Electrical Field of Love
Harriet Tubman
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Electrical Field of Love - Harriet Tubman & Georgia Anne Muldrow Out March 27th
Pi Recordings welcomes Harriet Tubman and Georgia Anne Muldrow to the label.
Produced by Scotty Hard, who has previously produced Fieldwork and Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd’s Pi releases, Electrical Field of Love is the brilliant new release from Harriet Tubman – the long-running trio of guitarist Brandon Ross, bassist Melvin Gibbs, and drummer JT Lewis, joined here by the fervent voice and imagination of Grammy-nominee Georgia Anne Muldrow. Described as “black music at its best” by NPR, Tubman has been a band that creates its unique sound world through its exploration of all tributaries of what the Art Ensemble of Chicago called “Great Black Music, Ancient to the Future.” Jazz, funk, psychedelia, doom metal, soul, dub, and electronics are just some of what the group amalgamates through their creative process into its own mystic brew. Into this vortex enters Muldrow, whose shared devotion to exploring black music in all of its multivariate forms melds seamlessly into the Tubman aesthetic. She moves freely within the music, with her voice by turns incantatory, declarative, and spectral. Moments of raw propulsion resolve to space and rare beauty. Throughout, the emphasis is on listening – musicians responding in real time, shaping form through insight rather than formula, moving with the force of electric Miles, the ooze of the heaviest Funkadelic, and the sharpened edge of the Black Rock aesthetic. Through collective creativity, the convergence of these kindred spirits results in music that feels both deeply grounded and yet, inspiringly exploratory.
The group will perform this March at this year’s BigEars in Knoxville, TN. See you all there. Pre-order available now.
“Thereupon” Out Now & Fieldwork Live in Brooklyn September 19th @ Roulette
The return of Fieldwork, Steve Lehman, Vijay Iyer and Tyshawn Sorey. The trio’s first release since 2008. Thereupon is available now and the trio will celebrate its release at Roulette, in Brooklyn, September 19th.
“Notice what sounds like a custom tuning for Iyer’s piano, and consider all of the ways you could parse “difference” in the musical vision that this ensemble pursues. No surprise that Thereupon, which dropped today, is for me a strong contender for one of the standout releases of 2025.” – The Gig, Nate Chinen
“Twenty years ago, when the saxophonist Steve Lehman, the pianist Vijay Iyer and the drummer Tyshawn Sorey came together in the collective trio Fieldwork, all three were rising stars; now, they’re each firmly established as generational leaders in progressive jazz and beyond.” – The New York Times, Hank Shteamer
“Fieldwork is fully engaging. There are no limits to the imagination of this trio. Most listeners will want to replay Thereupon several times. If doing so, concentrate on a different member of the trio each time; you are bound to find something fascinating.” – Post Genre Media, Jim Hynes
“Though ideas explode with every note transmitted to the arrangements, the secret is not the musicians’ ability to play – it’s their mutual respect. Iyer, Lehman, and Sorey listen to each other, responding to a fractured riff, a jittering pulse, or a spine-snapping time signature with support, whether that means following the prompt or responding in kind – whatever it takes to get the best performances out of each other. That kind of interaction comes only from an earned trust and a deep musical bond, both honed over relationships going back over twenty years. That chemistry makes Thereupon a truly extraordinary album.” – Big Takeover, Michael Toland
Upcoming Events
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March 20, 2026
Julia Úlehla & Dálava
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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March 21, 2026
Julia Úlehla & Dálava
Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis
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March 25, 2026
Julia Úlehla & Dálava
Jazz Gallery, New York, New York
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March 26, 2026
Ryan Clackner & Tyshawn Sorey
Big Ears, Knoxville, Tennessee
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March 27, 2026
Miles Okazaki: Trickster
Big Ears, Knoxville, Tennessee
