Too Much Sugar for a Dime
1993 studio album by Henry Threadgill
Too Much Sugar for a Dime | ||||
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Studio album by Henry Threadgill | ||||
Released | 1993 | |||
Recorded | 1993 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 53:43 | |||
Label | Axiom | |||
Producer | Henry Threadgill, Bill Laswell | |||
Henry Threadgill chronology | ||||
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Too Much Sugar for a Dime is an album by Henry Threadgill, released in 1993 on the Axiom label. It has been described as: "a mad, glorious romp which explores some very dark timbres and tonalities and yet remains witty, fresh and consistently exciting." (Richard Cook & Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD).
Track listing
All compositions written by Henry Threadgill.
- "Little Pocket Size Demons" – 10:49
- "In Touch" – 8:49
- "Paper Toilet" – 5:39
- "Better Wrapped / Better Unrapped" – 13:05
- "Too Much Sugar" – 2:58
- "Try Some Ammonia" – 12:23
Personnel
- Henry Threadgill — alto saxophone
- Mark Taylor — French horn
- Edwin Rodriguez — tuba
- Marcus Rojas — tuba
- Dorian L. Parreott II — tuba (tracks 2, 4, 6)
- Brandon Ross — guitar (electric & acoustic)
- Masujaa — guitar (electric)
- Simon Shaheen — oud and violin (2, 4)
- Jason Hwang — violin (2, 4)
- Leroy Jenkins — violin (2, 4)
- Gene Lake — drums (exc. track 5)
- Larry Bright — drums (2, 4), cymbals (5)
- Miguel Urbina — afrovenezuelan drums, Culo'e puya drums, fulía drums (2, 4, 5)
- Johnny Rudas — afrovenezuelan drums, Culo'e puya drums, fulía drums (2, 4)
- Mossa Bildner — vocals (2)
- Arenae — vocals (2)
- v
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
- Air Song (1975)
- Air Raid (1976)
- Live Air (1976–77)
- Air Time (1977)
- Open Air Suit (1978)
- Montreux Suisse (1978)
- Air Lore (1979)
- Air Mail (1980)
- 80° Below '82 (1982)
- Live at Montreal International Jazz Festival (1983)
- Air Show No. 1 (1986)
- X-75 Volume 1 (1979)
Threadgill
Sextet
- When Was That? (1981)
- Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket (1983)
- Subject to Change (1984)
- You Know the Number (1986)
- Easily Slip Into Another World (1987)
- Rag, Bush and All (1988)
Very
Circus
- Spirit of Nuff...Nuff (1990)
- Live at Koncepts (1991)
- Too Much Sugar for a Dime (1993)
- Song Out of My Trees (1993)
- Carry the Day (1995)
- Makin' a Move (1995)
a
Move
- Where's Your Cup? (1996)
- Everybodys Mouth's a Book (2001)
- Up Popped the Two Lips (2001)
- This Brings Us to Volume 1 (2008)
- This Brings Us to Volume 2 (2008)
- Tomorrow Sunny / The Revelry, Spp (2011)
- In for a Penny, In for a Pound (2014)
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