Too Much Sugar for a Dime

Henry Threadgill’s “Too Much Sugar for a Dime” finds the visionary composer-bandleader navigating the intersection of Afro-Cuban Jazz and Contemporary Jazz on Axiom, channeling the polyrhythmic sophistication and harmonic density that defined his most adventurous work. Threadgill’s restless compositional approach transforms Latin Jazz idioms through unconventional orchestration and rhythmic displacement, creating a session that resists easy categorization while remaining deeply rooted in jazz tradition.