Jazz Articles about Tyshawn Sorey

About Tyshawn Sorey

Album Review

La Criss Cross è un'etichetta olandese storicamente impegnata a testimoniare il cosiddetto mainstream attraverso musicisti e incisioni che aggiornano e rinfrescano la lezione dei maestri rimanendo ben all'interno del canone e rispettosi degli assiomi principali. Con delle eccezioni in un catalogo che talvolta apre a musicisti normalmente abituati a frequentare territori più avventurosi come è il caso del sassofonista Dave Binney giunto, con Lifted Land, alla sesta incisione per la label olandese. Anche se i tre minuti scarsi dell'iniziale “Fanfare ...

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David Binney: Lifted Land

by John Kelman
June 26, 2013

In a career that seems to go from strength to strength and milestone to milestone, it's hard to imagine how David Binney manages to not only release one terrific record after another, but to do so, in some cases, under some pretty constricting terms. Like the five other albums that the influential saxophonist/composer has recorded as a leader or co-leader for the Dutch Criss Cross label--most recently 2010's Aliso and the following year's Barefooted Town--producer and label owner Gerry Teekens ...

Interview

Tyshawn Sorey: Composite Reality

by Daniel Lehner
June 26, 2012

Though Tyshawn Sorey's Oblique-I (Pi Recordings, 2011) is his most recent release to date, it's actually comprised of some of the percussionist/composer's earliest work. Containing music that is sonically dense, enormously challenging and (as the title suggests) consistently blurs and obscures the lines drawn between improvisation and composition, it has been hailed by critics and fans alike as a combination of what has come to be expected from Sorey: a masterful drummer and visionary, and unique composer. The story, however, ...

Album Review

Tyshawn Sorey: Koan

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 24, 2009

Parlando un paio d'anni fa dell'esordio da leader del giovane e talentuoso batterista Tyshawn Sorey [il disco si chiamava That/Not], dichiaravamo con onestà il nostro disorientamento di fronte a una scelta espressiva originale, ma alla fine poco convincente, quella di una musica astratta e filigranata, nella quale il grande magistero ritmico del musicista - che ricordiamo in formazioni significative come i Fieldwork con Vijay Iyer o dietro i tamburi di Steve Coleman o Dave Douglas - veniva polverizzato in infiniti ...

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Tyshawn Sorey: Koan, The Winding Shell & Labyrinth

by Wilbur MacKenzie
November 7, 2009

Tyshawn SoreyKoan482 Music2009 Jesse ElderThe Winding ShellOff2009 Jacam ManricksLabyrinthManricks Music2009 For decades, the trend has been for drummers in jazz to move away from timekeeping and towards a multi-faceted element of the ensemble's texture. This trend is particularly present on Tyshawn Sorey's new record Koan. The ...

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Album Review

Tyshawn Sorey: Koan

by Mark Corroto
September 22, 2009

Who would have thought that it would be a drummer to finally, and successfully bridge the worlds of jazz, minimalism, and improvisation? But, it is indeed Tyshawn Sorey, maybe known best for his work with the almost always frenetic players Vijay Iyer and Steve Lehman in the band Fieldwork, or through gigs with Dave Douglas, Steve Coleman and Wadada Leo Smith. Koan follows the critically acclaimed That/Not (Firehouse 12 Records, 2007), a double-disc set that hinted at ...

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Profile

Tyshawn Sorey

by Kurt Gottschalk
August 16, 2009

This month at The Stone could be seen as a number of things. It might be a belated and prolonged birthday party for Tyshawn Sorey, who turned 29 in July. Or it could be a send-off for the percussionist/pianist (and erstwhile trombonist), who will be moving to Connecticut to study composition at Wesleyan University. Or it might just be a much-deserved opportunity for a gifted and prolific musical mind. Sorey took the opportunity to curate the month as ...