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The Off-off Broadway Guide To Synergism

Tyshawn Sorey

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Format: 3CD

Cat No: PI96

Release Date:  09 December 2022

Label:  PI Recordings

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  3

Barcode:  808713009620

Genres:  Jazz  Contemporary  

  • Description

    'The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism' is a blazing three-volume set recorded live at The Jazz Gallery in New York, featuring drummer Tyshawn Sorey's trio with special guest alto saxophonist Greg Osby.

    Increasingly celebrated for his notated works in the contemporary classical realm - Sorey was recently called "composer of the year" by The New York Times - and generally associated with the avant-garde, 'Off-Off Broadway' is a return to his musical roots: a celebration of collective improvisation over well-known jazz standards.

    Featuring his trio of pianist Aaron Diehl, best-known for his association with singer Cécile McLorin Salvant; bassist Russell Hall, who has played with Wynton Marsalis and Joey Alexander; and Osby, whose illustrious four-decade long career includes 14 highly-acclaimed releases on the Blue Note record label. One of those, Banned in New York, which captured the rough and tumble of his quartet in a live setting and is considered by many to be among his finest - is an inspiration for this release.

    'Mesmerism', Sorey's earlier trio foray with its curated selection of jazz standards that also features Diehl, is something of a sister release. But whereas that album is elegant, pristine, and jewel-like, 'The Off-Off Broadway Guide' is raw, fiery, and intense. The band plays with wild abandon, careering seamlessly from one song to the next, a true spontaneous combustion of master musicians uniting through the common language of improvisation.

    Tyshawn Sorey: drums
    Greg Osby: alto saxophone
    Aaron Diehl: piano
    Russell Hall: bass

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Night and Day
      • 2. Please Stand By
      • 3. Chelsea Bridge
      • 4. Three Little Words
      • 5. Mob Job
      • 6. Ask Me Now

      Disc 2

      • 1. Out of Nowhere
      • 2. Ashes
      • 3. Please Stand By
      • 4. Three Little Words
      • 5. Jitterbug Waltz
      • 6. Mob Job
      • 7. It Could Happen To You

      Disc 3

      • 1. I Remember You
      • 2. What's New
      • 3. Contemplation
      • 4. Out of Nowhere
      • 5. Solar
      • 6. Ask Me Now