much as the freedom to move between different models from moment to moment." Awards and honors 2008: Van Lier Fellowship 2008: Jerome Foundation Residency Grant 2012: Other Minds Composer Residency 2013: JazzDanmark / Danish Arts Foundation Artist Residency 2014: Shifting Foundation Grant 2015: Doris Duke Impact Award 2015: Jerome Foundation Residency Grant 2017: MacArthur Fellowship 2018: United States Artists Fellowship 2019: Seattle Symphony Composer in Residence 2019: Opera Philadelphia Composer in Residence Discography As leader/composer As co-leader/composer As sideman and/or composer With Alarm Will Sound For George Lewis / Autoschediasms (2021, Cantaloupe Music) With Samuel Blaser Pieces of Old Sky (2009) With David Binney Lifted Land (2013) With Anthony Braxton Trillium E (2011) With Steve Coleman Harvesting Semblances and Affinities (2010) The Mancy of Sound (2011) With Armen Donelian Leapfrog (2011) With Alexandra Grimal Andromeda (2012) With Henry Grimes, Roberto Pettinato and Dave Burrell Purity (2012) With Vijay Iyer Blood Sutra (Artists House, 2003) Far From Over (ECM, 2017) Uneasy (ECM, 2021) With Max Johnson Quartet (2012) With Lauer Large Konstanz Suite (2009) With Ingrid Laubrock Serpentines (2016) With Steve Lehman Demian as Posthuman (2005) On Meaning (2007) Travail, Transformation and Flow (2009) Mise en Abîme (2014) With Lage Lund Terrible Animals (2019) With Roscoe Mitchell Duets with Tyshawn Sorey and Special Guest Hugh Ragin (Wide Hive, 2013) Bells for the South Side (ECM, 2017) With Hafez Modirzadeh Facets (2021) With Pascal Niggenkemper Pasàpas (2008) Urban Creatures (2010) With Timuçin Şahin Bafa (2009) Inherence (2013) With Samo Šalamon Kei's Secret (2006) With Som Sum Sam Beauty Under Construction (2005) With Angelica Sanchez Trio Float the Edge (Clean Feed, 2017) With Sirone and Billy Bang Configuration (Silkheart, 2005) With Craig Taborn Flaga: Book of Angels Volume 27 (Tzadik, 2016) composed by John Zorn With John Zorn In the Hall of Mirrors (Tzadik, 2014) Valentine's Day (Tzadik, 2014) Hen to Pan (Tzadik, 2015) References MacArthur Fellows American percussionists Columbia University alumni Wesleyan University alumni William Paterson University alumni Living people 1980 births Musicians from Newark, New Jersey Newark Arts High School alumni African-American male classical composers American male classical composers 21st-century American composers Wesleyan University faculty African-American classical composers American classical composers Avant-garde jazz musicians Pi Recordings artists Intakt Records artists 21st-century classical composers 21st-century American male musicians Firehouse 12 Records artists 21st-century African-American musicians 20th-century African-American people