Henry Threadgill: Dirt, and More Dirt
b"1967, Fort\\xa0Riley, Kansas. Henry Threadgill is 23 years old. Knowing he\\u2019s going to\\xa0be drafted into the military, he joins the Army Concert Band, hoping to focus on his passion: writing music. As he surrounds himself with new ideas, he works his influences into the music that he's arranging. Then one day, the band plays one of his arrangements of a\\xa0patriotic song for an inauguration of big-wigs, and from the calm of a quietly\\xa0confused\\xa0crowd comes a cry from a cardinal in attendance: \\u201cBlasphemy!\\u201d\\nOne day later, he\\u2019s told to gather his things. Thirty days later, he\\u2019s on his way to Vietnam. Fifty years later, he wins the Pulitzer Prize for music composition.\\nThis\\xa0is only the beginning of the story of how the energy, hunger and\\xa0curiosity of Henry Threadgill\\xa0have influenced and changed the people around him. In spite of the failure and rejection he\\u2019s faced, Threadgill is perpetually driven toward new ideas, new challenges and new opportunities to pursue and grow stronger in his improvisational creative vision. His\\xa0music is the product of the community he builds in the moment.\\nThis is the story of Henry Threadgill, told by the people whose lives he has touched.\\n---\\nAbout the podcast:\\nMeet the Composer is a Peabody Award-winning podcast that takes listeners into the minds and creative processes of the composers making some of the most innovative, compelling, and breathtakingly beautiful music today.\\nFollow Meet the Composer\\xa0on Twitter:\\xa0@MeettheComposerLike Meet the Composer\\xa0on Facebook:\\xa0www.facebook.com/meetthecomposer\\n---\\nQ2 Music is WQXR, New York's multi-platform home for dynamic modern\\xa0music. Discover countless new artists via our 24/7 music stream \\u2013 hand-crafted daily to reward your curiosity \\u2013 and surprise your imagination with a world of exhilarating new music.\\nProduced by Q2 Music.\\xa0www.q2music.orgFollow Q2 Music on Twitter:\\xa0@Q2MusicLike Q2 Music on Facebook:\\xa0www.facebook.com/q2music"