Henry Threadgill and the Society Situation Dance Band (1/3)

[@darkmatterhalo]

To avoid any confusion and speculation, here's the correct line up: Henry Threadgill-conductor John Stubblefield-tenor & soprano sax Booker T Williams-tenor sax Ted Daniel-trumpet E.J. Allen-trumpet Craig Harris-trombone Conrad Herwig-trombone Leroy Jenkins-violin Charles Burnham-violin Terry Jenoure-violin Bob Stewart-tuba Diedre Murray-cello Akua Turre-Dixon-cello Brandon Ross-guitar Donald Nicks-el. bass Reggie Nicholson-drums Bobby Sanabria-percussion Drew Richards-vocal Sherry Scott-vocal

[@dbadagna]

Thank you, do you know in which city/country and on which date this was filmed?

[@veliborpedevski5426]

@@dbadagna Henry Threadgill Society Situation Dance Band Fabrik, Altona (Hamburg) 23.10.1988

[@rhythmking10]

Totally brilliant composer, Threadgill and his funk orchestra wicked cello solo: Diedre Murray

[@davidwalsh8058]

the cello player at about 9 min....wow worth the wait fabulous !

[@GinSoakedBoy]

The brilliant Diedre Murray!

[@kazarnyc]

Thank You So Much for these vids. I was tight with Henry in the 80s and was at the first Situation Society Dance in lower Manhattan. This is absolutely brilliant, this much footage of live Threadgill and the dance band, like everything he has ever conceived, took the audience out into unfamiliar territory yet with enough familiar tidbits to keep us from veering over the edge. Absolutely great vids. Gonna poke fun at a few friends of mind re how good looking they were in this vid ;-)

[@laurabritton4971]

The best Threadgill I've heard.....so far. Talk about a SUPERBAND! Thanks for part 3. WISH I WAS THERE!

[@romemiller1504]

This is simply '' Wonderful ! '' !!!!!

[@kazarnyc]

HT: "I wanted to have something so people can experience how powerful the music can be and overwhelming.... So that was functional music. It was not music for listening; it was music that you were supposed to be able to react to... You jumped up and wanted to stand on your head or do a spin on your ass or whatever you wanted to do. It wasn't there for you to sit there and meditate on; it wasn't that type of music."

[@brandonterzic]

hell of a quote

[@georgemarsh6303]

Unless you felt like you wanted to meditate. 😎

[@harryyellow]

i love the conductor's conducting!

[@claudiascott7607]

Very excellent performance. Have to see live.

[@billwhitlatch961]

Thank you for days

[@malikcrumpler]

FInally a clean version of this!!!!!! THANKYOU

[@victormorgado5318]

damn!..i just discovered this while painting and wow!

[@1adneumann]

So wonderful this........ and I hear parallels with the great (late) Arthur Blythe?

[@erikheddergott5514]

Thanks for Uploading.

[@Jeff_Sehume]

Superb, superb SUPERB

[@brötzmannsax]

I see two late, great violinists, John Blake Jr. and Leroy Jenkins!

[@OtherAfternoons]

This is kingly!

[@DilettanteProduction]

That tag on her cello says "This machine kills".

[@Ghoopty]

That’s from the folk singer Woody Guthrie. He had a sticker on his guitar that read “This machine kills fascists”.

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

love it!!

[@4ba2]

the second cello is Akua Dixon (I believe).

[@playtimemusic1]

Wow❤

[@Aquinnahtv]

Yeah, yezz, yezz, yezz...... !!!

[@JohnChacona]

This song is "Bell & Ponce." It's Olu Dara's.

[@joeyharrison]

Bell & Ponce? Gosh, I just don't hear any resemblance ..

[@Aquinnahtv]

Yezz yezz yezz

[@cowzoo5577]

I put the 420th like on this sucker, this rules

[@ricmgnelson9447]

Anyone could tell me the song names played here? Brilliant stuff!!

[@catherinel.johnson3587]

dancINGdanCING!

[@samferguson9171]

booker t williams is kickass.

[@josesieiro6261]

Great music! Great joy to hear and see this band live, but watching the video I see many in corrections in the personnel listed at the end: 1) the drummer I think is Reggie Nicholson (not Pheeroan Aklaff); 2) Craig Harris plays trombone (not trumpet) and is not in the band (second trombonist looks like Conrad Herwig);

[@dbadagna]

Who is the first trombonist?

[@josesieiro6261]

3) Diedre Murray (not Deidre) plays cello and has a great solo, Abdul Wadud is not on the band. I don't know the second cello player; 4) Only Brandon Ross plays guitar (I don't see Jean Paul Bourelly); 5) I don't know the percussionist (who has a big role in the music played) and is not listed in the credits. Tks. Regards Jose Sieiro from São Paulo -Brazil.

[@sublimedog]

so sick what is going on

[@Markus_Breuss]

date ??

[@jazzandbeyond7549]

1988

[@MikeJones-xl3ti]

I don’t get it