X-75, Volume 1

by Henry Threadgill

X-75, Volume 1 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Arista Novus
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:08
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Eschewing traditional jazz ensembles, 'X-75, Volume 1' features a highly unorthodox instrumentation centered entirely around flutes, basses, and soaring vocal arrangements. The project reflects Threadgill's AACM origins, prioritizing collective improvisation, rich acoustic resonance, and rigorous, unconventional compositional frameworks. It is a stunning, deeply spiritual exploration of lower-register tones and ethereal chamber dynamics.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, bassy, avant-garde

Tracklist

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

Credits

  • Henry Threadgill - primary artist, composed by, flute, bass flute, alto saxophone
  • Fred Hopkins - bass
  • Leonard Jones - bass
  • Rufus Reid - bass
  • Brian Smith - bass, bass [piccolo]
  • Steve Backer - directed by [series director]
  • Douglas Ewart - flute, bass clarinet
  • Joseph Jarman - flute, soprano saxophone

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