大象传媒

For almost six decades, Henry Threadgill has been an illustrious figure in post jazz. He is a core member of Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), a pioneering body both for forward-thinking music and a radical approach to education. Collaboration has been key to Threadgill’s output, as evidenced by his work playing in and leading a raft of seminal bands including the trio Air, the nonet X-75, his own eponymous sextet and the adventurous Zooid. A Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, Threadgill takes an incisive approach to creating musical systems in sound that allow for rich improvising and creative expression, and he makes work across a range of mediums, from painting and poetry to theatre.

Threadgill's new book, Easily Slip Into Another World, is a vivid memoir from a true polymath, and to mark its recent release he joins Corey Mwamba for reflections on improvising, composing, collectivity through sound, and nurturing creativity.

Produced by Tej Adeleye
A Reduced Listening production for 大象传媒 Radio 3