Tyshawn Sorey

Tyshawn Sorey
Tyshawn Sorey
	File:Tyshawn Sorey 05N3481.jpg Tyshawn Sorey, Mœrs festival, 2010
Background information
Birth name	Tyshawn Sorey
Born	July 8, 1980 (age 43)
Origin	Newark, NJ, U.S.A
Genres	Jazz, avant garde, classical, klezmer
Occupation(s)	Drummer, composer
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Pi Recordings, Firehouse 12 Records, 482 Music

Tyshawn Sorey (born July 8, 1980 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American musician and composer who plays drum set, percussion, trombone and piano.

Since graduating from William Paterson University, Sorey has been a sought-after musician in many different musical idioms. He is both a performer and composer, and has had works reviewed in The Wire, The New York Times, The Village Voice, Modern Drummer and Down Beat. In August 2009, Sorey was given the opportunity to curate a month of performances at the Stone, a New York performance space owned by John Zorn. He was selected as an Other Minds 17 (2012).

Sorey recently completed a Master of Arts in composition at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. In the fall of 2011, he began pursuing doctoral work in composition at Columbia University.

To date, Sorey has released four albums as a leader: That/Not (2007, Firehouse 12 Records), Koan (2009, 482 Music), Oblique (2011, Pi Recordings) and Alloy (2014, Pi Recordings). He has recorded or performed with musicians including Wadada Leo Smith, Steve Coleman, Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, Steve Lehman, Joey Baron, Muhal Richard Abrams, Pete Robbins, Vijay Iyer, Dave Douglas, Butch Morris and Sylvie Courvoisier, among many others.