Jazz Articles about Henry Threadgill

Henry Threadgill & Make A Move: Where's Your Cup?

by AAJ Staff
March 1, 1998

Avant-garde jazzmen who record for major labels are the exception instead of the rule. At Columbia, the main exception is Henry Threadgill--a risk-taker who incorporated elements of circus music on his last album, Carry The Day. The alto saxman and Chicago native continues to be influenced by circus music on Where's Your Cup, which has its share of dissonant, chaotic “outside" improvisation but is actually a lot more musical than some might think. This time, one of Threadgill's greatest assets ...