Air

groupe (saxophone, double bass, batterie) · 1971–1986 · Chicago (Illinois)

Trio founded in Chicago in 1971 by Henry Threadgill, bassist Fred Hopkins and drummer Steve McCall. It split and re-formed several times, and continued its activity under the name New Air.

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Styles

• AACM
• Free jazz
• Collectives and lofts (BAG, loft jazz)

Landmark tracks

• Buddy Bolden's Blues (1979)
• Weeping Willow Rag (1979)