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Renowned far and wide not only as a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist but as a composer-improviser of visionary gifts, Tyshawn Sorey presents his most ambitious recorded project to date with Pillars, a three-CD/two-LP epic that deals in ritual, drone and volatile atmosphere. Pillars is a triptych of seamless composition and improvisation, performed by a top-flight electro-acoustic octet featuring Sorey (conductor, drum set, percussion, trombone, dungchen) alongside Stephen Haynes (trumpet, flugelhorn, cornet, alto horn, small percussion), Ben Gerstein (trombone, melodica), Todd Neufeld (electric and acoustic guitars), Joe Morris (electric guitar, double-bass), Carl Testa (double-bass, electronics), Mark Helias (double-bass) and Zach Rowden (double-bass). The multivalent sound world of Pillars is beyond category, as inspired by Tibetan ceremonial music as by the extended avant-jazz rituals of Roscoe Mitchell; the African-American experimentalism of Bill Dixon, Butch Morris and Anthony Braxton have also been a keen influence on Sorey, as have been the disparate, trans-Atlantic modernisms of Morton Feldman and Karlheinz Stockhausen. As The New Yorker recently noted, Sorey is “among the most formidable denizens of the in-between zone… An extraordinary talent who can see across the entire musical landscape.” Pillars will be released in full-length triple-CD and digital download versions, as well as in a different, re-edited edition for vinyl double-LP (titled Pillars IV).

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released October 12, 2018



Stephen Haynes: trumpet, flugelhorn, cornet, alto horn, small percussion

Ben Gerstein: trombone, melodica

Todd Neufeld: electric and acoustic guitar

Joe Morris: electric guitar, double bass

Carl Testa: double bass, electronics

Mark Helias: double bass

Zach Rowden: double bass

Tyshawn Sorey: conductor, drum set, dungchen, percussion, trombone



Recorded by Greg DiCrosta on July 30 and 31, 2017

Edited, Mixed & Mastered by Nick Lloyd

Graphic Design by Megan Craig

Produced by Tyshawn Sorey

Co-produced by Nick Lloyd

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