Black and Blur

Tyshawn Sorey's musical worlds, and other timely obsessions

Tyshawn Sorey, for the Sep|Oct issue of the Pennsylvania Gazette. (Nathan Bajar)

If you’ve been following the conversation around new music over the last decade, and especially if you do so as someone rooted in improvisational practice, I can safely assume that you’ve heard or read a fair amount about Tyshawn Sorey. Maybe some of what you encountered was…