Henry Threadgill Essentials
Playlist - 21 Songs
By turns focused and restless, jazz reedman and composer Henry Threadgill has blurred the lines between free improv and structured composition since he first emerged as a bandleader in the mid-'70s. “Air Raid” finds his trio Air careening between raucous outbursts and calm restraint, while “Spotted Dick Is Pudding” sounds like a New Orleans second line staggering alongside a drunken blues march, and Threadgill's Pulitzer-winning composition “In For a Penny, In For a Pound (Opening)” melds a century of African American music into a stunning amalgam.
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Henry Threadgill Essentials features Henry Threadgill, Make a Move, Curtis Fowlkes and more