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Henry Threadgill
Henry Threadgill 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. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Gently Trapped
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I Wanted a Map
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I Can't Wait Till I Get Home
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The Great Hall
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Hope A Hope A
Very Very Circus & Henry Threadgill

Albums

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Where's Your Cup?

1997
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Easily Slip Into Another World

1987
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Makin' a Move

1995
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X-75 Volume 1 (Expanded)

1979
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Carry the Day

1994
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Spirit Of Nuff... Nuff

1990

Singles & EPs

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Gently Trapped

Single • 2026
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I Wanted a Map

Single • 2026
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Song Out Of My Trees

EP • 1993
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Clear and Distinct (Georgia-Anne Muldrow Remix)

Single • 2021

Videos

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Henry Threadgill - Grief

mfish618 • 544 views
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Henry Threadgill Very Very Circus - In The Ring

mfish618 • 921 views
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DENARDO COLEMAN BLUES CONNOTATION

Denardo Coleman • 1.7K views
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Henry Threadgill - Hyla Crucifer... Silence Of

mfish618 • 1.9K views
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Henry Threadgill ~Vivjanrondirkski

timeinbetween • 786 views
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Henry Threadgill and pianist Jason Moran at Ornette Coleman's Funeral

slam630 • 3.3K views