Everybodys Mouth's a Book

Everybodys Mouth's a Book
Studio album by Henry Threadgill
Released 2001
Recorded February 25–27, 2001
Genre Jazz
Label Pi Recordings
Producer Henry Threadgill
Henry Threadgill chronology

Where's Your Cup?
(1996)		 Everybodys Mouth's a Book
(2001)		 Up Popped the Two Lips
(2001)

Everybodys Mouth's a Book is an album by Henry Threadgill featuring eight of Threadgill's compositions performed by Threadgill & Make a Move.[1] The album was the first album on the Pi Recordings label and was released simultaneously with Up Popped the Two Lips by Threadgill's Zooid in 2001.[2]

Reception

Both of Threadgill's initial Pi releases attracted critical approval. The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "This is deft footwork on the part of Threadgill as a leader, who lets his musicians shine and keeps them focused on the task at hand. Everybody's Mouth's a Book is as solid top to bottom as its companion release on Pi".[3] The All About Jazz review by Glenn Astarita stated "Henry Threadgill's importance to modern jazz cannot be denied, as there are few composers who possess such a distinguishable methodology to music in general".[4] The Boston Phoenix's Ed Hazell stated "Everybodys Mouth’s a Book, the Make a Move quintet’s second release, feels like a more traditional jazz album: the tempos are faster, and the instrumentation is closer to what you expect from a jazz quintet. But after the band’s first album, this one too defies expectation".[5]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Henry Threadgill
  1. "Platinum Inside Straight" - 7:10
  2. "Don't Turn Around" - 7:32
  3. "Biggest Crumb" - 4:42
  4. "Burnt Til Recognition" - 7:35
  5. "Where Coconuts Fall" - 6:32
  6. "Pink Water Pink Airplane" - 3:42
  7. "Shake It Off" - 5:07
  8. "What To Do, What To Do" - 8:08

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Backstrom, L. & Lopez, R. Henry Threadgill discography accessed February 12, 2010
  2. ↑ Pi Recordings catalogue accessed February 12, 2010
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed February 12, 2010.
  4. ↑ Astarita, G. Up Popped the Two Lips & Everybodys Mouth's a Book Review All About Jazz, May 13, 2002
  5. ↑ Hazell, E. Changing Tunes: Two Sides of Henry Threadgill The Boston Phoenix, December 13–20, 2001