Editing Henry Threadgill (section)

{{Short description|American composer, saxophonist and flautist}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Henry Threadgill
| image            = Henry Threadgill1.jpg
| caption          = Henry Threadgill at Keystone Korner, San Francisco CA 4/5/79 w/AIR, including Fred Hopkins & Steve McCall
| background       = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name       = Henry Luther Threadgill
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1944|2|15}}
| birth_place      = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S.
| genre            = [[Jazz]], [[avant-garde jazz]], [[free jazz]]
| occupation       = Musician, composer
| instrument       = Saxophone, flute
| years_active     = 1960s–present
| label            = [[Arista Records|Arista]]/[[Novus Records|Novus]], About Time, [[Black Saint/Soul Note|Black Saint]], [[Columbia Records|Columbia]], [[Pi Recordings|Pi]]
| associated_acts= [[Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians|AACM]], [[Air (jazz group)|Air]], [[Muhal Richard Abrams]], [[Billy Bang]], [[Anthony Braxton]], [[Craig S. Harris (trombonist)|Craig Harris]], [[Leroy Jenkins (jazz musician)|Leroy Jenkins]], [[Roscoe Mitchell]]
| website          = {{URL|www.henrythreadgill.com}}
}}

'''Henry Threadgill''' (born February 15, 1944)<ref name="LarkinJazz">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-580-8|page=396}}</ref> is an American composer, saxophonist and flautist.<ref>{{cite web|author=Chris Kelsey |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/henry-threadgill-mn0000673638/biography |title=Henry Threadgill &#124; Biography & History |website=[[AllMusic]] |date=February 15, 1944 |access-date=November 21, 2016}}</ref> 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 (jazz group)|Air]], Aggregation Orb, Make a Move, the seven-piece Henry Threadgill <!-- Please do not modify this spelling. -->Sextett<!-- Please do not modify this spelling. -->, 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]]'',<ref name="Chinen">{{cite news|last1=Chinen|first1=Nate|title=At Last, a Box Henry Threadgill Fits Nicely Into: Pulitzer Winner|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/19/arts/music/henry-threadgill-pulitzer-prize-penny-pound.html?_r=0|access-date=April 19, 2016|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 18, 2016}}</ref> which premiered at [[Roulette Intermedium]] on December 4, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://roulette.org/events/henry-threadgill/ |title=Henry Threadgill – Roulette |website=Roulette.org |date=July 22, 2014 |access-date=November 21, 2016}}</ref>

In 2023, he published his autobiography, written with [[Brent Hayes Edwards]]: ''Easily Slip into Another World: A Life in Music.''<ref>{{cite web| url = https://thebluemoment.com/2023/08/04/summer-books-1-henry-threadgill/| title = Summer books 1: Henry Threadgill| author = Williams, Richard| date = August 4, 2023| access-date = August 5, 2023| website = the blue moment}}</ref> 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''.