Jazz Cafee: Henry Threadgill - The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note (7 CD, 2010/FLAC)

Henry Threadgill (born February 15, 1944) is an American composer, saxophonist and flautist. He came to prominence in the 1970s leading ensembles rooted in jazz but with unusual instrumentation and often incorporating other genres of music. He has performed and recorded with several ensembles: Air, Aggregation Orb, Make a Move, the seven-piece Henry Threadgill Sextett, the twenty-piece Society Situation Dance Band, Very Very Circus, X-75, and Zooid.

LIVE AIR 1977

1 EULOGY FOR CHARLES CLARKE 13:06

2 PORTRAIT OF LEO SMITH 7:58

3 KEEP RIGHT ON PLAYING THRU THE MIRROR OVER THE WATER 15:36

4 BE EVER OUT 5:47

with Fred Hopkins and Steve McCall

AIR MAIL 1980

1 B.K. 8:56

2 R.B. 8:22

3 C.T., J.L. 18:26

with Fred Hopkins and Steve McCall

NEW AIR - LIVE AT MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 1983

1 SIR SIMPLETON 11:10

2 DIFDA DANCE 13:09

3 ROLL ON 5:04

4 TRAGEDY ON A THURSDAY AFTERNOON 8:39

5 NO. 1 9:30

with Fred Hopkins, Pheeroan akLaff

NEW AIR, CASSANDRA WILSON - AIR SHOW NO. 1 1986

1 ACHTUD EL BUOD (CHILDREN'S SONG) 6:32

2 DON'T DRINK THAT CORNER MY LIFE IS IN THE BUSH 9:16

3 AIR SHOW 5:22

4 APRICOTS ON THEIR WINGS 6:07

5 SALUTE TO THE ENEMA BANDIT 7:25

6 SIDE STEP 7:07

with Fred Hopkins, Pheeroan akLaff & Cassandra Wilson

HENRY THREADGILL VERY VERY CIRCUS - SPIRIT OF NUFF...NUFF 1990

1 HOPE A HOPE A 7:39

2 UNREALISTIC LOVE 10:39

3 DRIVIN' YOU SLOW AND CRAZY 10:29

4 BEE DEE AFF 9:28

5 FIRST CHURCH OF THIS 8:04

6 EXACTO 5:02

7 IN THE RING 6:46

with Curtis Fowlkes, Brandon Ross, Masujaa, Edwin Rodriguez, Marcus Rojas, Gene Lake

HENRY THREADGILL - SONG OUT OF MY TREES 1993

1 GATEWAY 9:22

2 OVER THE RIVER CLUB 9:24

3 GRIEF 10:11

4 CREA 8:46

5 SONG OUT OF MY TREES 8:14

with Ted Daniel, Jerome Harris, James Emery, Ed Cherry, Myra Melford, Tony Cedrus, Amina Claudia Myers, Diedre Murray, Michelle Kinney, Mossa Bildner, Ted Daniel, Reggie Nicholson

FLUTE FORCE FOUR - FLUTISTRY 1990

1 T.B.A. 5:39

2 INTERSECTION 6:53

3 LUAP NOSEBOR 9:04

4 HYMN TO WRIGHT REVEREND 6:45

5 PASEO DEL MAR 5:56

6 FIGWIG 9:55

with James Newton, Pedro Eustache, Melecio Magdaluyo