When Was That?

by The Henry Threadgill Sextet

When Was That? cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: About Time
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:40
  • Community rating: 3.96/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Olu Dara, Alan Ringel, Pheeroan Aklaff, Craig Harris, Larry Shengold, Henry Threadgill Sextett, Fred Hopkins, John Betsch, Henry Threadgill, Ed Fishman

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Henry Threadgill's sextet explores avant-garde jazz structures on 'When Was That?'. The album features complex improvisational interplay and unconventional instrumentation. It highlighted Threadgill's innovative approach within the downtown New York creative music scene.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, dissonant, ensemble, experimental, complex

Tracklist

  1. Melin (3:38)
  2. 10 To 1 (11:25)
  3. Just B (4:12)
  4. When Was That? (10:19)
  5. Soft Suicide At The Baths (11:06)

Credits

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