Sep 6, 2023 1:03 PM
Tyshawn Sorey Plays It His Way
When Tyshawn Sorey turned 40 a few months into the pandemic lockdown, he decided henceforth to focus on more explicitly…
“I’ll produce my own projects,” says drummer and composer Tyshawn Sorey. “I’ll do it my way, and I’ll do it well.”
Sep 6, 2023 1:03 PM
When Tyshawn Sorey turned 40 a few months into the pandemic lockdown, he decided henceforth to focus on more explicitly…
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Pi founders Yulun Wang (left) and Seth Rosner
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Tyshawn Sorey recently issued music through the digital platform PEOPLE.
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R+R=Now performs at the DC Jazz Festival in June.
Jul 25, 2018 10:28 AM
Summer proved to be a propitious time for Maurice Jackson and Blair A. Ruble to promote their new book, DC Jazz:…
Bassist-composer Mario Pavone (left) led his Dialect Trio, which also includes drummer Tyshawn Sorey and pianist Matt Mitchell, through a pair of sets Friday, May 18 at Firehouse 12 in New Haven, Connecticut.
May 22, 2018 8:33 PM
Bassist-composer and Connecticut’s favorite son Mario Pavone brought his dynamic Dialect Trio—featuring outstanding…
Improvising cellist Okkyung Lee is scheduled to play in a variety of different settings at the upcoming Big Ears festival in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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The Big Ears festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, is set to return March 22-25 with performances by jazz luminaries like…
Tyshawn Sorey (left) leads a “conduction” performance at this year’s Berlin Jazz Festival.
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The Berlin Jazz Festival handily accomplished a two-fold mission to preserve its prodigious historical legacy while…
Kaja Draksler performs as part of the trio Punk.Vrt.Plastik at the 2017 Berlin Jazz Festival on Nov. 4.
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Once again, the compass needle for important jazz happenings pointed to Berlin recently, with the daring and impressive…
Dan Weiss (left), Rudresh Mahanthappa and Rez Abbasi of the Indo-Pak Coalition will release a new album, Agrima, on Oct. 17.
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Several of the most acclaimed, innovative artists in jazz will release albums in the next few months. Running the…
Vijay Iyer (center) performs with the Brentano String Quartet on June 10.
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For several decades, the idyllic small town of Ojai, California, has been the annual site of one of America’s more…
Dave Douglas (left) performs with John Zorn. The pair recently collaborated during an improv session at the Stone, Zorn’s East Village arts venue set to move across town next year.
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It was just a few months ago that John Zorn announced that The Stone, his understated avant-garde venue in…
Vijay Iyer (left) and Tyshawn Sorey at Q2 in New York on April 13.
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Q2 Music, a multi-platform home for musical discovery dedicated mostly to modern classical composition, hosted a…
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Pianist Vijay Iyer, shown here in a publicity photo, performed with bassist Stephan Crump and drummer Tyshawn Sorey at Chicago’s Constellation on July 1.
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Pianist Vijay Iyer typically tours with his trio of bassist Stephan Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore, but his July 1…
