Carry the Day

by Henry Threadgill

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:20
  • Community rating: 3.83/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Utilizing his critically lauded Very Very Circus ensemble, saxophonist Henry Threadgill pushes the boundaries of avant-garde jazz on 'Carry the Day'. The album incorporates unconventional instrumentation, including tubas and French horns, weaving them into deeply complex, polyrhythmic compositions.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, experimental, improvisation, diverse, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. Come Carry the Day (6:16)
  2. Growing a Big Banana (3:29)
  3. Vivjanrondirkski (5:55)
  4. Between Orchids Lilies Blind Eyes and Cricket (7:47)
  5. Hyla Crucifer . . . Silence Of (6:11)
  6. Jenkins Boys Again, Wish Somebody Die, It's Hot (7:39)

Credits

  • Tony Cedras - accordion
  • Gene Lake - drums
  • Masujaa - electric guitar
  • Brandon Ross - electric guitar, guitar [soprano guitar]
  • Mark Taylor - french horn
  • Johnny Rudas - percussion, vocals
  • Miguel Urvina - percussion, vocals
  • Wu Man - pipa

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