
(mix recording)
Henry Threadgill,reeds,flute
Fred Hopkins,bass
Steve McCall,drums
1. Through A Keyhole Darkly/Dance Of The Beast/G.v.E./
Keep Right On Playng Thru The Mirror Over The Water (47:23)
2. Midnight Sun [encore] (06:10)
Total Time 53:34
Here’s another all too rare air concert.
This is a collaboration with controversial radical African American nationalist poet Amiri Baraka formerly Leroi Jones , probably best known to jazz fans as the author of Black Dada Nihilisimus, performed on the New York Art quartets eponymous album on esp.
Baraka was initially friends with the beats whom he had come to know after moving to Greenwich Village in the late 50’s.
Baraka moved on, I think becoming increasingly disillusioned with their flabby romanticism and lack of specific political engagement.
I don’t know too much about Baraka ,other than a few basic facts, and of course some of the background to the explosive controversy that exploded in the headlines ( here in Australia) when Baraka lost his status as poet laureate of new jersey after publishing a poem titled “somebody blew up America’ about the events of sept 11 2001.
Anyhow this is a great concert, and Air are providing much more than mere support but are interacting fully with both Baraka and each other.
A great one … many thanks to JeffMorris for taping and seeding this show.
Lineage: CD on trade ( FM, unknown gen ) -> Extracted & converted to FLAC using EAC -> DIME
Disc 1
1. Zoodoo 04:29
2. Bad News 04:22
3. I Love Music 03:57
4. Against Bourgeois Art 06:04
5. Afro-American Lyric 05:43
6. Wailers 05:05
7. Am/Trak 10:37
8. Class Struggle In Music 12:01
Lineup:
Amiri Baraka - recitation
Henry Threadgill - reeds
Fred Hopkins - b
Steve McCall - dr
ENJOY!!!
read Baraka's poems here
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/baraka/onlinepoems.htm
more, great live ..Air..
a stunning show in decent sound ( for an audience tape)
for centrifuge, ghostrancedance neeroonoo1
and other air lovers.
Last track is a jimmy garrison dedication, which the great fred hopkins ...lord bless him takes solo.
AirSalzburg (Austria)Jazz im Theater – Elisabethbühne
Henry Threadgill as, ts, fl,
Fred Hopkins db
Steve McCall dr
1) 08:50 Subtraction2) 11:29 R.B.3) 29:374) 09:235) 05:58
enjoy
HERE'S, a stunning live album by one of the all time
great free jazz groups, this the first album of theirs i ever bought, and Ive loved the collective sound of this group ever since.
threadgill has now like anthony braxton transcended the idiom, and there are plenty of pointers to this (rampantly eclectic )future direction throughout this GLORIOUS slab .
this bands palette was as broad as it was subtle, almost everything can happen,a truly rich and rewarding listening experience.
i never tire of listening to this, one could spend a lifetime and find continual renewal.
who knows why the aeco became more acclaimed than AIR or the Revolutionary ensemble for me along with Leo smith and anthony braxton's mammoth oeuvre.
the most joyous and satisfying listening experiences Ive ever had, contemporary free jazz is hugely mannered by comparison.
fred hopkins and steve mccall -are sadly no longer with us.
this is a very clean vinyl rip, and shame on bmg or whomever owns novus for not deeming air's albums worthy of full hansomely packaged reissue.
its almost criminal.
many people are starving for this, and if they dont step in and fill the gap, we will continue to share it in the form of crackly vinyl rips!!
a pox on their stingy bottom line mentality, and bottomless profit mongering.
as well as there ephemeral taste shaping on a mass toxic scale.
BUY REISSUED AIR.
VISIT HENRY THREADGILLS PAGE (the only one i can find)
http://www.ejn.it/mus/threadgi.htm
album info
air suisse , recorded live at montreux jazz fest july 22, 1978, released by novus( now bmg)
side 1
lets all go down to the footwash
abra
side 2
suisse air
henry threadgill- saxes, fl
fred hopkins -db
steve mccall- dr
many thnks to yann ,for his help with this current batch of rips!