Old Locks and Irregular Verbs
Old Locks and Irregular Verbs | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1 April 2016 | |||
Recorded | May 22, 2015 | |||
Studio | Systems Two, Brooklyn | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 47:00 | |||
Label | Pi Recordings | |||
Producer | Liberty Ellman | |||
Henry Threadgill chronology | ||||
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Old Locks and Irregular Verbs is an album by American jazz saxophonist Henry Threadgill, which was recorded in 2015 and released on Pi Recordings. It features an extended work that Threadgill composed as a tribute to cornetist and composer-conductor Lawrence D. Butch Morris, who died in 2013. Morris and Threadgill were old friends and colleagues on the New York City jazz scene; they both performed on Ming (1980) by David Murray. Threadgill formed a new band for the occasion named Ensemble Double Up, a septet where he doesn't play, but instead conducts.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Down Beat | [2] |
PopMatters | [3] |
All About Jazz | [4] |
The
In a review for Stereophile, Fred Kaplan says about the album, "It's his true career milestone, one of the great jazz compositions of the past several years, a musical masterpiece beyond category."[6]
The
In his review for PopMatters John Garratt states, "Henry Threadgill may be in his early 70s, but he continues to make music that sounds like no one else. Even when he branches out and doesn’t quite sound like himself, he remains inimitable to a startling degree."[7]
The All About Jazz review by Dan Bilawsky says, "Threadgill's masterful blend of the independent and interdependent is alive and well in Old Locks and Irregular Verbs."[8]
Track listing
- All compositions by Henry Threadgill
- "Part One" – 19:16
- "Part Two" – 3:53
- "Part Three" – 16:39
- "Part Four" – 7:12
Personnel
- Henry Threadgill - composition
- Jason Moran – piano
- David Virelles – piano
- Roman Filiu – alto sax
- Curtis Macdonald– alto sax
- Christopher Hoffman – cello
- Jose Davila – tuba
- Craig Weinrib – drums
References
- ^ Old Locks and Irregular Verbs at Pi Recordings
- ^ a b Meyer, Bill. Old Locks and Irregular Verbs review. Down Beat June 16: page 61. Print.
- ^ GARRATT, JOHN (11 April 2016). "Henry Threadgill Ensemble Double Up Old Locks and Irregular Verbs". PopMatters. popmatters.com. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ BILAWSKY, DAN (March 18, 2016). "Henry Threadgill Ensemble Double Up: Old Locks And Irregular Verbs". All About Jazz. allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- Pitchfork
- ^ Kaplan, Fred Old Locks and Irregular Verbs review at Stereophile
- ^ Garratt, John Old Locks and Irregular Verbs review at PopMatters
- ^ Bilawsky, Dan Old Locks and Irregular Verbs review at All About Jazz