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FIREHOUSE 12 TO RELEASE NEW CDS BY PETER EVANS AND TYSHAWN SOREY
NEW HAVEN, CT — On November 20th, Firehouse 12 Records will release its final two recordings of the year, The Peter Evans Quartet’s self-titled debut (FH12-04-01-004) and Tyshawn Sorey’s two-disc set, That/Not (FH12-04-02-005). These releases, recorded and produced by the label in its state-of-the-art recording studio in New Haven, Connecticut, are the first to document these acclaimed young artists at the helm of their own bands.New York-based trumpeter/composer Peter Evans’ first recording as a leader, The Peter Evans Quartet, introduces his group of the same name, featuring guitarist Brandon Seabrook, bassist Tom Blancarte and drummer Kevin Shea. Evans describes the band’s music, which it has performed at the annual Festival of New Trumpet Music among many other prominent New York venues, as using “a combination of influences that are near and dear to the all the members of the group (the great recorded Jazz of the 50’s and 60’s, abrasive noise music, wild and kinetic free improvisation) to give the listener something searing, intense, and honest.”
Evans is known to critics as “a trumpeter with a broad command of expressive timbres and textures” (Nate Chinen, New York Times) whose work “displays a hair-raising combination of chops, breathless energy and perverse humor” (Time Out New York). He first gained widespread attention for his talents through the release of his 2006 solo trumpet CD, More is More (Psi), but those in the know are also familiar with his diverse range of work in the worlds of baroque, contemporary classical and creative improvised music since moving to New York in 2003. He was recently included in DownBeat’s June 2007 feature on the 25 trumpeters to watch, and is a member of groups such as Carnival Skin, Moppa Elliott’s Mostly Other People Do The Killing and the New York Trumpet Ensemble among many others. His own groups include his working quartet and duos with Blancarte, trumpeter Nate Wooley and saxophonist Dave Reminick.
New York drummer/pianist/composer Tyshawn Sorey steps out as a leader for the first time with That/Not, leaving behind his role as a drummer with some of the most respected names in creative music to document his own work as a composer and conceptualist. Sorey and the members of his year-old quartet, trombonist Ben Gerstein, pianist Corey Smythe and bassist Thomas Morgan, explore a wide range of pieces, both notated and freely improvised, on a collective journey that defies conventional notions of genre and perception. “My objective with this music is to question who and why we are, to question the very nature of what it means to perceive something,” Sorey explains. “The music here is our life and soul expressed in sound.”
Sorey has developed a reputation as a bandleader and composer in his own right after earning critical notice earlier in his young career as a drummer with such prominent groups as Steve Coleman & Five Elements, Dave Douglas’ NOMAD, and Fieldwork. Critics note that “his pen is equally schooled in mathematics and poetry” (Time Out New York) and “he has lately been producing serious results as a composer” (Nate Chinen, New York Times). He is currently fulfilling multiple commissions for his quartet and various other ensemble configurations, as well as a solo drum set composition to be premiered by world-renowned percussionist Peter Jarvis in early 2008. Sorey has also premiered his own works as a solo pianist at such high-profile venues as The Stone and the annual Vision Festival in New York.
Learn more at http://www.firehouse12.com
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