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Reviewed 2011-11-13
Reviewed 2011-11-13
TYSHAWN SOREY: Oblique-I
Pi, 2011
AVANT-JAZZ – Drummer Tyshawn Sorey has been widely acclaimed as an up & coming force in creative jazz, and his work as a sideman on recordings by Steve Coleman, Steve Lehman and others (mostly on Pi) has been excellent. But his own releases have been starkly minimalist. Now, Sorey finally breaks out with spellbinding compositions and an ace quintet, giving ten marvelous studies in concentrated complexity.
Tyshawn Sorey : drums
Loren Stillman : alto sax
Todd Neufeld : guitars
John Escreet : piano, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer
Chris Tordini : bass
Try any track! Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8
1. 7:24 – tumbling, clattering, angular… fast & free ensemble, sax thinks it out
2. 3:40 – cerebral sax refracts odd piano chords; dusky bass & drums go deep
3. 11:00 – keyboard sets up trudging, cyclical march; sax expands, guitar drifts
4. 4:50 – solo saxophone (Loren Stillman) hops and creeps
5. 6:00 – midtempo pressing theme; piano, sax & drums stretch it apart nicely
6. 6:52 – calm, curving feel: quintet moves with grace, sax solo reaches out
7. 8:47 – jittery parallel improv & oddball grooves, rubber-band guitar sound
8. 8:58 – slow, quiet dreamscape: soft drums creep under enigmatic solos
9. 12:03 – knotty theme; great drums drive solos; some wide-open spaces
10. 7:00 – trios steps carefully, gradually builds up a surge; quintet slinks away
[ Fo ] - November 2011
Pi, 2011
AVANT-JAZZ – Drummer Tyshawn Sorey has been widely acclaimed as an up & coming force in creative jazz, and his work as a sideman on recordings by Steve Coleman, Steve Lehman and others (mostly on Pi) has been excellent. But his own releases have been starkly minimalist. Now, Sorey finally breaks out with spellbinding compositions and an ace quintet, giving ten marvelous studies in concentrated complexity.
Tyshawn Sorey : drums
Loren Stillman : alto sax
Todd Neufeld : guitars
John Escreet : piano, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer
Chris Tordini : bass
Try any track! Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8
1. 7:24 – tumbling, clattering, angular… fast & free ensemble, sax thinks it out
2. 3:40 – cerebral sax refracts odd piano chords; dusky bass & drums go deep
3. 11:00 – keyboard sets up trudging, cyclical march; sax expands, guitar drifts
4. 4:50 – solo saxophone (Loren Stillman) hops and creeps
5. 6:00 – midtempo pressing theme; piano, sax & drums stretch it apart nicely
6. 6:52 – calm, curving feel: quintet moves with grace, sax solo reaches out
7. 8:47 – jittery parallel improv & oddball grooves, rubber-band guitar sound
8. 8:58 – slow, quiet dreamscape: soft drums creep under enigmatic solos
9. 12:03 – knotty theme; great drums drive solos; some wide-open spaces
10. 7:00 – trios steps carefully, gradually builds up a surge; quintet slinks away
[ Fo ] - November 2011
Recent airplay
Twenty-Five
Music Casserole — Jan 14, 2012
Twenty
Rebop — Jan 10, 2012
Thirty-Five
Rebop — Jan 03, 2012
Twenty-Four
Rebop — Dec 27, 2011
Twenty
Memory Select — Dec 23, 2011
Twenty-Five
No Cover, No Minimum — Dec 16, 2011
Charting
2011-11-13 — 2012-01-15
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jan 15 | 2 |
| Jan 8 | 1 |
| Jan 1 | 1 |
| Dec 25 | 1 |
| Dec 18 | 2 |
| Dec 4 | 1 |
| Nov 27 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Twenty | ||
| 2. | Eight | ||
| 3. | Thirty-Five | ||
| 4. | Eighteen | ||
| 5. | Forty | ||
| 6. | Twenty-Four | ||
| 7. | Seventeen | ||
| 8. | Twenty-Five | ||
| 9. | Fifteen | ||
| 10. | Thirty-Six |