Air Lore

Air Lore
Studio album by Air
Released 1979
Recorded May 11 & 12, 1979
Genre Jazz
Length 36:33
Label Arista Novus
Producer Michael Cuscuna
Air chronology
Montreux Suisse
(1978)		 Air Lore
(1979)		 Air Mail
(1980)

Air Lore is an album by the improvisational collective Air featuring Henry Threadgill, Steve McCall, and Fred Hopkins performing compositions by Jelly Roll Morton and Scott Joplin.[1]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Through it all, this remains the album most Air fans love most, precisely because of all the joy and irreverence in the proceedings, which didn't update the old music, but brought it into focus for the revolutionary improvisational template that it is".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]

Track listing

  1. "The Ragtime Dance" (Scott Joplin) – 9:20
  2. "Buddy Bolden's Blues (Jelly Roll Morton) – 9:30
  3. "King Porter Stomp" (Jelly Roll Morton) – 3:52
  4. "Paille Street" (Henry Threadgill) – 2:20
  5. "Weeping Willow Rag" (Scott Joplin) – [11:31]
    • Recorded at C.I. Recording Studios, New York City on May 11 & 12, 1979

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Backstrom, L. & Lopez, R. Henry Threadgill discography accessed February 11, 2010
  2. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed February 11, 2010.