Easily Slip Into Another World: A Life in Music

"Henry Threadgill’s fiercely original musical voice – irrepressible, uncategorizable, an enlightened riot of sensation and sound – finds a close literary analog in this gripping memoir. Along with tales from the harrowing streets of Chicago and the hallucinatory jungles of Vietnam, the book opens a window onto Threadgill’s resolute artistic convictions, which set him apart from both the jazz tradition and the classical establishment (while leaving his mark on both). That apartness is a personal trademark, and in his telling – fashioned with a deft touch from his perceptive co-author, Brent Hayes Edwards – Threadgill also makes it seem a superpower."

"I read "Easily Slip Into Another World," by Henry Threadgill and Brent Hayes Edwards, and learned that in the 1950s the Sun Ra Arkestra rehearsed after hours in a wild game meat market in Chicago."

"Reading Henry Threadgill's "Easily Slip Into Another World: A Life in Music" was a once-in-a-lifetime experience that I created for myself. Threadgill, a composer and multi-instrumentalist, is one of the most significant musical creators of the past 40 years."