Tyshawn Sorey 3/2 thru 3/6 Jazz Gallery NYC

[Steve Reynolds]

2 sets each night / very surprised and excited to see that Greg Osby is playing/augmenting the piano/drum duo. No idea if it’s going to be composed or freely improvised. I’m totally unfamiliar with the pianist. Booked front row table for 3/5 @ 7:30. Expecting to stay for both sets. First jazz show in NYC for me since last June. Previous one was also Tyshawn right before lockdown on 3/2/2020 with his sextet also at Jazz Gallery. 
 

fwiw great room and a wonderful grand piano

Edited February 27, 2022 by Steve Reynolds

[cliffpeterson]

He is appearing today at the Real Art Ways in Hartford, CT with Joe Morris, Patricia Brennan and Stephen Haynes. I plan on being there.  should be a good show.

[T.D.]

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-61415333

(with short video clip)

A new composition for 50 years of the Rothko Chapel

 

Tyshawn Sorey is a musician, performer, and composer who won a "MacArthur Genius" Fellowship in 2017 for his work. His style straddles the world of jazz, improvisation and classical music.

He received a commission from Susan Rothenberg and DACAMERA of Houston to create a piece of music for the 50th Anniversary of the Rothko Chapel.

The music that Sorey composed is a meditative work, a reflection of the non-denominational chapel and the 14 paintings on the octagonal walls by the artist, Mark Rothko. The chapel is located in Houston, Texas, and is a popular public art space.

The BBC recently sat down with Sorey at the University of Pennsylvania - where he currently teaches - to discuss his latest composition, "Monochromatic Light (Afterlife)".

This work will be staged at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City this autumn.

Edited May 12, 2022 by T.D.