Henry Threadgill and Zooid, Austin, Texas 4/8/2017

[epistrophy arts]

Presented by Epistrophy Arts and Liminal Sound series

Henry Threadgill’s Zooid 
April 8th 2017 8:00 pm
Scottish Rite Theater Austin, Tx

Master Class with Henry Threadgill
April 7th 8:00 pm
UT campus: MRH (Music Recital Hall)
The Henry Threadgill Master Class will be a Q&A session. It is an open form session that can go where ever the questions lead. 

 

TICKETS AND INFORMATION  


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For over forty years, Henry Threadgill has been celebrated as one of the most forward-thinking composers and multi-instrumentalists in American music. The New York Times has called him “perhaps the most important jazz composer of his generation.” Born in 1944 in Chicago, Threadgill was an early member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM).

The jazz avant-garde has produced dozens of notable improvisers (not surprisingly, since improvisation is arguably the music’s defining element) but relatively few great composers. Henry Threadgill is a member of that exclusive club. With his fellow Chicagoans Anthony Braxton and Muhal Richard Abrams, he’s one of the most original jazz composers of his generation. Threadgill’s art transcends stylistic boundaries. He embraces the world of music in its entirety, from ragtime to circus marches to classical to bop, free jazz, and beyond. Such might sound merely eclectic in the telling, but in truth, Threadgil always sounds like Threadgill.

In for a Penny, In for a Pound by Henry Threadgill was named the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for “distinguished musical composition by an American.” In awarding the prize, the Pulitzer committee call the release “a highly original work in which notated music and improvisation mesh in a sonic tapestry that seems the very expression of modern American life.” We could not be more ecstatic for Henry and are honored to have been able to help document his work these last 15 years.

This project is supported by individual contributions, and the City of Austin Cultural Arts program

[BFrank]

There's also a very interesting festival in Knoxville that he's appearing in, right before that: the Big Ears Festival.
A very eclectic and intriguing lineup of artists, too! Check it out.

[kh1958]

35 minutes ago, BFrank said:

There's also a very interesting festival in Knoxville that he's appearing in, right before that: the Big Ears Festival.
A very eclectic and intriguing lineup of artists, too! Check it out.

Have you been to this festival? If so, any comments?

As for Henry Threadgill in Austin, thank you very much Epistrophy Arts!

 

[rostasi]

54 minutes ago, BFrank said:

There's also a very interesting festival in Knoxville that he's appearing in, right before that: the Big Ears Festival.
A very eclectic and intriguing lineup of artists, too! Check it out.

Wife and I are going to that festival. It's about 2 weeks before his Austin date.

Lineup

Edited February 8, 2017 by rostasi

[kh1958]

I seriously considered a trip to the Big Ears festival last year (and again this year), but have dillied and dallied and through inaction so far talked myself out of it. I would love to hear what it is like.

[rostasi]

There's still time. We're doing Southwest at $118 to Nashville
and driving I-40 to Knoxville (ca. 180 miles). Much cheaper than
flying straight into Knoxville using American (close to $400).

Edited February 8, 2017 by rostasi

[BFrank]

Haven't been yet, but really want to go. I've been going to SXSW for several years, and it's just a week after that so the timing is bad. I'm thinking of switching festivals after this year, though.