Henry Threadgill | |
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 Henry Threadgill at Keystone Korner, San Francisco CA 4/5/79 w/AIR, including Fred Hopkins & Steve McCall | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Henry Luther Threadgill |
| Born | February 15, 1944 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, avant-garde jazz, free jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Saxophone, flute |
| Years active | 1960s–present |
| Labels | Arista/Novus, About Time, Black Saint, Columbia, Pi |
| Website | www |
Henry Threadgill (born February 15, 1944)[1] is an American composer, saxophonist and flautist.[2] He came to prominence in the 1970s leading ensembles rooted in jazz but with unusual instrumentation and often incorporating other genres of music. He has performed and recorded with several ensembles: Air, Aggregation Orb, Make a Move, the seven-piece Henry Threadgill Sextett, the twenty-piece Society Situation Dance Band, Very Very Circus, X-75, and Zooid.
He was awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his album In for a Penny, In for a Pound,[3] which premiered at Roulette Intermedium on December 4, 2014.[4]
In 2023, he published his autobiography, written with Brent Hayes Edwards: Easily Slip into Another World: A Life in Music.[5] The book was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, along with being a Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, NPR, The New Yorker.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 396. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
- ^ Chris Kelsey (February 15, 1944). "Henry Threadgill | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
- ^ Chinen, Nate (April 18, 2016). "At Last, a Box Henry Threadgill Fits Nicely Into: Pulitzer Winner". The New York Times. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^ "Henry Threadgill – Roulette". Roulette.org. July 22, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
- ^ Williams, Richard (August 4, 2023). "Summer books 1: Henry Threadgill". the blue moment. Retrieved August 5, 2023.