Tomorrow Sunny / The Revelry, Spp
Reviews
Fo
Reviewed 2012-07-06
Reviewed 2012-07-06
HENRY THREADGILL ZOOID: Tomorrow Sunny / The Revelry, Spp
Pi, 2012
FREE JAZZ – More organic bubbling from flute/sax master Threadgill and his inscrutable yet somehow upbeat band, less dense than on other recent recordings but now a sextet with the addition of cello (alongside guitar, acoustic bass guitar, trombone/tuba and drums). Each musician improvises freely, but within a framework of harmonic counterpoint and layered texture that makes this very much Threadgill’s music: instantly recognizable, endlessly fascinating.
Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 5
1. 5:51 – light, agile with guitar and tuba prominent; sax takes over 2nd half
2. 6:31 – almost funky: string-pulling bass, optimistic flute, sawing cello solos
3. 3:34 – slow, quiet and spare with a plaintive sax moan/wail
4. 9:28 – serene bass guitar & creaky cello start it off; voice-like bass flute and mellow trombone creep through a fog-shrouded landscape
5. 10:36 – uptempo drums get this one hopping: maintains a free groove as the three strings bounce off each other, sax casually grinds it up
6. 6:30 – tons of open space: first drum & trombone; then strings and flute
[ Fo ] - July 2012
Pi, 2012
FREE JAZZ – More organic bubbling from flute/sax master Threadgill and his inscrutable yet somehow upbeat band, less dense than on other recent recordings but now a sextet with the addition of cello (alongside guitar, acoustic bass guitar, trombone/tuba and drums). Each musician improvises freely, but within a framework of harmonic counterpoint and layered texture that makes this very much Threadgill’s music: instantly recognizable, endlessly fascinating.
Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 5
1. 5:51 – light, agile with guitar and tuba prominent; sax takes over 2nd half
2. 6:31 – almost funky: string-pulling bass, optimistic flute, sawing cello solos
3. 3:34 – slow, quiet and spare with a plaintive sax moan/wail
4. 9:28 – serene bass guitar & creaky cello start it off; voice-like bass flute and mellow trombone creep through a fog-shrouded landscape
5. 10:36 – uptempo drums get this one hopping: maintains a free groove as the three strings bounce off each other, sax casually grinds it up
6. 6:30 – tons of open space: first drum & trombone; then strings and flute
[ Fo ] - July 2012
Recent airplay
Ambient Pressure Thereby
Rebop — Sep 04, 2012
Tomorrow Sunny
Feral Jazz/Pop Frenzy — Sep 01, 2012
Ambient Pressure Thereby
Rebop — Aug 21, 2012
A Day Off
Memory Select, Frithian edition — Aug 20, 2012
Tomorrow Sunny
No Cover, No Minimum — Aug 17, 2012
Tomorrow Sunny, A Day Off
Rebop — Aug 14, 2012
Charting
2012-07-08 — 2012-09-09
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Sep 9 | 1 |
| Sep 2 | 1 |
| Aug 26 | 2 |
| Aug 19 | 2 |
| Jul 29 | 2 |
| Jul 15 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | A Day Off | ||
| 2. | Tomorrow Sunny | ||
| 3. | So Pleased, No Clue | ||
| 4. | See The Blackbird Now | ||
| 5. | Ambient Pressure Thereby | ||
| 6. | Put On Keep / Frontispiece, Spp |