| In for a Penny, In for a Pound | ||||
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| Studio album by Henry Threadgill | ||||
| Released | 2015 | |||
| Recorded | December 8–9, 2014 | |||
| Studio | Systems Two,Brooklyn | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 79:13 | |||
| Label | Pi | |||
| Producer | Liberty Ellman | |||
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In for a Penny, In for a Pound is an album composed byHenry Threadgill for his jazz quintet Zooid, featuring Jose Davila,Liberty Ellman, Christopher Hoffman, and Elliot Humberto Kavee. It was released byPi Recordings and was awarded the 2016Pulitzer Prize for Music.
In for a Penny, In for a Pound was composed byHenry Threadgill and recorded by his band, Zooid.[1] The album, which is a two-disc suite,[2] is composed of six tracks. Threadgill composed a concerto-like piece for each of his band members.[3] However, the album includes improvisation.[4] Patrick Jarenwattananon ofNational Public Radio describes the style of performance as "contrapuntal improvisation within a specific intervallic framework".[5] Threadgill describes the album using the term "epic".[5]
Jose Davila plays trombone and tuba and is joined on the album by guitaristLiberty Ellman, cellist Christopher Hoffman and drummer Elliot Humberto Kavee.[3] Davila is featured on "Tresepic", Kavee is featured on "Ceroepic", Hoffman is featured on "Dosepic", and Ellman is featured on "Unoepic".[5] Threadgill performsalto saxophone,flute andbass flute within each piece.[5]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Down Beat |   [6] |
| Tom Hull – on the Web | A−[7] |
The album was released by Pi Recordings on May 26, 2015.[1]The Wall Street Journal critic Larry Blumenfeld describes the opening piece as "an old song joined in progress".[8] Nate Chinen ofThe New York Times described the album as brilliant.[2]John Fordham ofThe Guardian described the work as "welcomingly warm and melodious" despite the "sinewy slipperiness" of the rhythms and tunes.[9] In his review forDown Beat Peter Margasak states, "there are so many fast-moving details and epiphanies at work here that it takes some rigor to hear how it all fits together, even if isolated phrases and sallies are rich in delight."[6]
The album is the third by a jazz composer to win thePulitzer Prize for Music (followingWynton Marsalis'sBlood on the Fields in 1997 andOrnette Coleman'sSound Grammar in 2007).[3]
All compositions by Henry Threadgill.
Adapted from AllMusic.[10]
