Henry Threadgill

Henry Threadgill (born February 15, 1944) is an American composer, saxophonist and flautist. 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, which premiered at Roulette Intermedium on December 4, 2014. In 2023, he published his autobiography, written with Brent Hayes Edwards: Easily Slip into Another World: A Life in Music. 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.

Baker's Dozen: Apéritif - 2025-05-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Vision Is the Identity - 2024-03-22T00:00:00.000000Z

The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles - 2018-11-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Double Up, Plays Double Up Plus - 2018-05-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Dirt... And More Dirt - 2018-05-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Back to the Sunset - 2018-04-06T00:00:00.000000Z

In for a Penny, In for a Pound - 2015-05-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Made In Chicago (Live At The Chicago Jazz Festival / 2013) - 2015-01-16T00:00:00.000000Z

X-75 Volume 1 (Expanded) - 2014-06-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Tomorrow Sunny / The Revelry, Spp - 2012-05-07T00:00:00.000000Z

This Brings Us To, Volume II - 2010-05-10T00:00:00.000000Z

This Brings Us To, Vol. I - 2009-10-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Up Popped The Two Lips - 2001-11-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Everybodys Mouth's a Book - 2001-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Flutistry - 1997-12-31T00:00:00.000000Z

Where's Your Cup? - 1997-06-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Carry the Day - 1995-06-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Makin' a Move - 1995-06-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Song Out Of My Trees - 1994-12-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Easily Slip Into Another World - 1988-06-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Lost In The Stars: The Music Of Kurt Weill - 1985-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Live At Montreal International Jazz Festival - 1984-12-31T00:00:00.000000Z

What Comes - 2024-03-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Movement II - 2023-05-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Poof - 2021-09-24T00:00:00.000000Z

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