Fieldwork (Vijay Iyer / Steve Lehman / Tyshawn Sorey)

Described as “provocatively collaborative and thoroughly modern” by The New York Times and as a “power trio for the new century” by NPR, Fieldwork is a longstanding collective of three internationally revered pioneers of contemporary music: saxophonist-composer Steve Lehman, pianist-composer Vijay Iyer, and drummer-composer Tyshawn Sorey. Their individual trajectories as bandleaders and recording artists have captivated audiences and critics worldwide. But as a band they employ a communal rehearsal process that they began over twenty years ago, in which extended group improvisations are used to develop and transform their intricate individual compositions into elaborate, breathtaking ensemble performances.  Together they conjure a dense, visceral musical world, tightly unified, extroverted, and high-impact, with a persistent, mysterious inner logic. Thereupon, Fieldwork’s long-awaited fourth album and the second with this all-star lineup, will be released in September 2025 on Pi Recordings.

Called  “a virtuoso alto saxophonist” and “a state-of-the-art musical thinker” by The New York Times, Steve Lehman is a composer, performer, educator, and scholar who works across a broad spectrum of experimental musical idioms. His acclaimed recorded output ranges from solo saxophone to trio and octet to large ensemble, and he has made music with lyricists, electronic musicians, orchestras, and interactive software. He is the recipient of a 2015 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2014 Doris Duke Artist Award. 

Described by The New York Times as a “social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway,” composer and pianist Vijay Iyer has created a consistently innovative, emotionally resonant body of work over the last three decades, including thirty albums, numerous compositions for orchestras and soloists, and multidisciplinary works. His honors include a MacArthur Fellowship, a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a United States Artist Fellowship, and three Grammy nominations. 
Hailed by The New Yorker as an “extraordinary” artist who “can see across the entire musical landscape,” composer, educator, scholar and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey performs globally with his own groups as a drummer and percussionist, and composes prolifically for and collaborates with leading contemporary music ensembles and soloists, continually reformulating public perceptions of modern Black/Afrodiasporic musical practices. He is the recipient of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Music Composition and was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2017.