Tyshawn Sorey: Koan Quartet at Burlington Discover Jazz Festival at Flynn Center for The Performing Arts

“His melodies are complex and full of surprises, but often light on their feet.”-NPR

Percussionist and composer Tyshawn Sorey describes some of what he does as “intuitive music,” in which he composes without composing, navigating through space and sound without a roadmap. His influences trace not only to the great jazz predecessors but also to the innovators of 20th century classical music, such as Morton Feldman, Karlheinz Staukhausen, and Pierre Boulez. Developing upon their avant-garde modernism, Sorey picks apart complexity to study the tonal capacity of each note, beat, and pause. Behind the drums, Sorey is in a minimalist’s universe of possibility. Last November, he wrapped up a week holding court at the legendary Village Vanguard in New York, a series of performances that earned high praise from the New York Times for Sorey’s “flowing sense of ritual and constant alertness.”...

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“His melodies are complex and full of surprises, but often light on their feet.”-NPR

Percussionist and composer Tyshawn Sorey describes some of what he does as “intuitive music,” in which he composes without composing, navigating through space and sound without a roadmap. His influences trace not only to the great jazz predecessors but also to the innovators of 20th century classical music, such as Morton Feldman, Karlheinz Staukhausen, and Pierre Boulez. Developing upon their avant-garde modernism, Sorey picks apart complexity to study the tonal capacity of each note, beat, and pause. Behind the drums, Sorey is in a minimalist’s universe of possibility. Last November, he wrapped up a week holding court at the legendary Village Vanguard in New York, a series of performances that earned high praise from the New York Times for Sorey’s “flowing sense of ritual and constant alertness.”

*This performance will be recorded live by Vermont PBS.

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