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Even though Henry Threadgill is often considered "difficult to listen to," most blindfolded listeners would probably find themselves identifying any randomly selected 20-second segment of Where's Your Cup as something a little more mainstream. It wouldn't be unreasonable, for example, to hear Brandon Ross on "The Flew" and ask "Might this be a snot-raunchy John McLaughlin electric guitar solo?" with a good bit of confidence. Someone else may smile smugly and say, "I don't suppose this is from the soundtrack of an especially eerie David Lynch film, perhaps Blue Velvet, or an old episode of Twin Peaks maybe?" when Threadgill's alto sax groove kicks off "100 Year Old Game." Such is the elusiveness of Threadgill's a-bit-of-everything approach to modern jazz, a style-collage sound he achieves here with a lot of help from his band, Make a Move. A majority of the tracks here are over eight minutes long, with a lot of room for soloists to stretch out. Ross can sound like two slabs of grinding sheet metal on one song, and softly strum a flamenco-tinged acoustic guitar behind Threadgill's flute on the next. Alternating between accordion and harmonium, Tony Cedras recalls everything from a Sunday hymn to your local seventh-inning stretch organ grinder. But give the credit of assembling these varied and sundry elements into a consistent product to Threadgill. Where's My Cup has its highly organized moments as well, which possess the same spaced-out mysteriousness as all the clamoring jam-out uproar.
© John Uhl /TiVo
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Henry Threadgill, Alto Saxophone, Associated Performer, Flute, Main Artist, Producer, Alto Saxophone, Associated Performer, Flute, Producer - Make a move, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Henry Threadgill & Make A Move, Associated Performer - Bill Laswell, Producer - Brandon Ross, Classical Guitar, Electric Guitar - H. Threadgill, Composer, Lyricist - Bob Musso, Engineer - Stomu Takeishi, Bass Guitar - Tom Ruff, Engineer - J.T. Lewis, Drums - Tony Cedras, Accordion, Harmonium - Federico Panero, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1997 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Henry Threadgill & Make A Move, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Bill Laswell, Producer - Brandon Ross, Classical Guitar, Electric Guitar - H. Threadgill, Composer, Lyricist - Henry Threadgill, Alto Saxophone, Flute, Producer - Bob Musso, Engineer - Stomu Takeishi, Bass Guitar - Tom Ruff, Engineer - J.T. Lewis, Drums - Tony Cedras, Accordion, Harmonium - Federico Panero, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1997 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Henry Threadgill & Make A Move, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Bill Laswell, Producer - Brandon Ross, Classical Guitar, Electric Guitar - H. Threadgill, Composer, Lyricist - Henry Threadgill, Alto Saxophone, Flute, Producer - Bob Musso, Engineer - Stomu Takeishi, Bass Guitar - Tom Ruff, Engineer - J.T. Lewis, Drums - Tony Cedras, Accordion, Harmonium - Federico Panero, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1997 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Henry Threadgill & Make A Move, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Bill Laswell, Producer - Brandon Ross, Classical Guitar, Electric Guitar - H. Threadgill, Composer, Lyricist - Henry Threadgill, Alto Saxophone, Flute, Producer - Bob Musso, Engineer - Stomu Takeishi, Bass Guitar - Tom Ruff, Engineer - J.T. Lewis, Drums - Tony Cedras, Accordion, Harmonium - Federico Panero, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1997 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Henry Threadgill & Make A Move, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Bill Laswell, Producer - Brandon Ross, Classical Guitar, Electric Guitar - H. Threadgill, Composer, Lyricist - Henry Threadgill, Alto Saxophone, Flute, Producer - Bob Musso, Engineer - Stomu Takeishi, Bass Guitar - Tom Ruff, Engineer - J.T. Lewis, Drums - Tony Cedras, Accordion, Harmonium - Federico Panero, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1997 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Henry Threadgill & Make A Move, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Bill Laswell, Producer - Brandon Ross, Classical Guitar, Electric Guitar - H. Threadgill, Composer, Lyricist - Henry Threadgill, Alto Saxophone, Flute, Producer - Bob Musso, Engineer - Stomu Takeishi, Bass Guitar - Tom Ruff, Engineer - J.T. Lewis, Drums - Tony Cedras, Accordion, Harmonium - Federico Panero, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1997 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Henry Threadgill & Make A Move, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Bill Laswell, Producer - Brandon Ross, Classical Guitar, Electric Guitar - H. Threadgill, Composer, Lyricist - Henry Threadgill, Alto Saxophone, Flute, Producer - Bob Musso, Engineer - Stomu Takeishi, Bass Guitar - Tom Ruff, Engineer - J.T. Lewis, Drums - Tony Cedras, Accordion, Harmonium - Federico Panero, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1997 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Even though Henry Threadgill is often considered "difficult to listen to," most blindfolded listeners would probably find themselves identifying any randomly selected 20-second segment of Where's Your Cup as something a little more mainstream. It wouldn't be unreasonable, for example, to hear Brandon Ross on "The Flew" and ask "Might this be a snot-raunchy John McLaughlin electric guitar solo?" with a good bit of confidence. Someone else may smile smugly and say, "I don't suppose this is from the soundtrack of an especially eerie David Lynch film, perhaps Blue Velvet, or an old episode of Twin Peaks maybe?" when Threadgill's alto sax groove kicks off "100 Year Old Game." Such is the elusiveness of Threadgill's a-bit-of-everything approach to modern jazz, a style-collage sound he achieves here with a lot of help from his band, Make a Move. A majority of the tracks here are over eight minutes long, with a lot of room for soloists to stretch out. Ross can sound like two slabs of grinding sheet metal on one song, and softly strum a flamenco-tinged acoustic guitar behind Threadgill's flute on the next. Alternating between accordion and harmonium, Tony Cedras recalls everything from a Sunday hymn to your local seventh-inning stretch organ grinder. But give the credit of assembling these varied and sundry elements into a consistent product to Threadgill. Where's My Cup has its highly organized moments as well, which possess the same spaced-out mysteriousness as all the clamoring jam-out uproar.
© John Uhl /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 01:06:09
- Main artists: Henry Threadgill Make a move
- Composer: Henry Threadgill
- Label: Legacy Recordings
- Genre: Jazz
(P) 1997 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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