Live at Montreal International Jazz Festival

Live album by

New Air

Released

1984

Recorded

July 1983

Genre

Jazz

Length

46:32

Label

Black Saint

Producer

Giovanni Bonandrini

New Air chronology

80° Below '82
(1982)

Live at Montreal International Jazz Festival
(1984)

Air Show No. 1
(1986)

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.^[1] The album was the first release to feature akLaff who replaced original Air drummer Steve McCall.^[2]

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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".^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[4]

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

Recorded live July, 1983, at Montreal International Jazz Festival

Personnel

Henry Threadgill - alto saxophone, flute, baritone saxophone
Fred Hopkins - bass
Pheeroan akLaff - percussion

References

^ Backstrom, L. & Lopez, R. Henry Threadgill discography accessed February 12, 2010
^ Yanow, S. Pheeroan akLaff Biography accessed February 12, 2010
^ ^a ^b Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed February 11, 2010.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette. Penguin Books. p. 14.

v t e Air
Henry Threadgill Fred Hopkins Steve McCall Andrew Cyrille Pheeroan akLaff
Studio albums	Air Song (1975) Air Raid (1976) Air Time (1977) Open Air Suit (1978) Air Lore (1979) Air Mail (1980) 80° Below '82 (1982) Air Show No. 1 (1986)
Live albums	Live Air (1976 & 1977) Montreux Suisse (1978) Live at Montreal International Jazz Festival (1983)
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

v t e Henry Threadgill
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
Air	Air Song (1975) Air Raid (1976) Live Air (1976–77) Air Time (1977) Open Air Suit (1978) Montreux Suisse (1978) Air Lore (1979) Air Mail (1980) 80° Below '82 (1982) Live at Montreal International Jazz Festival (1983) Air Show No. 1 (1986)
X-75	X-75 Volume 1 (1979)
Henry Threadgill Sextet	When Was That? (1981) Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket (1983) Subject to Change (1984) You Know the Number (1986) Easily Slip Into Another World (1987) Rag, Bush and All (1988)
Very Very Circus	Spirit of Nuff...Nuff (1990) Live at Koncepts (1991) Too Much Sugar for a Dime (1993) Song Out of My Trees (1993) Carry the Day (1995) Makin' a Move (1995)
Make a Move	Where's Your Cup? (1996) Everybodys Mouth's a Book (2001)
Zooid	Up Popped the Two Lips (2001) This Brings Us to Volume 1 (2008) This Brings Us to Volume 2 (2008) Tomorrow Sunny / The Revelry, Spp (2011) In for a Penny, In for a Pound (2014)
Ensemble Double Up	Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (2015)

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