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Henry Threadgill

Legendary artist Henry Threadgill joins Corey Mwamba for illuminating reflections on improvising, composing, collectivity through sound and nurturing creativity.

For almost six decades, Henry Threadgill has been an illustrious figure in post jazz. He is a core member of Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), a pioneering body both for forward-thinking music and a radical approach to education. Collaboration has been key to Threadgill¡¯s output, as evidenced by his work playing in and leading a raft of seminal bands including the trio Air, the nonet X-75, his own eponymous sextet and the adventurous Zooid. A Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, Threadgill takes an incisive approach to creating musical systems in sound that allow for rich improvising and creative expression, and he makes work across a range of mediums, from painting and poetry to theatre.

Threadgill's new book, Easily Slip Into Another World, is a vivid memoir from a true polymath, and to mark its recent release he joins Corey Mwamba for reflections on improvising, composing, collectivity through sound, and nurturing creativity.

Produced by Tej Adeleye
A Reduced Listening production for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

1 hour

Last on

Sun 31 Dec 2023 00:00

Music Played

  • Patrick Shiroshi & John Krausbauer

    Bird Song

  • Matana Roberts

    We Said

  • Ganavya

    Forgive Me My

  • Henry Threadgill

    Movement II

  • Sonny Rollins

    With A Song In My Heart

  • Muhal Richard Abrams

    Infinite Flow

  • Henry Threadgill Zooid

    A Day Off

  • Henry Threadgill Very Very Circus

    Unrealistic Love

  • Henry Threadgill Zooid

    Sap

  • ŽÚž´¾¶þ, ½ñ¾®ºÍÐÛ & Darren Moore

    Improvisation I

  • Evan Parker

    Drawing Breath

    Composer: Matthew Wright. Performer: Matthew Wright. Performer: Evan Parker. Performer: Peter Evans. Performer: Mark Nauseef. Ensemble: Trance Map+.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 30 Jul 2023 00:00
  • Sun 31 Dec 2023 00:00