Live Air

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Live Air
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Live album by
Air
Released1980
RecordedJuly 1, 1976 & October 28, 1977
Genre Jazz
Length39:53
Label Black Saint
Producer Giovanni Bonandrini
Air chronology
Air Raid
(1976)
Live Air
(1980)
Air Time
(1977)

Live Air is a live album by the improvisational collective Air featuring Henry Threadgill, Steve McCall, and Fred Hopkins recorded at Studio Rivbea, in New York and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, first released by Black Saint Records in 1980. [1]

Contents

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection. [2]

According to the Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick, "Live Air is a must for any fan of this wonderful trio". [3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Henry Threadgill
  1. "Eulogy for Charles Clarke" - 10:37
  2. "Portrait of Leo Smith" - 8:06
  3. "Keep Right on Playing Thru the Mirror over the Water" - 15:30
  4. "Be Ever Out" - 5:40
  • Recorded at Studio Rivbea, New York on July 1, 1976 (tracks 1 & 2) and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan on October 28, 1977 (tracks 3 & 4)

Personnel

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References

  1. Backstrom, L. & Lopez, R. Henry Threadgill discography accessed February 10, 2010
  2. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. "Air". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 13. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
  3. 1 2 Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed February 10, 2010.
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 6. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.