Editing Henry Threadgill (section)

== Personal life ==
Threadgill was born in Chicago.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hydeparkjazzfestival.org/henry-threadgill/|title=Henry Threadgill|website=Hyde Park Jazz Festival|language=en-US|access-date=November 23, 2017|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042445/https://www.hydeparkjazzfestival.org/henry-threadgill/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He studied piano, flute, and composition at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, and Governors State University, in University Park, Illinois.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Threadgill|title=Henry Threadgill, American musician|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=November 23, 2017|language=en}}</ref> He was a member of the US Army Concert Band, and served in Vietnam.<ref>{{Citation|title=Henry Threadgill: Dirt, and More Dirt|date=May 2017 |url=http://www.wqxr.org/story/henry-threadgill-dirt-and-more-dirt/|language=en|access-date=November 23, 2017}} Meet the Composer Podcast, WXQR.</ref> He is married to recording artist and ethnomusicologist Senti Toy, also known as Sentienla Toy Threadgill.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eclecticnortheast.in/2016/10/know-pulitzer-prize-winner-henry-threadgills-ne-connect/|title=Did You Know About Pulitzer Prize Winner Henry Threadgill's NE Connect?|date=October 15, 2016|website=Eclectic Northeast}}</ref>