Tyshawn Sorey’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Tyshawn Sorey (born July 8, 1980) 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.

Discography

As leader

• That/Not (2007)
• Koan (2009)
• Oblique – I (2011)
• Alloy (2014)
• The Inner Spectrum of Variables (2016)

As co-leader

With Fieldwork

• Door (2008)

As sideman

With Anthony Braxton

• Trillium E (2011)

With John Zorn

• In the Hall of Mirrors (2014)
• Valentine’s Day (2014)
• Hen To Pan (2015)

With Steve Coleman

• Harvesting Semblances and Affinities (2010)
• The Mancy of Sound (2011)

With Steve Lehman

• Demian as Posthuman (2005)
• On Meaning (2007)
• Travail, Transformation and Flow (2009)
• Mise en Abîme (2014)

With Roscoe Mitchell

• Duets With Tyshawn Sorey and Special Guest Hugh Ragin (2013)

With Armen Donelian

• Leapfrog (2011)

With Samuel Blaser

• Pieces of Old Sky (2009)

With Pascal Niggenkemper

• Pasàpas (2008)
• Urban Creatures (2010)

With Max Johnson

• Quartet (2012)

With Alexandra Grimal

• Andromeda (2012)

With Som Sum Sam

• Beauty Under Construction (2005)

With Craig Taborn

• Flaga: Book of Angels Volume 27 (Tzadik, 2016) composed by John Zorn

With David Binney

• Lifted Land (2013)

With Kris Davis and Ingrid Laubrock

• Paradoxical Frog (2010)
• Union (2012)

With Ingrid Laubrock

• Serpentines (2016)

With Henry Grimes, Roberto Pettinato and Dave Burrell

• Purity (2012)

With Timuçin Şahin

• Bafa (2009)
• Inherence (2012)

With Lauer Large

• Konstanz Suite (2009)

With Vijay Iyer

• Blood Sutra (2003)