I should also say that I actually like Pillars III the best, at least upon my second full listening.
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Monday, 22 June 2020 17:48 (three years ago) link
https://tyshawn-sorey.bandcamp.com/album/mesmerism
"[documenting] my lifelong connection to the ‘straight-ahead’ continuum of this music" doesn't sound as adventurous as his usual thing, but I like the sample
― calzino, Wednesday, 29 June 2022 06:49 (one year ago) link
Listened to this today, it sure is a change of pace. Not sure I’m into it though.
― Antifa Sandwich Artist (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 14 July 2022 20:27 (one year ago) link
it's rather whelming in comparison to his usual standard of the last decade. I thought it might be more akin to that last Iyer trio he worked on, but no, despite being an excellent trio of players - it's just not that good.
― calzino, Thursday, 14 July 2022 20:35 (one year ago) link
changed my mind - I love this now!
― calzino, Friday, 7 October 2022 21:21 (one year ago) link
That’s great cause he’s got a three cd set of standards coming out soon!
― Lord Pickles (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 7 October 2022 23:39 (one year ago) link
well i had no idea who this was, love that sample track on 'mesmerism' tho, real autumn music
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 8 October 2022 00:12 (one year ago) link
Yeah, we were talking about coming around to at least some, maybe most of it on RJ this summer:
Comments and especially excerpts in Kevin Whitehead's Fresh Air coverage of Sorey's Mesmerism indicate more variety and shades of interest than I expected: an "Autumn Leaves" I didn't recognize even when he gave the title after playing it, and a couple I didn't know at all: Horace Silver's "Enchantment," wherethey leave open space, but every part fits together drum choir-style. Bass becomes a percussion instrument like piano, drums and cymbals.Even more intriguing is Muhal Richard Abrams' "Two Over One," and KW mentions, without naming or playing, something by Paul Motian. Indicates that there are some more trad numbers as well, and indicates they're not always more than "polite" or "breezy"---a v. laid back "REM Blues," by Ellington, is one I could do without, judging by the wisp of it here---but will prob stream the whole thing somewhere at some point:https://www.npr.org/2022/07/28/1114236045/tyshawn-soreys-mesmerism-celebrates-the-everyday-miracle-of-the-jazz-rhythm-trio― dow, Thursday, July 28, 2022 9:18 PM (two months ago) bookmarkflaglinki was just coming hear to say the same thing, or nearly the same thing, which is that i like how it sounded much more than i was expecting to, and that the MR abrams-penned track piqued my interest― budo jeru, Friday, July 29, 2022
i was just coming hear to say the same thing, or nearly the same thing, which is that i like how it sounded much more than i was expecting to, and that the MR abrams-penned track piqued my interest
― budo jeru, Friday, July 29, 2022
― dow, Saturday, 8 October 2022 01:13 (one year ago) link
Finalist for a Pulitzer, Sorey is now a Philadelphian, or at least teaches here, and is doing A LOT in the city over the next year or so. Just scooped tickets for a June showcase of his ongoing Fieldwork project, in a trio with Vijay Iyer and Steve Lehman. Very stoked!
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Wednesday, 10 May 2023 13:50 (one year ago) link
that trio sounds fab! I'm always happy for a new Tyshawn Sorey project, looking forward to whatever they release.
― calzino, Wednesday, 10 May 2023 17:49 (one year ago) link
ooh new trio album out, sounds great so far
― calzino, Wednesday, 5 July 2023 10:31 (ten months ago) link
Pulitzer winner: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/arts/music/tyshawn-sorey-pulitzer-music.html
― jaymc, Monday, 6 May 2024 23:40 (one week ago) link
Awesome news. I know he won it for composition, but I'm wondering if he's the first-ever Pulitzer-winning drummer.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 00:35 (one week ago) link
Does Steve Reich count?
― jaymc, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 00:44 (one week ago) link
Yeah, I suppose so. Afaik he was never "the drummer" in a band the way Sorey has been, but his background is percussion.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 01:23 (one week ago) link
She didn't win, but Jlin was shortlisted last year, along with Sorey. So percussion is definitely in the mix at the moment. As is jazz, one of the other shortlisted works this year was 'Double Concerto for esperanza spalding, Claire Chase, and large orchestra, by Felipe Lara'.
Sorey but a live version of the winning piece on Soundcloud, it seems: https://soundcloud.com/tyshawn-sorey/adagio-for-wadada-leo-smith
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 12:37 (one week ago) link
Every year since it happened, it looks weirder that Kendrick won a Pulitzer for a straight-ahead rap album
― jaymc, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 12:45 (one week ago) link