Tyshawn Sorey
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. The Spektral Quartet, Ojai Music Festival, and International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) have commissioned his works, which exemplify a penchant for a thorough exploration of the intersection between improvisation and composition. Sorey also collaborates regularly with ICE as a percussionist and resident composer. Future commissions include a residency at the Berlin Jazz Festival and Carnegie Hall’s 125 Commissions Project in partnership with Opera Philadelphia supporting a new work for tenor Lawrence Brownlee addressing themes associated with Black Lives Matter.
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January 10, 2018
Jazz this week: Claire Chase, Tyshawn Sorey & Cory Smythe; Jazz at...
April 13, 2016
Jazz this week: David Sanborn, Nicole Johänntgen, Tyshawn Sorey, The...
April 03, 2016
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Percussionist and composer Tyshawn Sorey
March 19, 2014
Composer/Bassist Alexis Cuadrado Presents Poetica, Featuring Rowan...
September 07, 2011
Tyshawn Sorey's "Oblique-I" Coming out on Pi Recordings September 27th
August 08, 2011
The Jazz Session #299: Tyshawn Sorey
March 08, 2011
March 29, 2010
Michele Rosewoman, Liberty Ellman, and Tyshawn Sorey Perform at...
August 08, 2009
Improvised Silence Amid the Sounds
November 19, 2007
New CDs by Peter Evans and Tyshawn Sorey on Firehouse 12 Records
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