You Know The Number (studio album)
by Henry Threadgill Sextet

You Know The Number by Henry Threadgill Sextet
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 32,183rd   
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (410th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (4,029th)
Award Best albums of all time (32,183rd)

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Henry Threadgill Sextet bestography

You Know The Number is ranked 4th best out of 19 albums by Henry Threadgill on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Henry Threadgill is Just The Facts And Pass The Bucket which is ranked number 15454 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 73.

Henry Threadgill Sextet album bestography « Higher ranked (25,071st)
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This album (32,183rd)
You Know The Number
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Overall rank: 32,183rd | 1980s rank: 4,029th | 1986 rank: 410th

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Henry Threadgill is probably the best jazz composer of the latter twentieth century (Tim Berne and Julius Hemphill and Bill Dixon are up there too). Too bad this is the only one of his albums listed on this site so far. It's a good one (they're all good), but not his best.
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