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David Binney: Lifted Land
by John Kelman
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 ...
Continue ReadingTyshawn Sorey: Composite Reality
by Daniel Lehner
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, ...
Continue ReadingTyshawn Sorey: Koan
by AAJ Italy Staff
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 ...
Continue ReadingTyshawn Sorey: Koan, The Winding Shell & Labyrinth
by Wilbur MacKenzie
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 ...
Continue ReadingTyshawn Sorey: Koan
by Mark Corroto
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 ...
Continue ReadingTyshawn Sorey
by Kurt Gottschalk
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 ...
Continue ReadingGerald Cleaver / William Parker / Craig Taborn: Farmers By Nature
by Lyn Horton
The seeds for improvised music were sown long ago in an age that can only be imagined, but are reflected in the improvised music of today. The sound of musical instruments, both contemporary and from times gone by, can symbolize the voices of those people who made up songs while they worked, practiced rituals, or congregated with their families. Drummer Gerald Cleaver, bassist William Parker, and pianist Craig Taborn own this agency of improvisation. The trio, a group designed by ...
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