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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.
Henry Threadgill | American composer, saxophonist, flutist, 2016 Pulitzer Prize winner.
Henry Threadgill (Chicago, 15 de febrero de 1944) [1] es un compositor, saxofonista y flautista estadounidense. [2] Saltó a la fama en la década de 1970 liderando conjuntos arraigados en el jazz pero con instrumentación inusual y a menudo incorporando otros géneros musicales.
Hailed by the New York Times as “perhaps the most important jazz composer of his generation,” Henry Threadgill has been celebrated for over forty years as one of the most original, forward-thinking composers and multi-instrumentalists in American music.
Henry Threadgill, American improviser, composer, and bandleader, an important figure in free jazz in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. His music, with a variety of unconventional ensembles, was characterized by irony, blues, and abstraction.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Since the 1960s, 2021 NEA Jazz Master Henry Threadgill has been on the leading edge of avant-garde jazz with his original compositions. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2016, one of only three jazz artists to win the prestigious award.
Henry Threadgill | American composer, saxophonist, flutist, 2016 Pulitzer Prize winner
