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Pi Recordings is a jazz record label founded by Seth Rosner in 2001. He was soon joined as partner by Yulun Wang. Pi specializes in avant-garde jazz. Its first two 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, Steve Coleman, Vijay Iyer, and Wadada Leo Smith.

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

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, Elliot Humberto Kavee, Aaron Stewart)

  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. Juncture (2004) – Various Artists

  13. And Now... (2004) – Revolutionary Ensemble

  14. Mother Tongue (2004) – Rudresh Mahanthappa

  15. Spiritual Unity (2005) – Marc Ribot

  16. Simulated Progress (2005) – Fieldwork (Vijay Iyer, Steve Lehman, Elliot Humberto Kavee)

  17. Demian as Posthuman (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. Codebook (2006) – Rudresh Mahanthappa

  22. Streaming (2006) – Muhal Richard Abrams, George E. Lewis & Roscoe Mitchell

  23. Vision Towards Essence (2007) – Muhal Richard Abrams

  24. Two Rivers (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. Kinsmen (2008) – Rudresh Mahanthappa

  29. Cries from tha Ghetto (2009) – Corey Wilkes

  30. Travail Transformation and Flow (2009) – Steve Lehman

  31. This Brings Us to Volume 1 (2009) – Henry Threadgill Zooid

  32. Radif Suite (2010) – Amir ElSaffar & Hafez Modirzadeh

  33. Harvesting Semblances and Affinities (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) – Steve Lehman Trio

  43. Tomorrow Sunny / The Revelry, Spp (2012) – Henry Threadgill Zooid

  44. Post–Chromodal Out! (2012) – Hafez Modirzadeh

  45. Reunion: Live in New York (2012) – Sam Rivers Trio

  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

See also

References