Pi Recordings

Pi Recordings
Founded	2001 (2001)
Founder	Seth Rosner
Genre	Jazz, avant-garde jazz
Country of origin	U.S.
Location	New York City
Official website	www.pirecordings.com

Pi Recordings is a jazz record label founded by Seth Rosner in 2001.^[1] He was soon joined as partner by Yulun Wang.^[1] Pi specializes in avant-garde jazz.^[1] Its first two albums were by Henry Threadgill.^[1]

Pi's roster includes Amir ElSaffar, Anthony Braxton, , James Blood Ulmer, Leroy Jenkins, Liberty Ellman, Marc Ribot, Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Steve Lehman, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Steve Coleman, Vijay Iyer, and Wadada Leo Smith.^[2]

In its first twenty years, Pi released fewer than a hundred recordings.^[1] In 2021, DownBeat wrote that "Pi releases rigorous, pathbreaking music that stretches the boundaries of jazz while honoring its history."^[1]

Discography[]

Main series[]

1. Everybodys Mouth's a Book (2001) – Henry Threadgill
2. Up Popped the Two Lips (2001) – Henry Threadgill
3. Song for My Sister (2002) – Roscoe Mitchell & The Note Factory
4. The Year of the Elephant (2002) – Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet
5. Your Life Flashes (2002) – Fieldwork (Vijay Iyer, , )
6. Organic Resonance (2003) – Wadada Leo Smith& Anthony Braxton
7. The Meeting (2003) – Art Ensemble of Chicago
8. Tactiles (2003) – Liberty Ellman
9. In What Language? (2003) – Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd
10. Saturn, Conjunct the Grand Canyon in a Sweet Embrace (2004) – Wadada Leo Smith & Anthony Braxton
11. Sirius Calling (2004) – Art Ensemble of Chicago
12. (2004) – Various Artists
13. And Now... (2004) – Revolutionary Ensemble
14. (2004) – Rudresh Mahanthappa
15. Spiritual Unity (2005) – Marc Ribot
16. Simulated Progress (2005) – Fieldwork (Vijay Iyer, Steve Lehman, )
17. (2005) – Steve Lehman
18. Back in Time (2005) – James Blood Ulmer
19. Ophiuchus Butterfly (2006) – Liberty Ellman
20. Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City (2006) – Art Ensemble of Chicago
21. (2006) – Rudresh Mahanthappa
22. Streaming (2006) – Muhal Richard Abrams, George E. Lewis & Roscoe Mitchell
23. Vision Towards Essence (2007) – Muhal Richard Abrams
24. (2007) – Amir ElSaffar
25. On Meaning (2007) – Steve Lehman
26. Door (2008) – Fieldwork (Vijay Iyer, Steve Lehman, Tyshawn Sorey)
27. Party Intellectuals (2008) – Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog
28. (2008) – Rudresh Mahanthappa
29. (2009) – Corey Wilkes
30. (2009) – Steve Lehman
31. This Brings Us to Volume 1 (2009) – Henry Threadgill Zooid
32. (2010) – Amir ElSaffar &
33. (2010) – Steve Coleman and Five Elements
34. Silent Movies (2010) – Marc Ribot
35. Apex (2010) – Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green
36. This Brings Us to Volume 2 (2010) – Henry Threadgill Zooid
37. SoundDance (2011) – Muhal Richard Abrams with Fred Anderson and George E. Lewis
38. The Mancy of Sound (2011) – Steve Coleman and Five Elements
39. Synastry (2011) – Jen Shyu & Mark Dresser
40. Oblique–1 (2011) – Tyshawn Sorey
41. Inana (2011) – Amir ElSaffar
42. Dialect Fluorescent (2012) –
43. Tomorrow Sunny / The Revelry, Spp (2012) – Henry Threadgill Zooid
44. Post–Chromodal Out! (2012) – Hafez Modirzadeh
45. "Reunion: Live in New York" (2012) –
46. Continuum (2012) – David Virelles
47. Functional Arrhythmias (2013) – Steve Coleman and Five Elements
48. Moment and the Message (2013) – Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defence
49. Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project (2013) – Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd
50. Fiction (2013) – Matt Mitchell
51. Alchemy (2013) – Amir ElSaffar
52. Fourteen (2014) – Dan Weiss
53. Live at the Village Vanguard (2014) – Marc Ribot Trio
54. Mise en Abîme (2014) –Steve Lehman Octet
55. In Convergence Liberation (2014) – Hafez Modirzadeh, ETHEL
56. Alloy (2014) – Tyshawn Sorey
57. Synovial Joints (2015) – Steve Coleman and the Council of Balance
58. In for a Penny, In for a Pound (2015) – Henry Threadgill's Zooid
59. Crisis (2015) – Amir ElSaffar Two Rivers Ensemble
60. Radiate (2015) – Liberty Ellman
61. Sounds and Cries of the World (2015) – Jen Shyu & Jade Tongue
62. Vista Accumulation (2015) – Matt Mitchell
63. Sixteen: Drummers Suite (2016) – Dan Weiss
64. Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (2016) – Henry Threadgill
65. The Inner Spectrum of Variables (2016) – Tyshawn Sorey
66. Sélébéyone (2016) – Steve Lehman
67. Moving Still (2016) – Jonathan Finlayson
68. Trickster (2017) – Miles Okazaki
69. Morphogenesis (2017) – Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse
70. Verisimilitude (2017) – Tyshawn Sorey
71. A Pouting Grimace (2017) – Matt Mitchell
72. Song of Silver Geese (2017) – Jen Shyu
73. Dirt… And More Dirt (2018) – Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg
74. Starebaby (2018) – Dan Weiss
75. Double Up, Plays Double Up Plus (2018) – Henry Threadgill
76. Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (The Embedded Sets) (2018) – Steve Coleman and Five Elements
77. 3 Times Round (2018) – Jonathan Finlayson
78. Igbó Alákọrin (The Singer’s Grove) Vol. I & II (2018) – David Virelles
79. Clockwise (2019) – Anna Webber
80. We Are On The Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019) – Art Ensemble of Chicago
81. Phalanx Ambassadors (2019) – Matt Mitchell
82. The People I Love (2019) – Steve Lehman
83. The Adornment of Time (2019) – Tyshawn Sorey & Marilyn Crispell
84. The Sky Below (2019) – Miles Okazaki
85. Last Desert (2020) – Liberty Ellman
86. Natural Selection (2020) – Dan Weiss

Reissues[]

• 901 Blood Sutra (2006) – Vijay Iyer – originally released on Artists 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 – originally released on Red Giant in 2001

See also[]

• List of record labels

References[]

External links[]

• Official site
• Interview with owner Seth Rosner
• New York Times Article
• Business Week Interview with Yulun Wang