Easily Slip Into Another World: A Life in Music

Title: Easily Slip Into Another World: A Life in Music Author: Henry Threadgill ISBN: 9781524749071 Publisher: Knopf Published: 2023 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine E 1638393 Publisher Description: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR - An autobiography of one of the towering figures of contemporary American music and a powerful meditation on history, race, capitalism, and art. A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, NPR, The New Yorker Henry Threadgill has had a singular life in music. At 79, the saxophonist, flautist, and celebrated composer is one of three jazz artists (along with Ornette Coleman and Wynton Marsalis) to have won a Pulitzer Prize. In Easily Slip into Another World, Threadgill recalls his childhood and upbringing in Chicago, his family life and education, and his brilliant career in music. Here are riveting recollections of th