Jazz Articles about Vijay Iyer

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Vijay Iyer: Compassion

by Mike Jurkovic
February 9, 2024

As the title track of Compassion gets conjured up on a rubato tumble of Tyshawn Sorey's cymbals, bassist Linda May Han Oh begins her work which--on all of Compassion--is herculean. Vijay Iyer ushers in, and a quiet thing of beauty gets underway. It is one of the album's monster tracks. And eleven more tracks follow. Much like the trio's 2021 ECM effort Uneasy, Compassion makes for a most intense and most satisfying listen. “Arch" is a vivid display ...

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Vijay Iyer: Compassion

by Neil Duggan
February 6, 2024

The term “Supergroup" is often over-used. It usually refers to a group whose members are already successful as solo artists. In rock music, it often referred to members of a successful rock group who got together for a recording, frequently disbanding later. Fortunately, Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh and Tyshawn Sorey are going from strength to strength, showing no sign of disbanding and wholly justifying the term Supergroup. Compassion is their second album as a trio, following 2021's Uneasy ...

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Vijay Iyer: Compassion

by Doug Collette
February 2, 2024

Vijay Iyer's Compassion should ratify his position alongside Brad Mehldau and Fred Hersch in the pantheon of contemporary jazz pianists/composers. That is, if previous, comparably stellar titles such as Historicity (Act Music, 2009) haven't already elevated his position accordingly. Once again in the company of bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Tyshawn Sorey, the visionary musician leads an ensemble that formulates an exquisite redefinition of jazz's well-established instrumental concept of the piano trio. Having released twenty albums ...

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Pianists and More Pianists

by Jerome Wilson
April 19, 2023

This episode features pianists from many corners of the jazz world as soloists and bandleaders. The players heard include Vijay Iyer, Jaki Byard, Duke Ellington, Lafayette Gilchrist, and Martin Bejerano. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Mike Bond “Chase The Wind" from The Honorable Ones (Bounce Castle) 00:59 Chick Corea “This is New" from Tones For Joan's Bones (Collectables) ...

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Vijay Iyer: How To Make Music Matter To People

by Leo Sidran
April 19, 2023

Pianist-composer Vijay Iyer has been described by The New York Times as a “social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway." He has been praised by Pitchfork as “one of the best in the world at what he does," by the Los Angeles Weekly as “a boundless and deeply important young star," and by Minnesota Public Radio as “an American treasure."He received a MacArthur Fellowship, a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a United States ...

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Udine Jazz 2022

by Luca A. d'Agostino
August 6, 2022

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Udin&Jazz 2022

by Neri Pollastri
August 3, 2022

Udin&Jazz 2022 Teatro Palamostre Udine 12-16.7.2022 Dopo tre anni di “esilio" a Grado, a seguito della (anche coraggiosa) decisione di non collaborare con l'amministrazione cittadina, per la sua trentaduesima edizione Udin&Jazz è tornato nella sua sede originaria con un programma giustamente diversificato, articolato su cinque giorni: nei primi tre una bella e varia selezione di proposte più propriamente jazzistiche, negli ultimi due prima un'escursione nella musica brasiliana con Ivan Lins, poi la conclusione festosa e ...