A giant of contemporary music—here meaning, ‘the music of today’. Sorey is not one of the most inspired modern composers, but also one of the most talented jazz drummers around, a performer who worked with Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, Vijay Iyer, Dave Douglas. If fluidity and mobility are the main feature of modern times, then Tyshawn Sorey is an intellectual that mirrors his time at the highest levels.
