Sir Simpleton

Henry Threadgill · 1979 · Ouverture de X-75 Volume 1, ensemble à quatre contrebasses

Context

Sir Simpleton appears on X-75 Volume 1, Henry Threadgill's first album as a leader, recorded in New York in January 1979. The ensemble brings together three other wind players, four double bassists and a singer, Amina Claudine Myers.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to AACM, Free jazz, Collectives and lofts (BAG, loft jazz). Among the origins and influences of AACM: Free jazz.

By the same artist

• The Ragtime Dance (1979)
• Celebration (1979)
• Fe Fi Fo Fum (1979)
• Subtraction (1978)
• G.v.E. (1978)
• Keep Right on Playing Thru the Mirror Over the Water (1978)

Sources

• EN: X-75 Volume 1

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