Composer Henry Threadgill's Double Up band does not include Threadgill himself, but for this second release with the group he adds a 3rd piano (also doubling on harmonium) alongside two alto saxophones, cello, tuba, drums and percussion, the octet performing Threadgill's complex yet effortlessly intricate and distinctive compositions that allow his performers to shine.
Label: Pi Recordings Catalog ID: Pi 75 Squidco Product Code: 25821
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2018 Country: USA Packaging: Digipack Recorded at Water Music, in Hoboken, New Jersey, on September 24th and 25th, 2017, by Warren Riker.
"The factor of Double-Up having pushed me further (thank you) therefore this new activity has come about
It became a clear imperative to write plus... a third piano added to 1+1 now 1+1+1
To put things in a little different light I can make a yo-yo hesitate, but to suspend a flower in mid-air without a stem this is more like six hands or thirty fingers more or less trying to do whatever
...I'm glad there is somebody's to thank, and much thanks to Kate Chumley."