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Tyshawn Sorey: Koan Quartet at Burlington Discover Jazz Festival at Flynn Center for The Performing Arts
Courtesy of Adam Sullivan | Posted on April 20, 2016
Where
Flynn Center for The Performing Arts
Burlington Discover Jazz Festival
153 Main Street
Burlington, VT
Map
802.652.4500
When
Sat, June 4, 2016
8:00 pm
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Musicians
About
“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.”...