Tyshawn Sorey

Tyshawn Sorey
Tyshawn Sorey, Mœrs festival, 2010
Background information
Birth name	Tyshawn Sorey
Born	(1980-07-08) July 8, 1980
Origin	Newark, New Jersey, United States
Genres	Jazz, avant garde, classical, klezmer
Occupation(s)	Drummer, composer
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Pi Recordings, Firehouse 12 Records, 482 Music

Tyshawn Sorey (born July 8, 1980) is an American musician and composer who plays drum set, percussion, trombone and piano.

Since graduating from William Paterson University, Sorey has been a sought-after musician in many different musical idioms. He is both a performer and composer, and has had works reviewed in The Wire, The New York Times, The Village Voice, Modern Drummer and Down Beat. In August 2009, Sorey was given the opportunity to curate a month of performances at the Stone, a New York performance space owned by John Zorn. He was selected as an Other Minds 17 (2012).

Sorey recently completed a Master of Arts in composition at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. In the fall of 2011, he began pursuing doctoral work in composition at Columbia University.

To date, Sorey has released four albums as a leader: That/Not (2007, Firehouse 12 Records), Koan (2009, 482 Music), Oblique (2011, Pi Recordings) and Alloy (2014, Pi Recordings). He has recorded or performed with musicians including Wadada Leo Smith, Steve Coleman, Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, Steve Lehman, Joey Baron, Muhal Richard Abrams, Pete Robbins, Vijay Iyer, Dave Douglas, Butch Morris, Samo Salamon and Sylvie Courvoisier, among many others.

Discography

As leader

• That/Not (2007)
• Koan (2009)
• Oblique – I (2011)
• Alloy (2014)
• The Inner Spectrum of Variables (2016)

As co-leader

With Fieldwork

• Door (2008)

As sideman

With Samuel Blaser

• Pieces of Old Sky (2009)

With David Binney

• Lifted Land (2013)

With Anthony Braxton

• Trillium E (2011)

With Steve Coleman

• Harvesting Semblances and Affinities (2010)
• The Mancy of Sound (2011)

With Kris Davis and Ingrid Laubrock

• Paradoxical Frog (2010)
• Union (2012)

With Armen Donelian

• Leapfrog (2011)

With Alexandra Grimal

• Andromeda (2012)

With Henry Grimes, Roberto Pettinato and Dave Burrell

• Purity (2012)

With Vijay Iyer

• Blood Sutra (Artists House, 2003)

With Max Johnson

• Quartet (2012)

With Lauer Large

• Konstanz Suite (2009)

With Ingrid Laubrock

• Serpentines (2016)

With Steve Lehman

• Demian as Posthuman (2005)
• On Meaning (2007)
• Travail, Transformation and Flow (2009)
• Mise en Abîme (2014)

With Roscoe Mitchell

• Duets With Tyshawn Sorey and Special Guest Hugh Ragin (2013)

With Pascal Niggenkemper

• Pasàpas (2008)
• Urban Creatures (2010)

With Timuçin Şahin

• Bafa (2009)
• Inherence (2012)

With Samo Salamon

• Kei's Secret (2006)

With Som Sum Sam

• Beauty Under Construction (2005)

With Craig Taborn

• Flaga: Book of Angels Volume 27 (Tzadik, 2016) composed by John Zorn

With John Zorn

• In the Hall of Mirrors (Tzadik, 2014)
• Valentine's Day (Tzadik, 2014)
• Hen to Pan (Tzadik, 2015)

References

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External links

• "Ten Questions with Tyshawn Sorey | Glowing Realm". Glowsinthedark.wordpress.com. 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2016-12-05. 
• "Tyshawn Sorey on Composition As A Drummer". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-12-05.