The composer and percussionist was "shocked beyond belief" after hearing the news on Monday afternoon.

The best jazz albums of the year feel supercharged with the spirit of discovery, but also offer revelations — both comforting and challenging — the deeper you dig.

Absent from the recording studio for more than a decade, the restless musician has commissioned six composers for his new album.

Invited to write a new work for Houston's Rothko Chapel, the composer and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey created a work that is both intimate and vast, like those Mark Rothko paintings.