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Gene Ess: Modes of Limited Transcendence

Read "Modes of Limited Transcendence" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
January 3, 2009

Guitarist Gene Ess put together a quartet with saxophonist Donny McCaslin for his Sandbox and Sanctum (SIMP Music, 2005) . On Modes of Limited Transcendence he ups the harmonic ingenuity factor with a different quartet, replacing the horn with a guitar, to craft an often cooking, quartet-of-equals chamber vibe.Ess began his musical journey as ...

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That/Not

By Tyshawn Sorey

Label: Firehouse 12 Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: CD1: Leveled; Template I; Sympathy; Permutations for Solo Piano; Seven Pieces for Trombone Quartet; Template II. CD2: Sacred and Profane; Template III; Four Duos; Cell Block; That's a Blues,Right?; Template IV; Commentary.

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Tyshawn Sorey: That/Not

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 19, 2007

L'elemento a un primo ascolto più sorprendente di questo primo lavoro da leader del giovane e talentuoso batterista Tyshawn Sorey è il trovarsi di fronte a una musica nella quale il fattore ritmico non gioca certamente un ruolo di primo piano. Ma procediamo con ordine: messosi in luce nelle formazioni di Steve Coleman, Muhal Richard Abrams ...

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Tyshawn Sorey: That/Not

by Marc Medwin
December 11, 2007

While drummer Tyshawn Sorey has demonstrated his talent in many contexts, this is the first set of recordings dedicated to his own compositions. In the shadows of several established styles of improvisation/composition but beholden to none, it is one of the most shockingly bold debuts imaginable. The title of the opening piece, “Leveled, ...

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Tyshawn Sorey: That/Not

by Nic Jones
November 30, 2007

Tyshawn Sorey That/Not Firehouse 12 Records 2007 This is drummer/pianist/composer Tyshawn Sorey's first outing on record. It's a two-disc manifesto of some downright iconoclastic music, and the work of a quartet of musicians with their eyes seemingly on expansive, open, new vistas. That much is clear ...

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Tyshawn Sorey: That/Not

by John Sharpe
November 19, 2007

Just because there are no drum solos doesn't mean that percussionist/composer Tyshawn Sorey is self-effacing in his leadership debut. Sorey has a strong conception which pervades every nook and cranny of this two disc set by his year old quartet. He has garnered critical acclaim for his work as one third of Fieldwork alongside Steve Lehman ...

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Tyshawn Sorey: That/Not

Read "That/Not" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
November 13, 2007

The enigma that is Tyshawn Sorey: while most young drummers are walking in the footsteps of the elders and the influences of the mainstream, Sorey thrives on the outside, composing and performing free improvised music, leading experimental groups such as Oblique, or doing stints with progressives like Fieldwork (pianist Vijay Iyer, saxophonist Steve Lehman) and M-Base ...