Henry Threadgill: Jazz Musician in New York

About Henry Threadgill

Henry Threadgill is an American composer and multi-reed musician whose work emerged from the 1970s creative-music scene and has since moved through a series of ensembles built around unconventional instrumentation. He writes structures that leave room for improvisation while steering the group with clear, compositional logic. In New York City he appears at venues such as The Jazz Gallery, including projects like The Trio with Vijay Iyer and Miguel Zenón Prieto. His performances favor invention over polish.