Tyshawn Sorey
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- 1
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- Perle Noire
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1980-07-08
composercontemporary classicalexperimentalfree jazzjazz
Discography
- Child Reel Eyes2005
- That / Not2007
- Consequences2008
- Koan2009
- Paradoxical Frog2010
- Evanescences2010
- Oblique - I2011
- My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains2012
- Purity2012
- Like Salamanders We Survive2013
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Born in 1980, Jazz drummer, pianist, and composer Tyshawn Sorey is a New York-based musician as well as instructor for the School for Improvisational Music and the New School. Along with leading his own projects, Sorey is a regular member of trumpeter Dave Douglas's Nomad ensemble as well as saxophonist Steve Coleman's Five Elements band. He has also racked up extensive performance experience with such artists as trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, pianist Misha Mengelberg, and reedman Anthony Braxton,
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Newark
- Occupation
- music educator
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- drum kit
- Official website
- tyshawnsorey.com
- Image
- Tyshawn Sorey 05N3481.jpg
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- Tyshawn Sorey
- date of birth
- 1980-07-08
- start of work period
- 2000-00-00
- social media followers
- 2186
- nominated for
- Pulitzer Prize for Music
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