Henry Threadgill Autobiography

[JSngry]

Autographed copy: https://henrythreadgill.bandcamp.com/merch/autographed-copies-of-easily-slip-into-another-world-henry-threadgill-s-autobiography

Non-Autographed copy: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/626186/easily-slip-into-another-world-by-henry-threadgill-and-brent-hayes-edwards/

[JSngry]

I sprung for an autographed copy.

[JSngry]

Up!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[mjazzg]

£20 postage putting me off. Hopefully it will get distributed here at some point

[relyles]

I sprung for autographed copy a couple weeks ago as well.

[Д.Д.]

On 4/18/2023 at 3:48 PM, mjazzg said:

£20 postage putting me off. Hopefully it will get distributed here at some point

Here you are, Sir: https://books.telegraph.co.uk/Product/Henry-Threadgill/Easily-Slip-into-Another-World/28230593

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Easily-Slip-into-Another-World/dp/1524749079/ref=sr_1_2?crid=37OB1U0L6H53L&keywords=1524749079&qid=1682369727&sprefix=1524749079%2Caps%2C150&sr=8-2 

Edited April 24, 2023 by Д.Д.

[mjazzg]

19 hours ago, Д.Д. said:

Here you are, Sir: https://books.telegraph.co.uk/Product/Henry-Threadgill/Easily-Slip-into-Another-World/28230593

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Easily-Slip-into-Another-World/dp/1524749079/ref=sr_1_2?crid=37OB1U0L6H53L&keywords=1524749079&qid=1682369727&sprefix=1524749079%2Caps%2C150&sr=8-2 

Brilliant, thank you. I'll see if my pet independent can source it 

[JSngry]

Rave review in the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/15/books/review/henry-threadgill-easily-slip-into-another-world.html

[Joe]

Very eager to read this.

[Dan Gould]

3 hours ago, JSngry said:

Rave review in the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/15/books/review/henry-threadgill-easily-slip-into-another-world.html

I don't know about total rave - reviewer said the second half was a lot of cataloguing of gigs and tours and other things.  But the first half sounds like a humdinger with his Vietnam experience.

And I think one can be both horrified at the way he was sent to Vietnam while also feeling as if anyone in the army should be able to read the room and not mess with Francis Scott Key or Sousa in his arrangements.   

 

[JSngry]

Should be is one thing, doing it anyway... no guts no glory, but at what price?

Thank God he's lived to tell the tale. No guarantees in this life. 

[ghost of miles]

My copy’s out for delivery—really looking forward to it. I’ve been delving into the Mosaic Threadgill in anticipation and have the Black Saint and Soul note set out as well. 

[Dmitry]

Speaking of the Threadgill ephemera, I have recently come into possession of this important object: a compact disc of the Henry Threadgill Zooid - THIS BRINGS US TO Volume 1, with a handwritten note on the cover. 

The text is as follows:

To FRANK
Thanx's For
Your Place

I am assuming that Frank had provided a very important service for the person who gifted him this CD. Am I right to assume that the person who chose to remain anonymous is Henry Threadgill? Are there any HT handwriting experts in the group?

 

 

[dicky]

Tonight was a wonderful evening for Henry's book launch at Rizzoli Bookstore in NYC. Tim Berne, Bill Frisell, and Brandon Ross (who spoke affectionately about his time playing w/ Henry) were amongst those in attendance. 

[BFrank]

Will definitely have to pick that up

[Д.Д.]

22 hours ago, Dmitry said:

Speaking of the Threadgill ephemera, I have recently come into possession of this important object: a compact disc of the Henry Threadgill Zooid - THIS BRINGS US TO Volume 1, with a handwritten note on the cover. 

The text is as follows:

To FRANK
Thanx's For
Your Place

I am assuming that Frank had provided a very important service for the person who gifted him this CD. Am I right to assume that the person who chose to remain anonymous is Henry Threadgill? Are there any HT handwriting experts in the group?

 

 

Looks like somebody barely literate scribbled (with noticeable difficulty) on whatever was lying around. Munched the digipak as well.      

[JSngry]

Began reading this and it's a real treat. Loving how the chapters are broken into a lot of small vignettes, always with a beginning, middle, and end. Makes for perfect spurt reading when necessary, as well as more sustained reading when possible.

And the vignettes often end in such a way that leaves the bigger truths unsaid but not unheard. 

[Chuck Nessa]

My copy hasn't found me yet.

[JSngry]

Did you spring for the autographed copy? 

[Chuck Nessa]

Just now, JSngry said:

Did you spring for the autographed copy? 

Yep, and got a shipping notice last week.

[JSngry]

Got mine late last week. It's a pretty hefty volume. 

[Steve Reynolds]

Received mine yesterday 

Also bought the AACM book by George Lewis

[Chuck Nessa]

Mine arrived today.

[JSngry]

This is a great read so far. Henry's details of working first in a church and then with a travelling evangelist while all the while working with his composer curiosity.. it makes so much sense. 

 

[JSngry]

About halfway through, Threadgill's just back from Viet Nam and picking back up on his composition studies.

To 5his point, this is one of the better (and better written) ",jazz books"  I've ever read. A compelling story compellingly told.