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Pianists · b. 1980

Tyshawn Sorey

American composer and multi-instrumentalist

Born: 8 July 1980
Newark
Country: United States
Active: 2000–
Record labels: Pi Recordings
Discography: 18 albums

Biography

Tyshawn Sorey is a jazz musician who plays piano and drum kit. Tyshawn Sorey was born on 8 July 1980 in Newark. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Pi Recordings. The discography here lists 18 albums, from “That / Not” (2007) to “Monochromatic Light (Afterlife)” (2026).

Tyshawn Sorey (born July 8, 1980) is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and professor of contemporary music. Sorey has received accolades for performances, recordings, and compositions ranging from improvised solo percussion to opera, with work in best-of lists for both classical and jazz music. The New Yorker included Sorey on its annual "Notable Performances and Recordings" lists in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020; the pandemic-era entry was for premieres "cast in unconventional concerto form". His prolific output during a time of heavy restrictions on live performance led a New York Times critic to call him 2020's "composer of the year". Sorey received the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Adagio (for Wadada Leo Smith).

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Discography

Studio and live albums

That / Not 2007

Koan 2009

Oblique - I 2011

Alloy 2014

The Inner Spectrum of Variables 2016

Verisimilitude 2017

Pillars 2018

The Adornment of Time 2019

Invisible Ritual 2020

Unfiltered 2020

For George Lewis | Autoschediasms 2021

Tyshawn / King 2021

Archaisms I 2023

Continuing 2023

Archaisms II 2024 · Live

Parallel Aesthetics 2025

Members… Don’t! 2026 · Pi Recordings

Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) 2026

Also plays on

Albums where Tyshawn Sorey is credited as a sideman

2014	Valentine's Day — John Zorn	drums (drum set)
2016	Commedia dell'arte — John Zorn	drums (drum set)
2017	The Interpretation of Dreams — John Zorn	membranophone
2021	Uneasy — Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey	drums (drum set)