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Henry Threadgill discography

This is a discography of Henry Threadgill albums and albums by other musicians that feature Henry Threadgill.



Henry Threadgill: leader and co-leader discography


Air Song, Air, 1975, Whynot PA 7120

Tracks : Untitled Tango, Great Body Of The Riddle Or Where Were The Dodge Boys When My Clay Started To Slide, Dance Of The Beast, Air Song

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Fred Hopkins, Steve McCall

Also released on India Navigation.

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Air Song, Air, 1975, India Navigation IN 1057

Tracks : Untitled Tango, Great Body Of The Riddle Or Where Were The Dodge Boys When My Clay Started To Slide, Dance Of The Beast, Air Song

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Fred Hopkins, Steve McCall

Originally released on Whynot.

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Air Raid, Air, 1977, Whynot PA 7156

Tracks : AIR Raid, Midnight Sun, Release, Through a Keyhole Darkly

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Fred Hopkins, Steve McCall

Also released on India Navigation in 1984.

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Wildflowers 1: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions, Various Artists, 1977, Douglas NBLP 7045

Tracks : Jays (Kalaparusha), New Times (Ken McIntyre), Over The Rainbow (Sunny Murray & The Untouchable Factor), Rainbows (Sam Rivers), Usu Dance (Air)

Musicians : The musicians on the Air track are: Henry Threadgill, Fred Hopkins, Steve McCall

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Air Time, Air, 1978, Nessa n-12

Tracks : I'll Be Right Here Waiting..., No. 2, G.v.E., Subtraction, Keep Right On Playing Thru the Mirror Over the Water

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Fred Hopkins, Steve McCall

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Open Air Suit, Air, 1978, Arista Novus 3002

Tracks : Card Two: The Jick or Mandrill's Cosmic Ass, Card Five: Open Air Suit, Card Four: Strait White Royal Flush..., Card One: Cutten 2 Knuckles, 2 Widows, 2 Tricks

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Fred Hopkins, Steve McCall

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Montreux Suisse: Live At Montreux 1978, Air, 1978, Arista Novus 3008

Tracks : Let's All Go Down to the Footwash, Abra, Suisse Air

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Fred Hopkins, Steve McCall

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Air Lore, Air, 1979, Arista Novus 3014

Tracks : The Ragtime Dance, Buddy Bolden's Blues, King Porter Stomp, Paille Street, Weeping Willow Rag

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Fred Hopkins, Steve McCall

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Live Air, Air, 1979, Black Saint 0034

Tracks : Eulogy for Charles Clarke, Portrait of Leo Smith, Keep Right on Playing Thru the Mirror over the Water, Be Ever Out

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Fred Hopkins, Steve McCall

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X-75, Volume 1, Henry Threadgill, 1979, Arista Novus 3013

Tracks : Sir Simpleton, Celebration, Air Song, Fe Fi Fo Fum

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Douglas Ewart, Joseph Jarman, Wallace McMillan, Leonard Jones, Brian Smith, Rufus Reid, Fred Hopkins, Amina Claudine Myers

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Air Mail, Air, 1981, Black Saint 0049

Tracks : B. K., R. B., C. T., J. L.

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Fred Hopkins, Steve McCall

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80° Below '82, Air, 1982, Antilles AN 1007

Tracks : Chicago Breakdown, The Traveller, 80° Below '82, Do Tell

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Frederic Hopkins, Steve McCall

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When Was That?, Henry Threadgill Sextet, 1982, About Time

Tracks : Melin, 10 to 1, Just B, When Was That?, Soft Suicide at the Baths

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Olu Dara, Craig Harris, Brian Smith, Fred Hopkins, John Betsch, Pheeroan akLaff

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Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket, Henry Threadgill Sextet, 1983, About Time

Tracks : Gateway, Cover, Black Blues, Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket, Cremation, A Man Called Trinity Deliverance

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Olu Dara, Craig Harris, Deidre Murray, Fred Hopkins, John Betsch, Pheeroan akLaff

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Air Raid, Air, 1984, India Navigation IN 1064

Tracks : AIR Raid, Midnight Sun, Release, Through a Keyhole Darkly

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Fred Hopkins, Steve McCall

Recorded in 1976. Originally released on Whynot.

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Subject to Change, The Henry Threadgill Sextet, 1985, About Time AT-1007

Tracks : Just Trinity The Man, Homeostasis, Higher Places, Subject To Change, This, A Piece Of Software

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Rasul Sadik, Ray Anderson, Diedre Murray, Fred Hopkins, John Betsch, Pheeroan Aklaff, Amina Claudine Myers

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Live at Montreal International Jazz Festival, New Air, 1985, Black Saint 0084

Tracks : Sir Simpleton, Difda Dance, Roll On, Tragedy On a Thursday Afternoon, No. 1

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Fred Hopkins, Pheeroan akLaff

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Lost In The Stars: The Music Of Kurt Weill, Various Artists, 1985, A&M

Tracks : Mahagonny Songspiel (Intro) (Steve Weisberg), Ballad Of Mac The Knife (Sting & Dominic Muldowney), Cannon Song (Fowler Brothers), Ballad Of The Soldier's Wife (Marianne Faithfull), Johnny Johnson Medley (Van Dyke Parks), The Great Hall (Henry Threadgill), Alabama Song (Ralph Schuckett), Youkali Tango (Armadillo String Quartet), The Little Lieutenant Of The Loving God (John Zorn), September Song (Lou Reed), Lost In The Stars (Carla Bley), What Keeps Mankind Alive? (Tom Waits), Surabaya Johnny (Dagmar Krause), Oh Heavenly Salvation (Mark Bingham), Call From The Grave/Ballad In Which Macheath Begs All Men For Forgiveness (Todd Rundgren), Speak Low (Charlie Haden), In No Man's Land (Van Dyke Parks)

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You Know The Number, Henry Threadgill Sextett, 1986, Novus

Tracks : Bermuda Blues, Silver And Gold Baby, Silver And Gold, Theme From Thomas Cole, Good Times, To Be Announced, Those Who Eat Cookies

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Rasul Sadik, Frank Lacy, Diedre Murray, Fred Hopkins, Pheeroan Aklaff, Reggie Nicholson

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Air Show No. 1, New Air featuring Casandra Wilson, 1987, Black Saint 0099

Tracks : Achtud El Buod (Children's Song), Don't Drink That Corner My Life is in the Bush, Air Show, Apricots on Their Wings, Salute to the Enema Bandit, Side Step

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Fred Hopkins, Pheeroan akLaff, Cassandra Wilson

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Easily Slip Into Another World, Henry Threadgill Sextett, 1988, Novus

Tracks : I Can't Wait Till I Get Home, Black Hands Bejewelled, Spotted Dick Is Pudding, Let Me Look Down Your Throat Or Say Ah, My Rock, Hall, Award The Squadtett

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Rasul Siddik, Frank Lacy, Diedre Murray, Fred Hopkins, Pheeroan Aklaff, Reggie Nicholson, Aisha Putli (track 5)

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Rag, Bush and All, Henry Threadgill Sextett, 1989, RCA Novus

Tracks : Off the Rag, The Devil is on the Loose and Dancin' with a Monkey, Gift, Sweet Holy Rag

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Ted Daniel, Bill Lowe, Diedre Murray, Fred Hopkins, Reggie Nicholson, Newman Baker

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Live at Koncepts, Henry Threadgill Very Very Circus, 1991, TaylorMade

Tracks : Next, Snakes Don't Do Suicide, I Love You with an Asterisk, Someplace, Dangerously Slippy, King Kong, Breach of Protocol

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Mark Taylor, Brandon Ross, Masujaa, Edwin Rodriguez, Marcus Rojas, Larry Bright

Recorded at Koncepts Cultural Gallery in Oakland on May 4, 1991.

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Spirit of Nuff...Nuff, Henry Threadgill Very Very Circus, 1991, Black Saint 0134

Tracks : Hope A Hope A, Unrealistic Love, Drivin' You Slow And Crazy, Bee Dee Aff, First Church Of This, Exacto, In The Ring

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Curtis Fowlkes, Edwin Rodriguez, Marcus Rojas, Brandon Ross, Masujaa, Gene Lake

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Weird Nightmare: Meditations On Mingus, Various Artists, 1992, Columbia

Tracks : Canon (Part 1), Meditations On Integration, Canon (Part 2), Jump Monk, Weird Nightmare, Work Song, Self-Portrait In 3 Colors, Purple Heart, Tonight At Noon, Gunslinging Bird, Weird Nightmare Interlude, Reincarnation Of A Lovebird / Haitian Fight Song Montage, Open Letter To Duke, The Shoes Of The Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers, Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me, Eclipse, Pithecanthropus Erectus, Freedom, Weird Nightmare (Reprise)

Musicians : Hal Wilder, Art Baron, Bob Funk, Bob Stewart, Hollywood Paul Litteral, Henry Threadgill, Crispin Cioe, Arno Hecht, Bobby Keyes, Don Byron, Geri Allen, Chuck Leavell, Gary Lucas, Bill Frisell, Robert Quine, Keith Richards, Vernon Reid, Barry Mitterhoff, Marc Ribot, Tony Trischka, Kenny Kosek, Greg Cohen, Howard Levy, Francis Thumm, Don Alias, Michael Blair, Marc Ribot, Susan Evans, Bobby Previte, Charlie Watts, Ray Davies, Dr. John, Bernard Fowler, Chuck D, Diamanda Galás, Henry Rollins, Hubert Selby Jr., Robbie Robertson, Leonard Cohen, Elvis Costello

Notes : Henry Threadgill plays on tracks 2, 5 aand 19.

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Too Much Sugar for a Dime, Henry Threadgill, 1993, Axiom

Tracks : Little Pocket Size Demons, In Touch, Paper Toilet, Better Wrapped / Better Unrapped, Too Much Sugar, Try Some Ammonia

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Mark Taylor, Edwin Rodriguez, Marcus Rojas, Dorian L. Parreott II, Brandon Ross, Masujaa, Simon Shaheen, Jason Hwang, Leroy Jenkins, Gene Lake, Larry Bright, Miguel Urbina, Johnny Rudas, Mossa Bildner, Arenae

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Song Out of My Trees, Henry Threadgill, 1994, Black Saint 0154

Tracks : Gateway, Over The River Club, Grief, Crea, Song Out Of My Trees

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Ted Daniel, Brandon Ross, Jerome Richardson, James Emery, Ed Cherry, Amina Claudine Myers, Myra Melford, Tony Cedras, Diedre Murray, Michelle Kinney, Gene Lake, Reggie Nicholson, Mossa Bildner

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Carry The Day, Henry Threadgill, 1994, Columbia

Tracks : Come Carry the Day, Growing a Big Banana, Vivjanrondirkski, Between Orchids Lilies Blind Eyes and Cricket, Hyla Crucifer... Silence Of, Jenkins Boys Again, Wish Somebody Die, It's Hot

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Mark Taylor, Brandon Ross, Masujaa, Edwin Rodriguez, Marcus Rojas, Gene Lake / plus on tracks 1, 3 & 5: Wu Man, Tony Cedras, Jason Hwang, Johnny Rudas, Miguel Urbina, Sentienla Toy, Mossa Bildner

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Makin' a Move, Henry Threadgill, 1995, Columbia

Tracks : Noisy Flowers, Like It Feels, Official Silence, Refined Poverty, Make Hot and Give, The Mockingbird Sin, Dirty in the Right Places

Musicians : Tracks: 1, 4 and 6: Henry Threadgill, Myra Melford, Brandon Ross, James Emery, Ed Cherry, Ayodele Aubert, Michelle Kinney, Diedre Murray, Akua Dixon Turre / Tracks: 2, 3, 5 and 7: Henry Threadgill, Mark Taylor, Brandon Ross, Ed Cherry, Edwin Rodriguez, Marcus Rojas, Pheeroan akLaff

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Where's Your Cup?, Henry Threadgill & Make A Move, 1996, Columbia

Tracks : 100 Year Old Game, Laughing Club, Where's Your Cup?, And This, Feels Like It, The Flew, Go Too Far

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Brandon Ross, Tony Cedras, Stomu Takeishi, J.T. Lewis

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Everybodys Mouth's a Book, Henry Threadgill & Make A Move, 2001, Pi Recordings Pi01

Tracks : Platinum Inside Straight, Don't Turn Around, Biggest Crumb, Burnt Til Recognition, Where Coconuts Fall, Pink Water Pink Airplane, Shake It Off, What To Do, What To Do

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Brandon Ross, Bryan Carrott, Stomu Takeishi, Dafnis Prieto

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Up Popped the Two Lips, Henry Threadgill's Zooid, 2001, Pi Recordings Pi02

Tracks : Tickled Pink, Dark Black, Look, Around My Goose, Calm Down, Did You See That, Do The Needful

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Jose Davila, Liberty Ellman, Dana Leong, Tarik Benbrahim, Dafnis Prieto

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Pop Start the Tape, StoP, Henry Threadgill's Zooid, 2005, Hardedge

Tracks : Pop Start The Tape, Stop, Pop Start The Tape, Stop (Cont'd)

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Liberty Ellman, Tarik Benbrahim, Dana Leongi, Jose Davila, Elliot Humberto Kavee

A limited edition vinyl release. Recorded at Engine 27 in New York City on September 12, 2003.

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This Brings Us to Volume 1, Henry Threadgill Zooid, 2009, Pi Recordings Pi 31

Tracks : White Wednesday Off The Wall, To Undertake My Corners Open, Chairmaster, After Some Time, Sap, Mirror Mirror The Verb

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Jose Davila, Liberty Ellman, Stomu Takeishi, Elliot Humberto Kavee

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This Brings Us To, Volume II, Henry Threadgill Zooid, 2010, Pi Recordings Pi36

Tracks : Lying Eyes, This Brings Us To, Extremely Sweet William, Polymorph, It Never Moved

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Jose Davila, Liberty Ellman, Stomu Takeishi, Elliot Humberto Kavee

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The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air, 2010, Mosaic

Notes : The 8 CD box includes the Air albums: Open Air Suit; Montreux Suisse Air; and Air Lore: and the Henry Threadgill albums X-75, Volume 1; X-75, Volume 2; You Know The Number; Easily Slip Into Another World; Rag, Bush And All; Carry The Day; Makin' A Move; and Where’s Your Cup?.

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The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note, Henry Threadgill, 2011, Black Saint/Soul Note

Notes : The 7 CD box includes the Air albums Live Air and Air Mail; the New Air albums Live At Montreal International Jazz Festival and Air Show No.1 and the Henry Threadgill albums Spirit Of Nuff...Nuff, Song Out Of My Trees, and Flutistry.

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Tomorrow Sunny/The Revelry, Spp., Henry Threadgill Zooid, 2012, Pi Recordings Pi43

Tracks : A Day Off, Tomorrow Sunny, So Pleased, No Clue, See The Blackbird Now, Ambient Pressure Thereby, Put On Keep / Frontispiece, Spp, Recording Information

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Jose Davila, Liberty Ellman, Christopher Hoffman, Stomu Takeishi, Elliot Humberto Kavee

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In for a Penny, In for a Pound, Henry Threadgill's Zooid, 2015, Pi Recordings Pi58

Tracks : In For A Penny, In For A Pound (Opening), Ceroepic (For Drums And Percussion), Dosepic (For Cello), Off The Prompt Box (Exordium), Tresepic (For Trombone And Tuba), Unoepic (For Guitar)

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Liberty Ellman, Jose Davila, Christopher Hoffman, Elliot Humberto Kavee

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Old Locks and Irregular Verbs, Henry Threadgill, 2016, Pi Recordings Pi64

Tracks : Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Jose Davila, David Virelles, Jason Moran, Christopher Hoffman, Roman Filiú, Curtis Macdonald, Craig Weinrib

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Dirt… And More Dirt, Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg, 2018, Pi Recordings Pi73

Tracks : Dirt - Part I, Dirt - Part II, Dirt - Part III, Dirt - Part IV, Dirt - Part V, Dirt - Part VI, And More Dirt - Part I, And More Dirt - Part II, And More Dirt - Part III, And More Dirt - Part IV, Credits

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Christopher Hoffman, Liberty Ellman, Jose Davila, Ben Gerstein, Jacob Garchik, Jonathan Finlayson, Curtis Macdonald, Roman Filiú, David Bryant, David Virelles, Thomas Morgan, Elliot Humberto Kavee, Craig Weinrib, Stephanie Richards

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Double Up, Plays Double Up Plus, Henry Threadgill, 2018, Pi Recordings Pi75

Tracks : Game Is Up, Clear And Distinct From The Other A, Clear And Distinct From The Other B, Clear And Distinct

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Curtis Macdonald, Roman Filiú, David Virelles, Louis Perdomo, David Bryant, Christopher Hoffman, Jose Davila, Craig Weinrib

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Poof, Henry Threadgill, 2021, Pi Recordings Pi92

Tracks : Come and Go, Poof, Beneath The Bottom, Happenstance, Now and Then

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Liberty Ellman, Christopher Hoffman, Jose Davila, Elliot Humberto Kavee

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Henry Threadgill: albums led by other musicians

Young At Heart, Wise In Time, Muhal Richard Abrams, 1971, Delmark 423

Tracks : Young At Heart, Wise In Time

Musicians : Muhal Richard Abrams, Leo Smith, Henry Threadgill, Lester Lashley, Thurman Barker



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Morning Prayer, Chico Freeman, 1976, Whynot PA 7155

Tracks : Like The Kind Of Peace It Is, The In Between, Conversations, Morning Prayer, Pepe's Samba, Pepe's Samba (CD only)

Musicians : Chico Freeman, Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams, Cecil McBee, Douglas Ewart, Ben Montgomery, Steve McCall

Released on India Navigation in 1984.

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Nonaah, Roscoe Mitchell, 1977, Nessa n-9/10

Tracks : Nonaah, Ericka, Nonaah, Off Five Dark Six, A1 Tal 2La, Tahquemnon, Improvisation 1, Ballad, Nonaah

Musicians : Roscoe Mitchell, George Lewis (track 6), Anthony Braxton (track 4), Henry Threadgill (track 9), Joseph Jarman (track 9), Wallace McMillan (track 9), Muhal Richard Abrams (track 6), Malachi Favors (track 5)

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L-R-G / The Maze / S II Examples, Roscoe Mitchell, 1978, Nessa n-14/15

Tracks : L-R-G (Part One), L-R-G (Part Two), The Maze, S II Examples

Musicians : Roscoe Mitchell, Leo Smith, George Lewis, Joseph Jarman, Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill, Malachi Favors, Thurman Barker, Don Moye, Douglas Ewart

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1-OQA+19, Muhal Richard Abrams, 1978, Black Saint 0017

Tracks : Charlie in the Parker, Balladi, Arhythm Songy, Oqa, Ritob

Musicians : Muhal Richard Abrams, Henry Threadgill, Anthony Braxton, Leonard Jones, Steve McCall

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For Trio, Anthony Braxton, 1978, Arista

Tracks : Composition 76: Version I, Composition 76: Version II

Musicians : Version I: Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill, Douglas Ewart / Version II: Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman

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Reality, Frank Walton, 1978, Delmark DS 436

Tracks : Safari, Spongie, Waltz Of The Prophets, Shorter's Vibes, Change Of Mode

Musicians : Frank Walton, Henry Threadgill, Ari Brown, Jodie Christian, Rudolph Penson, Ben Montgomery

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Ming, David Murray Octet, 1980, Black Saint 0045

Tracks : The Fast Life, The Hill, Ming, Jasvan, Dewey's Circle

Musicians : David Murray, Henry Threadgill, Olu Dara, Lawrence "Butch" Morris, George Lewis, Anthony Davis, Wilber Morris, Steve McCall

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Memory Serves, Material, 1981, Celluloid

Tracks : Memory Serves, Disappearing, Upriver, Metal Test, Conform To The Rhythm, Unauthorized, Square Dance, Silent Land, For A Few Dollars More

Musicians : Bill Laswell, Michael Beinhorn, Fred Maher, Sonny Sharrock, Fred Frith, Olu Dara, Henry Threadgill, George Lewis, Billy Bang, Charles K. Noyes

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Amarcord Nino Rota, Various Artists, 1981, Hannibal

Tracks : Amarcord (Jaki Byard), Interlude From Juliet Of The Spirits (Dave Samuels), 8 1/2 (Carla Bley Band), Themes From La Dolce Vita And Juliet Of The Spirits (Dave Samuels), Juliet Of The Spirits (Bill Frisell), La Dolce Vita Suite: Introduction (Sharon Freeman) / Notturno (Muhal Richard Abrams) / Interlude (Sharon Freeman) / Valzer (Parlami Di Me) (Michael Sahl / Chris Stein), Satyricon (David Amram Quintet), Roma (Steve Lacy), Medley: The White Sheik / I Vitelloni / Il Bidone / The Nights Of Cabiria (William Fischer), La Strada (Jaki Byard)

The Muhal Richard Abrams track is conducted and arranged by Abrams and performed by Claudio Roditi, Emmet McDonald, Bobby Eldridge, Henry Threadgill, Sharon Freeman, Amina Claudine Myers, Jay Hoggard, Fred Hopkins, and Warren Smith.

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Home, David Murray Octet, 1982, Black Saint 0055

Tracks : Home, Santa Barbara and Crenshaw Follies, Choctaw Blues, Last of the Hipmen, 3-D Family

Musicians : David Murray, Henry Threadgill, Olu Dara, Lawrence "Butch" Morris, George Lewis, Anthony Davis, Wilber Morris, Steve McCall

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Murray's Steps, David Murray Octet, 1983, Black Saint 0065

Tracks : Murray's Steps, Sweet Lovely, Sing Song, Flowers for Albert

Musicians : David Murray, Henry Threadgill, Bobby Bradford, Lawrence "Butch" Morris, Craig Harris, Curtis Clark, Wilber Morris, Steve McCall

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Morning Prayer, Chico Freeman, 1984, India Navigation IN 1063

Tracks : Pepe's Samba, The In Between, Conversations, Like The Kind Of Peace It Is, Morning Prayer Musicians : Chico Freeman, Henry Threadgill, Douglas Ewart, Muhal Richard Abrams, Cecil McBee, Steve McCall, Ben Montgomery

Recorded in 1976. Originally released on Whynot.

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Rhythm Killers, Sly & Robbie, 1987, Island

Tracks : Fire, Boops (Here to Go), Let's Rock, Yes, We Can Can, Rhythm Killer, Bank Job

Musicians : Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Karl Berger, Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins, Nicky Skopelitis, Pat Thrall, Henry Threadgill, Bernie Worrell, D.S.T., Daniel Ponce, Aïyb Dieng, Rammellzee, Bernard Fowler, Gary "Mudbone" Cooper, Shinehead

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The Third Power, Material, 1991, Axiom / Island

Tracks : Reality, Playin' with Fire, Cosmic Slop, E-Pluribus-Unum, Drive-By, Power of Soul (Black Chant), Mellow Mood, Glory

Musicians : Bill Laswell, Jungle Brothers (Baby Bam and Mike G), Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin, Shabba Ranks, Bootsy Collins, Gary Shider, Herbie Hancock, Bernie Worrell, Jeff Bova, Henry Threadgill, Robbie Shakespeare, Nicky Skopelitis, Michael Hampton, Aïyb Dieng, Sly Dunbar, Olu Dara, Joe Daly, Richard Harper, Marcus Rojas, Joel Brandon, Gary Mudbone Cooper, Jenny Peters, plus strings

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Ritual Beating System, Bahia Black, 1992, Axiom / Island

Tracks : Retrato Calado, Capitao Do Asfalto, The Seven Powers, Uma Viagen Del Baldes De Larry Wright, Olodum, Guia pro Congal, Gwagwa O De, Follow Me, Nina in the Womb of the The Forest

Musicians : Carlinhos Brown, Wayne Shorter, Henry Threadgill, Herbie Hancock, Bernie Worrell, Tony "Funky Drummer" Walls, Larry Wright & David Chapman, OLODUM ensemble

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Hip Hop Be Bop, Billy Bang, 1993, ITM

Tracks : Hip Hop Be Bop, Riding With Ra, Night Stich, If You Like It, Lick It, Breeze, Shine, M'am, Breezy Dub

Musicians : Billy Bang, Craig Harris, Henry Threadgill, Brett Allen, Prince Dominique, Wayne Providence

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Darn It!, Paul Haines, 1993, American Clavé

Tracks : Threats That Matter, Curtsy, What This Was Going To Suppose To Mean, Funnybird Song, Outside The City, Art In Heaven, Rawalpindi Blues, Sticks In The Mud, There Aren't These Things Questionable All Over, Les Paramedicaux Erotiques, Jubilee, On The Way To Elsewhere And Here, Inexplicably, Poem For Gretchen Ruth, Just When I Thought, This Dedication, Threats That Count, What This Was Going To Suppose To Mean, Breakfast, Snow Variations On Darn It!, Darn It!, Route Doubt, Ask Me If You Know, Those Sweet Blue Olives Of Bombay, Hello, Mrs. Dressup, Third World Two Medley: She Was Showing Me / Boint Liver, Breakfast (Late), The Please Fasten Your Seatbelt Sign, Testing Testing, Darn It! Reprise (Down In Back!), Threats That Can't Read, C'Etait Dans La Nuit

Musicians: Paul Haines, Carmen Lundy, Mary Margaret O'Hara, DK Dyson, Paul Dutton, Alva Rogers, Silvana Deluigi, Michel Contat, Robert Wyatt, Paul Bley, Derek Baynes, Don Pullen, Daniel Frieberg, Wayne Horvitz, DD Jackson, Michael Snow, Peter Scherer, John Kamevaar, Steve Swallow, Lewis Barnes, Roswell Rudd, Evan Parker, Henry Threadgill, David Sanchez, John Tchicai, Carlos Ward, Mike Veal, George Cartwright, John Oswald, Derek Bailey, Leo Nocentelli, Jesse Henry, Alex Chilton, Gary Lucas, Melvin Gibbs, Jack Bruce, Jay Stringer, David Hofstra, Fernando Saunders, Andy Gonzalez, Melvin Gibbs, Al Mattes, Tim Wright, Richard Harrington, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Robbie Ameen, Marque Gilmore, JT Lewis, Ignacio Berroa, Borneo Drummers, Bobby Previtte, Andrew Cyrille, Maryanne Lifchek, Ben Nitza

A double CD release of Paul Haines poems set to music by a wide range of composers and performed by a wide range of musicians. Evan Parker plays on three tracks: Curtsy (with Robert Wyatt) and both versions of What This Was Going To Suppose To Mean (with Carmen Lundy).

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Themes & Improvisations on the Blues, Leroy Jenkins, 1994, Composers Recordings, Inc

Tracks : Themes & Improvisations on the Blues, Panorama 1, Off Duty Dryad, Monkey on the Dragon

Notes : Henry Threadgill plays on the track Panorama 1. The musicians on that track are: Leroy Jenkins, Henry Threadgill, Don Byron, Marty Ehrlich, and Vincent Chancey

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Blues In The East, Sola, 1994, Axiom

Tracks : Introduction, Boya's Advertures, Meeting With The Woodcutter Ziqi, A Discourse On The Zither, The Appointment With Ziqi, Boya's Lament, Breaking The Zither, Married To Exile: Beyond The Great Wall, The Goose, Looking Back, The Nation's Boundaries, Oh Mother

Musicians : Liu Sola, James Blood Ulmer, Amina Claudine Myers, Henry Threadgill, Ralph Samuelson, Ned Rothenberg, Jason Hwang, Fernando Saunders, Wu Man, Jerome Brailey, Umar Bin Hassan, Aiyb Dieng, Yukio Tsuji

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25 Years, Abiodun Oyewole, 1995, Rykodisc

Tracks : When The Revolution Comes, Sample This, Brown Sugar, Dread Brother, Festival, Son's Rising, Brothers Working, 25 Years

Musicians : Abiodun Oyewole, Asante, Umar Bin Hassan, Brandon Ross, Ted Daniel, Henry Threadgill, Bill Laswell, Don Babatunde, Aiyb Dieng

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Flutistry, Flute Force Four, 1997, Black Saint 0164

Tracks : T.B.A., Intersection, Luap Nosebor, Hymn To Wright, Paseo Del Mar, Figwig

Musicians : Henry Threadgill, James Newton, Pedro Eustache, Melecio Magdaluyo

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Angles of Entrance, Douglas Ewart And Inventions Clarinet Choir, 1998, Arawak

Tracks : Protrusions, Migration Of Whales, One Love, Red Hills, Angles Of Entrance, Ewartology

Musicians : Douglas Ewart, Mwata Bowden, Anthony Braxton, Don Byron (track 6), Roscoe Mitchell, J.D.Parran, Henry Threadgill, Edward Wilkerson, Malachi Favors

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A Thousand Nights And A Night: Shadow Night 1, Kip Hanrahan, 1998, Justin Time

Tracks : Shahrazade And The Opening Of The First Shadow Night, Blue Shalimah's Tale, Opening, Blue Shalimah's Tale, Continuing, Shahrazade's First Shadow Night Lover, The Blonde Woman Escapes, The Hasheater At The Gates Of The Summer City, The Hasheater In Judgement / And The Revival Of The Thousand Pound Elephant, A Woman's Trick, Ghanim Ibn Ayyub's Tale And Kut Al-Kulub, The Jewish Doctor's Tale Continues, Shahrazade Adrift, The Sleeper Awakened, Zummarud's Tale Continues With The Thieves, The Brown Eyed Woman Escapes, The Red Headed Woman Remains With The Merchant, Shahrazade And The Closing Of The First Shadow Night

Musicians : Kip Hanrahan, Henry Threadgill, Don Pullen, Michael Cain, Alfredo Triff, Billy Bang, Brandon Ross, Eric Schenkman, Andy Gonzalez, Fernando Saunders, Steve Swallow, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, J.T. Lewis, Robbie Ameen, Abraham Rodriguez, Anthony Carrillo, Eric Valez, Puntilla Orlando Rios, Paoli Mejias, Richie Flores, Milton Cardona, Jennifer Resnick, Charles Neville

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Boom Bop, Jean-Paul Bourelly, 2000, PAO Records

Tracks : Gumbe, New Afro Blu, Three Chambers Of Diop, Silent Rain, Root One, Invisible Indivisible, Kinetic Threadness, Brother Boom Bap, Tara, Griot Sunset

Musicians : Jean-Paul Bourelly, Archie Shepp, Henry Threadgill, Abdourahmane Diop, Reggie Washington, Big Royal Talamacus, Slam T. Wig, Slaka, Samba Sock

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Trance Atlantic (Boom Bop II), Jean-Paul Bourelly, 2001, Double Moon

Tracks : Awakening, The Spirit Wheel, Cool Papa N'Diaye, Fatima, Blowin' Omni, Pluto Lounge, Thierno De Conakry, The Scent Of The Healer, Harmofunkalodica, Trance Atlantic, Myth And Diffusion, Traffic, Freedom Delta

Musicians : Jean-Paul Bourelly, Carl Bourelly, Olu Dara, Joseph Bowie, Vincent Henry, Henry Threadgill (track 2, 3, 5, 6 & 7), Orbert "Big Royale" Talamachus, Melvin Gibbs, Reggie Workman, Dennis Chambers, Will Calhoun, Abdourahmane Diop

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Gigi, Gigi, 2001, Palm Pictures

Tracks : Gud Fella, Mengedegna, Tew Ante Sew, Abay, Bale Washintu, Guramayle, Sew Argeñ, Aynama, Kahn, Zomaye, Abet Wubet, Nafekeñ, Adwa

Musicians : Gigi, Bill Laswell, Art Baron, Henry Threadgill, Pharoah Sanders, Wayne Shorter, Mark Taylor, Abegasu Shiota, Amina Claudine Myers, Dereje Mekonnen, Herbie Hancock, Tony Cedras, David Gilmore, Nicky Skopelitis, Zakki Jewad, Thomas Gobena, Hamid Drake, Mikias Abebayehu, Karsh Kale, Abdou M'Boup, Aiyb Dieng, Melaku Gelaw, Setegne Satenaw, Abonesh Adenew, Dawit Melesse, Hebest Tirunehe, Imani Uzuri, Mizanekristos Yohannes, Tigist Shibabaw

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Black Midnight Sun, Lucky Peterson, 2002, Dreyfus

Tracks : Herbert Harper's Free Press News, Lucky In Love, Is It Because I'm Black, Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone, Smokestack Lightning, Black Midnight Sun, She's A Burglar, Truly Your Friend, Talkin' Loud And Saying Nothing, Changes Your Ways, Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa

Musicians : Lucky Peterson, Bill Laswell, Graham Haynes, Jesse Dulman, Alex J. Harding, Henry Threadgill, Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey

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Vietnam: Reflections, Billy Bang, 2005, Justin Time

Tracks : Reflections, Ru Con, Lock & Load, Ly Ngua O, Doi Moi, Reconciliation 1, Waltz Of The Water Puppets, Trong Com, Reconciliation 2

Musicians : Billy Bang, Ted Daniel, James Spaulding, Henry Threadgill, John Hicks, Curtis Lundy, Michael Carvin, Ron Brown, Nhan Thanh Ngo, Co Boi Nguyen

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Absolute Quintet, Dafnis Prieto, 2006, Zoho Music

Tracks : The Coolest, Sensaciones, The Stutterer, Afrotango, One Day Suite: Morning, One Day Suite: Afternoon, One Day Suite: Night, New Elephant, Renew the Elephant, Innocent Bird

Musicians : Dafnis Prieto, Christian Howes, Dana Leong, Yosvany Terry, Jason Lindner / Special Guest: Henry Threadgill (track 4)

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Nonaah, Roscoe Mitchell, 2008, Nessa ncd-9/10

Tracks : Nonaah, Ericka, Nonaah, Off Five Dark Six, A1 Tal 2La, Tahquemnon, Improvisation 1, Ballad, Nonaah, Sing, Improvisation 2, Sing, Chant, Off Five Dark Six

Musicians : Roscoe Mitchell, George Lewis(track 6), Anthony Braxton (track 4), Henry Threadgill (track 9), Joseph Jarman (track 9), Wallace McMillan (track 9), Muhal Richard Abrams (track 6), Malachi Favors (track 5)

Originally released as a double LP in 1977. Five solo bonus tracks have been added for this double CD release.

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The Complete Arista Recordings Of, Anthony Braxton, 2008, Mosaic

Notess : An 8 CD box set collecting together all the albums Braxton recorded for Arista. Henry Threadgill plays on the For Trio album which is included. That album features Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill, Douglas Ewart, Roscoe Mitchell, and Joseph Jarman.

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The Great Lakes Suites, Wadada Leo Smith, 2014, TUM CD 041

Tracks : Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair

Musicians : Wadada Leo Smith, Henry Threadgill, John Lindberg, Jack DeJohnette

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Made In Chicago: Live At The Chicago Jazz Festival, Jack DeJohnette, 2015, ECM 2392

Tracks : Chant, Jack 5, This, Museum of Time, Leave Don't Go Away, Announcement, Ten Minutes

Musicians : Jack DeJohnette, Roscoe Mitchell, Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams, Larry Gray

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Antenna, David Virelles, 2016, ECM 3901

Tracks : Binary, Water, Bird Headed Mistress, Threshold, Rumbakuá, El Titán De Bronce, Text

Musicians : David Virelles, Alexander Overington, Henry Threadgill (track 2), Marcus Gilmore (tracks 3 & 5), Rafiq Bhatia (tracks 3 & 5), Los Seres (tracks 1 & 6), Mauricio Herrera (track 4), Etián Brebaje Man (track 4), Román Diaz (track 3)

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Celebrate Ornette, Ornette Coleman / Various Artists, 2016, Song X Records

Tracks/musicians : CD 1 & 2 (Celebrate Ornette: Brooklyn Prospect Park): Ramblin (Ornette Coleman, Savion Glover, Henry Threadgill, David Murray, DV), OC Turnaround (Ornette Coleman, Savion Glover, David Murray, DV), Questions and Answers (Bruce Hornsby, Branford Marsalis), Blues Connotation (Flea, Henry Threadgill, DV), Broadway Blues (Flea, Henry Threadgill, David Murray, DV), The Sphinx (Geri Allen, David Murray, Joe Lovano, Wallace Roney Jr., DV), Seneca (Patti Smith Group), Tarkovsky (Patti Smith Group), 911 (Ravi Coltrane, DV), Ornette Reverb Quartet (Laurie Anderson, John Zorn, Bill Laswell, Stewart Hurwood), Sadness (Thurston Moore, Nels Cline), Peace (James Blood Ulmer, Ravi Coltrane, DV), Sleep Talk (Geri Allen, Joe Lovano, Wallace Roney Jr., DV), Dancing In Your Head (Branford Marsalis, Bruce Hornsby, Bill Laswell, James Blood Ulmer, DV), Turnaround (Henry Threadgill, Flea, David Murray, DV), Song X (Master Musicians of Jajouka, Branford Marsalis, Bruce Hornsby, Bill Laswell, James Blood Ulmer, Ravi Coltrane, DV), Lonely Woman (Geri Allen, Joe Lovano, Branford Marsalis, Ravi Coltrane, David Murray, Wallace Roney Jr., DV), CD 3 (Ornette Coleman Memorial: Riverside Church): Solo (Pharoah Sanders), Solo (Cecil Taylor), Sail (Henry Threadgill, Jason Moran), Peace (Ravi Coltrane, Geri Allen), Duo (Jack DeJohnette, Savion Glover), Lonely Woman (Joe Lovano, David Murray, Charnett Moffett, Al MacDowell, Denardo Coleman), Dancing In Your Head (Prime Time Band: Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Charlie Ellerbe, Bern Nix, Ken Wessel, Chris Rosenberg, Dave Bryant)

Musicians note: DV in the list above indicates the Denardo Vibe back band who were: Charlie Ellerbe, Tony Falanga, Al Macdowell, Antoine Roney, Denardo Coleman.

Note: Music from two performances released in a variety of editions. The first performance features Ornette Coleman and a variety of musicians celebrating the life and music of Ornette Coleman. The second performance is from an Ornette Coleman memorial service.

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Back To The Sunset, Dafnis Prieto Big Band, 2018, Dafnison Music

Tracks : Una Vez Más, The Sooner The Better, Out Of The Bone, Back To The Sunset, Danzonish Potpourri, Song For Chico, Prelude Para Rosa, Two For One, The Triumphant Journey

Musicians : Dafnis Prieto, Alex Sipiagin, Josh Deutsch, Mike Rodríguez, Nathan Eklund, Alan Ferber, Jacob Garchik, Tim Albright, Jeff Nelson, Joel Frahm, Peter Apfelbaum, Román Filiú, Michael Thomas, Chris Cheek, Manuel Valera, Ricky Rodríguez, Roberto Quintero / plus guests: Brian Lynch (track 1), Henry Threadgill (track 4), Steve Coleman (track 6)

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Lost Remixes 4, Bill Laswell, 2020

Tracks : Letter Of Thanks To A Friend (Instrumental Edit) (Anne Clark), Devabandha (Tantric Laswell Mix) (Makyo), O.P.I.D. (Bill Laswell Mix) (Soon E MC), A Wing & A Prayer (Bill Laswell Mix) (Laurel MacDonald), Mamm (Enzo Avitabile), Gangsta Roll (Laswell Remix) (Garrison Hawk (Aka Hawkman)), Woman's Blues (Dana Bryant), L'Oriental (Enrico Macias)

Notes : Henry Threadgill plays flute on O.P.I.D. (Bill Laswell Mix).

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The Chicago Symphonies, Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, 2021, TUM Records TUM BOX 004

Tracks : Disc 1: Gold Symphony No. 1: Movements 1-5 / Disc 2: Diamond Symphony No. 2: Movements 1-4 / Disc 3: Pearl Symphony No. 3: Movements 1-5 / Disc 4: Sapphire Symphony No. 4: The Presidents and Their Vision for America: Movements 1-5

Musicians : Discs 1, 2 & 3: Wadada Leo Smith, Henry Threadgill, John Lindberg, Jack DeJohnette / Disc 4: Wadada Leo Smith, Jonathon Haffner, John Lindberg, Jack DeJohnette

A four disc box set

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Last updated June 2022