muzycy:
Henry Threadgill: alto saxophone, flute
Liberty Ellman: acoustic guitar
Jose Davila: trombone, tuba
Stomu Takeishi: acoustic bass guitar
Elliot Humberto Kavee: drums

2010 Village Voice Jazz Critics’ Poll Best Records of the Year #5

Jazz Times Critics’ Poll Best Records of 2010 - #10

“The jazz world is coming to realize that he’s a true idiosyncratic great…. [This Brings Us To] staggers and lurches and creates dissonances, and it still brings the mad-scientist funk.”
NPR

“Now comes Vol. II, and the results are just as bewitching, if tough to pin down…. Resisting familiar chord changes, scales and overt structure, the album won’t be the easiest of listens for some, but somehow it never sounds the same way twice. As its mysteries unfurl, This Brings Us To ultimately remains rewarding simply by being so much fun to follow.”
Los Angeles Times

“Mr. Threadgill has long been one of the most thrillingly elusive composers in and around the jazz idiom: a sly maestro of unconventional timbres, bristling counterpoint and tough but slippery rhythms.”
New York Times

“Threadgill plays flute with a mellow airiness and alto sax with something of a cross between Ornette Coleman’s wailing intonation and Sonny Rollins’ bluesy phrasing…. This Brings Us To Volume II is his best recordings in over a decade.”
Stereophile

“I don’t know anyone whose bands ooze through time the way his do. Even when you hear where he’s coming from, he still comes at you sideways.”
NPR Music

Pi Recordings is excited to announce the release of the highly anticipated Volume II to 2009’s This Brings Us To, from alto saxophonist and composer Henry Threadgill with his band Zooid. Volume I received across-the-board accolades as one of the best releases of 2009, coming in at #4 in the Down Beat Critics Poll, #4 in the Jazz Times Poll, and #2 in the Village Voice Jazz Poll.


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2010 Village Voice Jazz Critics’ Poll Best Records of the Year #5

Jazz Times Critics’ Poll Best Records of 2010 - #10

“The jazz world is coming to realize that he’s a true idiosyncratic great…. [This Brings Us To] staggers and lurches and creates dissonances, and it still brings the mad-scientist funk.”
NPR

“Now comes Vol. II, and the results are just as bewitching, if tough to pin down…. Resisting familiar chord changes, scales and overt structure, the album won’t be the easiest of listens for some, but somehow it never sounds the same way twice. As its mysteries unfurl, This Brings Us To ultimately remains rewarding simply by being so much fun to follow.”
Los Angeles Times

“Mr. Threadgill has long been one of the most thrillingly elusive composers in and around the jazz idiom: a sly maestro of unconventional timbres, bristling counterpoint and tough but slippery rhythms.”
New York Times

“Threadgill plays flute with a mellow airiness and alto sax with something of a cross between Ornette Coleman’s wailing intonation and Sonny Rollins’ bluesy phrasing…. This Brings Us To Volume II is his best recordings in over a decade.”
Stereophile

“I don’t know anyone whose bands ooze through time the way his do. Even when you hear where he’s coming from, he still comes at you sideways.”
NPR Music

Pi Recordings is excited to announce the release of the highly anticipated Volume II to 2009’s This Brings Us To, from alto saxophonist and composer Henry Threadgill with his band Zooid. Volume I received across-the-board accolades as one of the best releases of 2009, coming in at #4 in the Down Beat Critics Poll, #4 in the Jazz Times Poll, and #2 in the Village Voice Jazz Poll.


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