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United States
Henry Threadgill
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About Henry Threadgill
Hometown
Chicago, IL, United States
Born
February 15, 1944
Genre
Jazz
Saxophonist Henry Threadgill is a contemporary composer of distinction whose art transcends genre boundaries. He spent the 1970s with experimental jazz trio Air and cut six albums with the Henry Threadgill Sextett during the '80s. After Too Much Sugar for a Dime in 1993, he founded Make a Move and Very Very Circus, who appeared on 1995's Makin' a Move. Threadgill created the ongoing Zooid project and released Up Popped the Two Lips in 2011. 2015's In for a Penny, In for a Pound won the Pulitzer Prize. Threadgill debuted Ensemble Double Up on 2016's Old Locks and Irregular Verbs. Zooid's Poof appeared in 2021. In May 2023, he issued The Other One, a musical component of a large multimedia work recorded live by a 12-piece ensemble. In 2025, the composer released Listen Ship, written for four acoustic guitars, two acoustic basses, and two pianos.
Henry Threadgill has also released music as a member of Material, Henry Threadgill's Zooid, and David Murray Octet.
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