https://youtu.be/E2EuzndcmcY

muzycy:
Curtis Robert Macdonald – alto saxophone
Roman Filiu – alto saxophone, alto flute
Christopher Hoffman – cello
Jose Davila – tuba
David Bryant – piano
Luis Perdomo – piano
David Virelles – piano, harmonium
Craig Weinrib – drums, percussion

Editor's info:
Pi Recordingsis proud to announce the much-anticipated release of two new recordings from Henry Threadgill: Dirt… And More Dirt, featuring his new group 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg; and Double Up, Plays Double Up Plus, with his ensemble Double Up. The winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for his work In for a Penny, In for a Pound, Threadgill is widely considered to be among the most important artists in contemporary music. The New York Times called him a “composer and bandleader of intense, unyielding originality, nobody’s idea of a compromise.” An early member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), he continues to adhere to that organization’s tenet for finding one’s individual path through original music. WithDirt… and Double Up Plus, he builds on all of his prior work to create two magisterial works of great power and beauty. Together, they represent the crowning achievements in Threadgill’s still-flourishing half-century long career.

Inspired by the conceptual art installation “The New York Earth Room” by Walter de Maria at The Dia Art Foundation – 250 cubic yards of earth in a 3600 square foot space – and the clay sculptures of Stephen De Staebler, Dirt… And More Dirt finds Threadgill expanding his compositional and instrumental palette. The 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg features the musicians of his long-running band Zooid– Threadgill (alto saxophone and flutes), Ellman (guitar), Jose Davila (tuba), Christopher Hoffman (cello), and Elliot Humberto Kavee (drums and percussion) – in addition to Jacob Garchik and Ben Gerstein (trombone), Jonathan Finlayson and Stephanie Richards (trumpet), Roman Filiu (alto saxophone, alto flute), Curtis Robert Macdonald (alto saxophone), David Bryant (piano), David Virelles (piano, harmonium), Thomas Morgan (bass), and Craig Weinrib (drums, percussion). The larger instrumental forces deployed.......
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Editor's info:
Pi Recordingsis proud to announce the much-anticipated release of two new recordings from Henry Threadgill: Dirt… And More Dirt, featuring his new group 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg; and Double Up, Plays Double Up Plus, with his ensemble Double Up. The winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for his work In for a Penny, In for a Pound, Threadgill is widely considered to be among the most important artists in contemporary music. The New York Times called him a “composer and bandleader of intense, unyielding originality, nobody’s idea of a compromise.” An early member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), he continues to adhere to that organization’s tenet for finding one’s individual path through original music. WithDirt… and Double Up Plus, he builds on all of his prior work to create two magisterial works of great power and beauty. Together, they represent the crowning achievements in Threadgill’s still-flourishing half-century long career.

Inspired by the conceptual art installation “The New York Earth Room” by Walter de Maria at The Dia Art Foundation – 250 cubic yards of earth in a 3600 square foot space – and the clay sculptures of Stephen De Staebler, Dirt… And More Dirt finds Threadgill expanding his compositional and instrumental palette. The 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg features the musicians of his long-running band Zooid– Threadgill (alto saxophone and flutes), Ellman (guitar), Jose Davila (tuba), Christopher Hoffman (cello), and Elliot Humberto Kavee (drums and percussion) – in addition to Jacob Garchik and Ben Gerstein (trombone), Jonathan Finlayson and Stephanie Richards (trumpet), Roman Filiu (alto saxophone, alto flute), Curtis Robert Macdonald (alto saxophone), David Bryant (piano), David Virelles (piano, harmonium), Thomas Morgan (bass), and Craig Weinrib (drums, percussion). The larger instrumental forces deployed.......
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