Fieldwork - Thereupon - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Thereupon is the long-anticipated return of the jazz supergroup Fieldwork, which has been described by NPR as a Inchpower trio for the new century.Inch They are a long-standing collective of three celebrated innovators of contemporary music alto saxophonist Steve Lehman, pianist Vijay Iyer, and drummer Tyshawn Sorey. Since their last - Door in 2008 - all three musicians have climbed to the pinnacle of the jazz and improvised music scene, receiving universal critical acclaim and top awards such as MacArthur Fellowships and a Pulitzer Prize and have each individually helped reshape the language of creative music over the last two decades. As a group, they continue to explode the possibilities of collective improvisation. Fieldwork's music reflects the sum part of jazz, modern composition, African and South Asian music, underground hip-hop, electronica, and the influential music of Chicago's AACM, all funneled through a collective ethos. Their musical imagination is far ranging, with rigor, daring, and a unique aesthetic palette. Together they conjure a dense, visceral musical world, tightly unified and high-impact, with a mysterious inner logic. The performances on Thereupon captures their state-of-the art interplay; they listen deeply, responding to one another with a rare intensity that blurs the lines between composition and improvisation. With this new chapter, Fieldwork reaffirm their role as one of the era's most vital experimental units. Album Tracks 1. Propaganda 2. Embracing Difference 3. Evening Rite 4. Fire City 5. Domain 6. Fantøme 7. Astral 8. Thereupon 9. The Night Before