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Historicity
By Vijay Iyer
Label: ACT Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: Historicity; Somewhere; Galang (Trio Riot Version); Helix; Smoke Stack; Big Brother; Dogon A.D.; Mystic Brew (Trixation Version); Trident 2010; Segment For Sentiment #2.
Vijay Iyer: Historicity
by Chris Kompanek
Pianist Vijay Iyer's compositions are ferociously paced and fractured with a sense of urgency that informs each note he plays. Historicity's title track opens the record, grabbing the listener immediately with the pianist's unique touch, carrying through on other original compositions such as “Helix"--a ballad on the surface that explodes midway through with frenetic energy. This ...
Vijay Iyer Trio: Historicity
by AAJ Italy Staff
"But if Coltrane can do 'My Favorite Things,' I can do 'Somewhere.'" Dietro questa affermazione ironicamente presuntuosa e irriverente, si cela il volto, anzi la mente, di quel geniaccio, termine abusato ma che ci sentiamo di attribuire senza tentennamenti, di Vijay Iyer. Non più di primissimo pelo, va per i trentasei, nato negli Stati Uniti da ...
Vijay Iyer Trio: Historicity
by Chris May
There is much that is exciting about pianist Vijay Iyer and almost as much that is irritating. The excitement is in the music and the irritation in the miasma of cerebralization that surrounds it. The most recent instance of the latter comes with the packaging for Historicity. Any album title which requires a fairly lengthy liner ...
Vijay Iyer Trio: Historicity
by Troy Collins
The art of the piano trio has enjoyed a healthy renaissance over the past two decades, as a plethora of new stars have ascended the ranks to uphold and advance the tradition. Ethan Iverson, Brad Mehldau, Jason Moran, and Matthew Shipp are just a few of the adventurous younger artists whose notion of the trio is ...
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