Pi Recordings
Pi Recordings | |
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Founded | 2001 |
Founder | Seth Rosner |
Genre | Jazz, avant-garde jazz |
Country of origin | U.S. |
Location | New York City |
Official website |
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Pi Recordings is a jazz record label founded by Seth Rosner in 2001. He was joined as partner by Yulun Wang in 2002. Pi specializes in avant-garde jazz. Its first albums were by Henry Threadgill.
Pi's roster includes Amir ElSaffar, Anthony Braxton, Corey Wilkes, James Blood Ulmer, Leroy Jenkins, Liberty Ellman, Marc Ribot, Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Steve Lehman, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Vijay Iyer, and Wadada Leo Smith.[1]
Discography
Main Series
- Everybodys Mouth's a Book (2001) - Henry Threadgill
- Up Popped the Two Lips (2001) - Henry Threadgill
- Song for My Sister (2002) - Roscoe Mitchell & The Note Factory
- The Year of the Elephant (2002) - Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet
- Your Life Flashes (2002) - Fieldwork (Vijay Iyer, Elliot Humberto Kavee, Aaron Stewart)
- Organic Resonance (2003) - Wadada Leo Smith& Anthony Braxton
- The Meeting (2003) - Art Ensemble of Chicago
- Tactiles (2003) - Liberty Ellman
- In What Language? (2003) - Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd
- Saturn, Conjunct the Grand Canyon in a Sweet Embrace (2004) - Wadada Leo Smith & Anthony Braxton
- Sirius Calling (2004) - Art Ensemble of Chicago
- Juncture (2004) - Various Artists
- And Now... (2004) - Revolutionary Ensemble
- Mother Tongue (2004) - Rudresh Mahanthappa
- Spiritual Unity (2005) - Marc Ribot
- Simulated Progress (2005) - Fieldwork (Vijay Iyer, Steve Lehman, Elliot Humberto Kavee)
- Demian as Posthuman (2005) - Steve Lehman
- Back in Time (2005) - James "Blood" Ulmer
- Ophiuchus Butterfly (2006) - Liberty Ellman
- Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City (2006) - Art Ensemble of Chicago
- Codebook (2006) - Rudresh Mahanthappa
- Streaming (2006) - Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis & Roscoe Mitchell
- Vision Towards Essence (2007) - Muhal Richard Abrams
- Two Rivers (2007) - Amir ElSaffar
- On Meaning (2007) - Steve Lehman
- Door (2008) - Fieldwork (Vijay Iyer, Steve Lehman, Tyshawn Sorey)
- Party Intellectuals (2008) - Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog
- Kinsmen (2008) - Rudresh Mahanthappa
- Cries from tha Ghetto (2009) - Corey Wilkes
- Travail Transformation and Flow (2009) - Steve Lehman
- This Brings Us to Volume 1 (2009) - Henry Threadgill Zooid
- Radif Suite (2010) - Amir ElSaffar & Hafez Modirzadeh
- Harvesting Semblances and Affinities (2010) - Steve Coleman and Five Elements
- Silent Movies (2010) - Marc Ribot
- Apex (2010) - Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green
- This Brings Us To, Volume 2 (2010) - Henry Threadgill Zooid
- SoundDance (2011) - Muhal Richard Abrams with Fred Anderson and George Lewis
- The Mancy of Sound (2011) - Steve Coleman and Five Elements
- Synastry (2011) - Jen Shyu & Mark Dresser
- Oblique-1 (2011) - Tyshawn Sorey
- Inana (2011) - Amir ElSaffar
- Dialect Fluorescent (2012) - Steve Lehman Trio
- Tomorrow Sunny/The Revelry, Spp. (2012) - Henry Threadgill Zooid
- Post-Chromodal Out! (2012) - Hafez Modirzadeh
- "Reunion: Live in New York" (2012) - Sam Rivers Trio
- Continuum (2012) - David Virelles
- Functional Arrhythmias (2013) - Steve Coleman and Five Elements
- Moment and the Message (2013) - Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defence
- Holding It Down: The Veterans Dreams Project (2013) - Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd
- Fiction (2013) - Matt Mitchell
- Alchemy (2013) - Amir ElSaffar
- Fourteen (2014) - Dan Weiss
- Live at the Village Vanguard (2014) - Marc Ribot Trio
- Mise en Abîme (2014) - Steve Lehman Octet
- In Convergence Liberation (2014) - Hafez Modirzadeh, ETHEL
- Alloy (2014) - Tyshawn Sorey
- Synovial Joints (2015) - Steve Coleman and the Council Of Balance
- In for a Penny, In for a Pound (2015) - Henry Threadgill's Zooid
- Crisis (2015) - Amir ElSaffar Two Rivers Ensemble
- Radiate (2015) - Liberty Ellman
- Sounds and Cries of the World (2015) - Jen Shyu & Jade Tongue
- Vista Accumulation (2015) - Matt Mitchell
- Sixteen: Drummers Suite (2016) - Dan Weiss
- Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (2016) - Henry Threadgill
Reissues
- 901 Blood Sutra (2006) - Vijay Iyer - originally released on Artist House in 2003
- 902 Reimagining (2006) - Vijay Iyer - originally released on Savoy Jazz in 2005
- 903 Raw Materials (2006) - Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa - originally released on Savoy Jazz in 2006
- 904 Panoptic Modes (2010) - Vijay Iyer - orininally released on Red Giant in 2001
See also
References
- ↑ Rosner, Seth; Wang, Yulan. "About Pi Recordings". Pi Recordings. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
External links
- Official site
- Interview with owner Seth Rosner
- New York Times Article
- Business Week Interview with Yulun Wang
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