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Henry Threadgill’s Zooid and Anthony Braxton

Part of EFG London Jazz Festival

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Anthony Braxton playing saxophone on stage

An evening of all-encompassing improvisation from two icons of the Chicago avant-garde jazz movement, Henry Threadgill and Anthony Braxton.

Composer and woodwind player, Henry Threadgill has been at the forefront of creative, improvised music across his 40-year career span. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for In For A Penny, In For A Pound – the latest album by his unconventional quintet Zooid, performing their first London appearance in a decade.

Free jazz musician and woodwind improviser and composer, Anthony Braxton has engaged in nearly every conceivable area of creativity throughout his career. He was the first to record an entire album of unaccompanied saxophone music (For Alto, 1968). At the Barbican, he will be performing his New Acoustic Quartet with bassist and multi-instrumentalist Carl Testa, drummer Mariá Portugal and trumpeter Susana Santos Silva.

Tagged with: Contemporary music EFG London Jazz Festival Contemporary Music

Start time: 7.30pm

Approximate running time: 120 mins, plus 20 min interval.

Please note all timings are approximate and subject to change.

Produced by the Barbican, part of EFG London Jazz Festival.

Freestage performers

In the lead up to Chicago legends Henry Threadgill and Anthony Braxton’s double bill at the Barbican, two cutting-edge Avant-Garde duos will be performing - presenting the best of free improvisation in the UK at the EFG London Jazz Festival.

Complete Communion - A Showcase of Free Improvisation, 4:30pm - 6:30pm

*Free

16:30 - 17:00 - Johnny Hunter + John Pope

Named by Jazzwise as an "artist to watch", Johnny Hunter is a Manchester-based drummer, composer and bandleader. His compositional focus is in developing techniques for composing for improvisers; to make the most of their skills in interpreting the music whilst retaining a strong compositional identity. John Pope is a bass player and composer based in the North East of England. His main focus as a creative musician explores the boundaries and combinations of jazz, free improvisation, rock and experimental music.

17:00 - 17:15 - Interval



17:15 - 17:45- Caroline Kraabel + John Edwards


London-based improviser, saxophonist, artist and composer, Caroline Kraabel, has performed and recorded with many other excellent improvisers, including Robert Wyatt, Louis Moholo, Cleveland Watkiss and Hyelim Kim. In 2022 Kraabel brought together a large group made up of all sorts of women, non-binary, and transgender improvisers: ONe_Orchestra New. John Pope is a bass player and composer based in the North East of England. His main focus as a creative musician explores the boundaries and combinations of jazz, free improvisation, rock and experimental music.



17:45 - 18:00 - Interval



18:00 - 18:30 - Collective set

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