Spontaneous interplay on new album by the Tyshawn Sorey Trio ★★★☆☆

On Sunday 10 July he could still be admired at North Sea Jazz. Drummer Tyshawn Sorey played in the trio of pianist Vijay Iyer, but could also have been there with his own piano trio, which recorded the album. mesmerism has released.

The New York drummer called in two music buddies (pianist Aaron Diehl and bassist Matt Brewer) in May last year to record an album of beloved standards in a few hours without too much rehearsal, supplemented with songs that he believes should become classics.

Autumn Leaves next From Time to Time by Sorey’s admired drummer Paul Motian. The album has the same elegant, rustic atmosphere as the music that Motian played in the legendary Bill Evans Trio sixty years ago. The spontaneity of the interplay is at odds with the rather cerebral playing on the trio’s previous albums. Diehl often stays close to the original melody but also likes to take a long lead-up led by Sorey. It is Sorey himself who attracts the most attention with his virtuoso and elegant playing of cymbals and cymbals.