Muhal Richard Abrams - Chicago Jazz Festival - September 06 2015
alto saxophonists Roscoe Mitchell and Henry Threadgill, baritone saxophonist and flutist LaRoy Wallace McMillan, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith (coming off his magnificent opus Ten Freedom Summers and last year’s poll-winning The Great Lakes), pianist Amina Claudine Myers, trombonist George Lewis, bassist Leonard Jones, drummer/vibraphonist Thurman Barker and drummer/marimba player Reggie Nicholson. http://jazzinchicago.org/jazzfest/muhal-richard-abrams-experimental-band/
About Henry Threadgill
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. He has performed and recorded with several ensembles: Air, Aggregation Orb, Make a Move, the seven-piece Henry Threadgill Sextett, the twenty-piece Society Situation Dance Band, Very Very Circus, X-75, and Zooid. He was awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Mus...
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