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Tyshawn Sorey: Alloy

by Hrayr Attarian
April 19, 2015

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Tyshawn Sorey's fourth release as a leader, the intriguingly mystical Alloy, is a stimulating study of contrasts. The four, long Sorey originals are simultaneously expansive and intimate, somber yet with moments of subtle vibrance and stately yet brimming with spontaneity.Sorey sticks to his main ax the drum set on the album ...

Article: Album Review

Tyshawn Sorey: Alloy

by John Ephland
April 10, 2015

Tyshawn Sorey's Alloy is, if nothing else, a wondrous reconfiguration of the so-called jazz piano trio. Some may quibble as to the nomenclature but drummer Sorey's four through-composed compositions are pure jazz expression, if what we mean by that term is melodic, harmonic and rhythmic improvisation within a larger context. That Sorey is yet ...

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Anthony Braxton, Tomas Fujiwara, Tom Rainey: Trio (New Haven) 2013

Read "Trio (New Haven) 2013" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala
March 9, 2015

L'abbinamento spericolato di ance e batteria rappresenta uno dei motivi più penetranti del jazz contemporaneo e continua a essere praticato con pregnanza a abbondanza: se i lavori recenti di Roscoe Mitchell con Tyshawn Sorey e Mike Reed ne disegnano l'aspetto più metafisico e astratto, le numerose escursioni di Ken Vandermark con Paal Nilssen-Love tracciano percorsi audaci ...

Article: Film Review

Vijay Iyer, Prashant Bhargava: Radhe Radhe - Rites of Holi

by Vincenzo Roggero
February 16, 2015

Vijay Iyer, Prashant BhargavaRadhe Radhe: Rites of Holi ECM Records* * * * È possibile trovare un punto d'incontro tra “The Rite of Spring" di Igor Stravinsky e Holi, la più eccitante e caotica celebrazione Indu della primavera? A giudicare dal risultato di questo DVD, senza ombra di dubbio. Da una ...

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Vijay Iyer Trio: Break Stuff

Read "Break Stuff" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
February 6, 2015

From the time of his debut as a leader nearly twenty years ago on Architextures (Asian Improv Records, 1996), pianist and composer Vijay Iyer has been a great experimenter. The Albany, New York native successfully utilized duplicated patterns and phrasing in a variety of settings from solo piano to ensembles. Advanced as his earlier techniques were, ...

Article: Live Review

Vijay Iyer Trio at Brooks Center for the Performing Arts

by Mark Sullivan
January 19, 2015

Vijay Iyer Trio Brooks Center for the Peforming Arts Utsey Chamber Music Series Clemson, SC 1/15/2015 The Vijay Iyer Trio's performance at Clemson University's Brooks Center for the Perfoming Arts was the first jazz programmed as part of the long-running Utsey Chamber Music Series. As the presenter pointed out ...

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Tyshawn Sorey: Alloy

by Glenn Astarita
January 9, 2015

Drummer Tyshawn Sorey has evolved into one of the more sought after drummers in the jazz and improvisational strata on a global basis. His ever expanding resume is difficult to keep up with. And he possesses immense chops as a polyrhythmic powerhouse, but focuses his empathetic support on a variety of levels, including diverse compositional frameworks, ...

Album

Alloy

By Tyshawn Sorey

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2014
Track listing: Returns; Movement; Template; A Love Song.

Article: Film Review

Vijay Iyer/Prashant Bhargava: Radhe Radhe, Rites of Holi

by Ian Patterson
December 22, 2014

Vijay Iyer/Prashant Bhargava Radhe Radhe: Rites of Holi ECM 2014 Radhe Radhe: Rites of Holi is a sumptuous visual and sonic collaboration between Vijay Iyer and film maker Prashant Bhargava. It was commissioned by Emil Kang, Executive Director of the Carolina Performing Arts as part of a wider series ...

Article: Year in Review

Kurt Gottschalk's Top 12 for 2014

by Kurt Gottschalk
December 17, 2014

A dozen of my top picks and in no particular order. <br /><br />Dave Burrell & Steve Swell Turning Point No Business Neneh Cherry & FourTet Blank Project Smalltown Supersound Gato Libre Dudu Libra JazzWerkstatt Wien ...