Cory Smythe -- piano, electronics, compositions
Steve Lehman -- alto saxophone (tracks 4 and 6)
Pianist Cory Smythe has worked actively with pioneering artists in new, improvisatory, and classical music, including trumpeter/composer Nate Wooley, violinist Hilary Hahn, and composers from Anthony Braxton to Zosha Di Castri. Alongside Ms. Hahn, Smythe was the recipient of a Grammy award for the double- disc In 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores. He is the pianist in Tyshawn Sorey’s Alloy Trio, whose weeklong residency at the Village Vanguard was listed in a 2015 roundup of "Best U.S. Culture" in The Guardian.
Smythe has been featured at the Newport Jazz, Wien Modern, Nordic Music Days, and Darmstadt festivals, as well as at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart, where he was recently invited to premiere new work created in collaboration with trumpeter Peter Evans and pianist Craig Taborn. He has performed across the United States, Europe, and Asia, garnering praise for "the ferocity and finesse of his technique” (Washington Post).
Smythe’s first record Pluripotent was praised by pianist Jason Moran, who called it “hands down one of the best solo recordings I’ve ever heard”. Smythe has been a featured guest and/or soloist with Milwaukee's Present Music, the Boston-based Firebird and Radius ensembles, Chicago Symphony Orchestra's MusicNOW, and the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players.
credits
released March 6, 2017
Recording: Ryan Streber, Oktaven Audio, NY
Mixing: Michael Caterisano and Cory Smythe, Creekside Sound, NY (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7) Tyler Gilmore and Cory Smythe (tracks 2, 6)
Mastering: Jake Belser, Primary Sound Studios, Bloomington IN
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Can't wait for the vinyl version to arrive. Hebeloma Crustuliniforme
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It's almost hard to believe there's any space for Tim to fit in when they play this stuff as a duo! The magical uber-complex counterpoint flowing from and resolving to the killer tunes has a similar feel to the full band Berne but these are clarifying in their complexity - you can understand all the moving parts on the same level. Also perhaps the best showcase of Mr Mitchell's solo skills I've heard - he's fully in his element! Giles
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I really appreciate that with such a large group of musicians the overall sound and experience of listening is really spacious, never cluttered. The lovely recording helps that a lot, and of course the compositional aspects that make it breathe are superb- it gets more and more fun as I listen again and again. Jasper Skydecker