Released 1984 Length 46:32 Artist Air Producer Giovanni Bonandrini Genre Jazz | Recorded July, 1983 Live at Montreal International Jazz Festival
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(1986) Release date 1984 Label Black Saint | |
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Live at Montreal International Jazz Festival is a live album recorded for the Italian Black Saint label by the improvisational collective New Air featuring Henry Threadgill, Fred Hopkins and Pheeroan akLaff performing at the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 1983. The album was the first release to feature akLaff who replaced original Air drummer Steve McCall following his death.
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 2½ stars stating "Hopkins didn't mesh as smoothly with akLaff on this date, although they found a comfortable meeting place by mid-album. Henry Threadgill, as always, was a compelling soloist, especially on alto sax".
Track listing
All compositions by Henry Threadgill- "Sir Simpleton" - 11:02
- "Difda Dance" - 12:53
- "Roll On" - 4:56
- "Tragedy On a Thursday Afternoon" - 8:32
- "No. 1" - 9:09
Personnel
Songs
1Sir Simpleton11:11
2Difda Dance13:09
3Roll On5:04
References
Live at Montreal International Jazz Festival Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA