Pyeng Threadgill © Stefan Cohen

Pyeng Threadgill is the daughter of free jazz artist and composer Henry Threadgill and dancer & coreographer Christina Jones. Pyeng was also a founding member of the Urban Bushwomen, a performance ensemble dedicated to exploring the use of cultural expression as a catalyst for social change that used contemporary dance, music, and text with the history, culture, and spiritual traditions of African Americans and the African Diaspora to explore the transformation of struggle and suffering into the bittersweet joy of survival.

Pyeng received her BA in music from the prestigious Oberlin College and was awarded the Mellon fellowship to study music in Brazil. Pyeng continued her education at the Institute for Audio Research and is currently working on certification in the Alexander Technique, a teaching method designed to help change habitual tension patterns and increase movement awareness.

Pyeng's sound defies categorization. Her voice, perhaps best described as "a cross between Jill Scott and Cassandra Wilson by way of Nina Simone" (San Diego Union Tribune, 2004) coincidentally invokes her wish to tie together the old with the new. At times, listening feels like a Billie Holiday record, and the next moment you are transported into a smoky New York City hipster joint. Says Threadgill: "The famous Jazz singers that we listen to...Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughn, etc. were singing the Pop music of their day. There is something inspiring about that to me. So I study and perform that repertoire while creating for all generations using the influences of my favorite singers and songwriters from Stevie Wonder to Bjork to Bob Marley".

Hear Pyeng Threadgill on Thursday, June 29th at Scullers Jazz Club at the DoubleTree Guest Suites Boston, 400 Soldiers Road Boston.

Show: $18
Dinner & Show: $58
Shows: 8pm & 10pm
For Tickets and Information: 617.562.4111.

Pyeng Threadgill Summer 2006 Tour Schedule
• Tuesday 6/27/06
  The Cutting Room
  19 West 24th Street
  NYC
  212-691-1900
  7:30pm
  Advanced Ticket Sales at: SmartTix.com
  Pyeng Threadgill (vocals), Evan Pazner (drums), Lisa Mezzacappa (bass), Ryan Scott (guitar), Kevin Louis (trumpet), Dimitri Moderbacher (clarinet/saxophone), Laura Johnson (backing vocals), Sibyl Rolle (backing vocals)
  
• Thursday 6/29/06
  Scullers Jazz Club
  400 Soldiers Field Road
  Boston, MA
  617-562-4111
  8 & 10pm
  Pyeng Threadgill (vocals), Lisa Mezzacappa (bass), Micha Patri (drums/vocals), Shelley Doty (guitar/vocals) and special guest
  
• Friday 6/30/06
  Montreal Jazz Festival
  8 & 10pm
  Pyeng Threadgill (vocals), Lisa Mezzacappa (bass), Micha Patri (drums/vocals), Shelley Doty (guitar/vocals) and special guest
  
• Sunday 7/2/06
  Fillmore Jazz Festival
  San Francisco, CA
  4pm - 6pm
  Pyeng Threadgill (vocals), Lisa Mezzacappa (bass), Micha Patri (drums/vocals), Shelley Doty (guitar/vocals)
  
• Friday 7/7/06
  Jazz at the Bistro
  3536 Washington Ave
  St. Louis, Missouri 63103
  sets at 8:30pm and 10:15pm
  Pyeng Threadgill (vocals), Dana Leong (cello/trombone), Ryan Scott (guitar/vocals), Evan Pazner (drums), Laura Johnson (backing vocals), Sibyl Rolle (backing vocals), Kevin Louis (trumpet)
  
• Saturday 7/8/06
  Jazz at the Bistro
  3536 Washington Ave
  St. Louis, Missouri 63103
  sets at 8:30pm and 10:15pm
  Pyeng Threadgill (vocals), Dana Leong (cello/trombone), Ryan Scott (guitar/vocals), Evan Pazner (drums), Laura Johnson (backing vocals), Sibyl Rolle (backing vocals), Kevin Louis (trumpet)
  
• Sunday 7/23/06
  performing w/ Wailing Junk Symphony @ Ashkenaz
  Berkeley, CA
  
• Friday 8/10/06
  Hammer Museum (UCLA)
  Los Angeles, CA
  

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