Jazz Articles about Vijay Iyer

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Live Review

Il Vijay Iyer Trio al Teatro Golden di Palermo

by Maurizio Zerbo
March 15, 2022

Vijay Iyer Trio Nomos Jazz Teatro Golden Palermo 11.3.2022 Punta di diamante dell'attuale stagione concertistica siciliana, il concerto del trio di Vijay Iyer ha dimostrato perché Nomos Jazz sia divenuta l'associazione jazzistica più autorevole di questa Isola. Affiancato da Matt Brewer al contrabbasso e Jeremy Dutton alla batteria, il pianista statunitense ha affermato i cardini di una nuova cifra stilistica che mette da parte la straordinaria vena avanguardistica degli esordi per privilegiare la cantabilità ...

Album Review

Wadada Leo Smith: A Love Sonnet For Billie Holiday

Read "A Love Sonnet For Billie Holiday" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
December 1, 2021

Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith creates a new trio with Vijay Iyer and drummer Jack DeJohnette. While the pianist and drummer have never recorded together, like a Venn diagram, their orbits were destined to overlap. Both musicians have recorded duets with Smith and both were members of Smith's Golden Quartet, just not at the same time. This recording from 2016, by three master artists, was fated to occur. With each new release from Smith, we appoint it as his ...

Album Review

Wadada Leo Smith, Vijay Iyer & Jack DeJohnette: A Love Sonnet For Billie Holiday

Read "A Love Sonnet For Billie Holiday" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
November 29, 2021

Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith reconvenes his Golden Quartet (sort of) for A Love Sonnet For Billie Holiday. It began back in 2000 with the group's eponymous Tzadik Records release, featuring pianist Anthony Davis, Malachi Favors Maghostut on bass and drummer Jack DeJohnette. More albums came about—The Year of the Elephant (Pi Recordings, 2002), Tabligh (Cuniform Records, 2008) and more. The cast of characters shuffled, and some of Smith's most beautiful and approachable music was made. This time around, ...

Extended Analysis

Brass And Ivory Tales

by Hrayr Attarian
November 23, 2021

Innovative saxophonist Ivo Perelman celebrates his 60th birthday with the release of a magnum opus, Brass And Ivory Tales. Recorded over a period of seven years, this nine-volume box set is impressive in both its depth and breath as it matches Perelman with a different piano master per disc. The improvised duets are usually the first documented meeting between the two musicians and the instant and rapidly evolving synergy is fresh and thrilling. Both remarkable and expected is Perelman's ability ...

Album Review

Ivo Perelman: Brass And Ivory Tales

Read "Brass And Ivory Tales" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
November 16, 2021

Archeologists and cultural anthropologists theorize early humans had some form of music appreciation. They listened to the sounds wind made as it passed through trees. The breeze sounded different passing through oak than it did fir trees, and the sound was altered whether it was spring or fall. Then there were the bird songs, the first Lennon & McCartneys of the stone age. Early man replicated these melodies, with bones that could be whittled into horns or used to recreate ...

In Pictures

The Compelling Urgency of Now: Celebrating Peace, Justice and Improvised Music

by Dave Kaufman
October 20, 2021

Arts for Arts, the organization responsible for the Vision Festival, has put together a series of “Peace and Justice Celebration" concerts at the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center situated on the Lower Eastside of Manhattan in New York City. I was fortunate to attend a performance on October 15, 2021 which was the last in a series of seven October concerts. There was a small, but enthusiastic audience. The show was also live-streamed. The opening performance presented acclaimed ...

Radio & Podcasts

Vijay Iyer, Turnpike Diaries and Other New Releases

by Bob Osborne
June 3, 2021

2021 continues to be the year that delivers excellent new releases. The show includes selection of recent albums including the exceptional new one from Vijay Iyer. There is also a dip in the jazz archive for some music by Graham Collier with a band containing a who's-who of stars of the British Jazz Scene. Also featured another album from the remarkable Turnpike Diaries series from Tony Malaby. Playlist Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey “Children Of ...