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Tyshawn Sorey
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ewark-born multi-instrumentalist and composer Tyshawn Sorey (b. 1980) is celebrated for his incomparable virtuosity, effortless mastery and memorization of highly complex scores, and an extraordinary ability to blend composition and improvisation in his work. He has performed nationally and internationally with his own ensembles, as well as artists such as John Zorn, Vijay Iyer, Roscoe Mitchell, Muhal Richard Abrams, Wadada Leo Smith, Marilyn Crispell, George Lewis, Claire Chase, Steve Coleman, Steve Lehman, Robyn Schulkowsky, Evan Parker, Anthony Braxton, and Myra Melford, among many others. The New York Times has praised Sorey for his instrumental facility and aplomb, “he plays not only with gale-force physicality, but also a sense of scale and equipoise”; The Wall Street Journal notes Sorey is, “a composer of radical and seemingly boundless ideas.” The New Yorker recently noted that Sorey is “among the most formidable denizens of the in-between zone…An extraordinary talent who can see across the entire musical landscape.” Sorey has received support for his creative projects from The Jerome Foundation, The Shifting Foundation, Van Lier Fellowship, and was recently named a 2017 MacArthur fellow
Members... Don't!
Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2026
Track listing: Abstrusions; Effi; Absolutions; Equipoise (pt. 1); Equipoise (pt. 2); Libra; Members, Don't Git Weary.
Wellspring
By DoYeon Kim
Label: Tao Forms
Released: 2026
Track listing: The Beats of Distant Thunder; Walking in the Dream; Whispers Among Dawn; Sun Shower; Diffraction; Linear
System; Calculus of Our Souls.
Mark Gross: Jazz for Teens
by B.D. Lenz
For many young musicians, learning jazz is about much more than learning how to play an instrument. It's about developing confidence, learning to listen, finding your own voice, and discovering how to work with others.Few people understand that better than Mark Gross. As Director of Jazz Instruction at NJPAC, Gross has spent years helping ...
2026 Newport Jazz Festival
by Richard Conde
The Newport Jazz Festival was held at scenic Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island. Artistic Director Nate Smith put together an interesting blend of established talent, including Herbie Hancock and Charles Lloyd, with new crossover talent such as Celeste and Angine de Poitrine. Friday highlights included NEA Jazz Master Charles Lloyd's Sky ...
Strange Heavens, Sublime Music: Linda May Han Oh Trio at the 2026 Newport Jazz Festival
by Dave Kaufman
This year marked the 72nd year of the Newport Jazz Festival and the first with Nate Smith as artistic director, succeeding Christian McBride, who served in that capacity for a decade. It was also my fourth year working the festival as a photographer and photo-essayist, an experience that continues to be one of the high points ...
Kris Davis: Grammy Winner And Musical Explorer
by Doug Hall
Our guest is Kris Davis, Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist, composer and bandleader, who released the acclaimed recording Run the Gauntlet in 2024, with her superb trio featuring bassist Robert Hurst and drummer Johnathan Blake. Davis has released 26 recordings as a leader or co-leader and collaborated with artists such as Terri Lyne Carrington, Dave Holland, John ...
New Music From Altin Sencalar, Tyshawn Sorey, The Phoenix Trio And More
by Bob Osborne
This playlist maps a fascinating journey through the global landscape of modern jazz, effortlessly balancing vibrant tradition with daring exploration. Rich Afro-Cuban rhythms and soulful hard-bop grooves sit comfortably alongside cerebral avant-garde structures and cinematic, atmospheric textures. Moving seamlessly from intimate, reflective piano melodies to expansive, free-flowing improvisations, the collection showcases a diverse mix of established ...
Tyshawn Sorey: Members... Don't!
by Troy Dostert
One of the most welcome developments in twenty-first century jazz has been drummer Tyshawn Sorey's enthusiastic turn toward the jazz canon. While he had already established himself convincingly as one of the premier figures in creative music on immersive, challenging works such as The Inner Spectrum of Variables (Pi Recordings, 2016) and Verisimilitude (Pi Recordings, 2017), ...
DoYeon Kim: Wellspring
by Alberto Bazzurro
La coreana DoYeon Kim, specialista di gayageum (o kayagum), cetra orizzontale di tradizione anch'essa coreana con cassa armonica in legno e ponticelli mobili dotata di 12 corde di seta, benché i modelli più recenti ed evoluti arrivino a squadernarne fino a 25, nonché cantante, giunge con questo Wellspring al suo quinto album, che però è in ...
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