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Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd: InWhatStrumentals
by Karl Ackermann
In 2003 Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd released In What Language?, a hybrid jazz/hip hop response to post-9/11 American paranoia. Inspired by many related injustices, the inflection point was the extended detention, handcuffing and humiliation of a prominent Iranian filmmaker passing through JFK International Airport. Seventeen years later America was mired in multiple unprecedented crises, giving cause to repurpose that album. Iyer and Ladd had the instrumental masters from 2003, and release them here as InWhatStrumentals: Music from In What ...
Continue ReadingVijay Iyer at Sonic Laboratory
by Ian Patterson
Vijay Iyer Sonic Laboratory, Sonic Arts Research Centre Belfast, N. Ireland January 13-14, 2020 Queen's University's world-renowned Sonic Laboratory, at the Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) in Belfast, got the new decade off to fine start, with two evenings in the company of Vijay Iyer. The first evening was a solo piano performance; the second, a presentation-cum-Q&A session. Iyer's concert came almost a year after the solo piano gig in SARC by Craig ...
Continue ReadingVijay Iyer Sextet at the Jazz Standard
by Akinfe Fatou
Vijay Iyer Sextet Jazz Standard New York, NY January 22, 2019 Vijay Iyer's sextet astounded the audience in their highly anticipated, sold out show at the Jazz Standard. From the moment Iyer graced the stage, the audience erupted into an earth-shattering ovation that danced into his greeting and band introductions. The sextet features Mark Shim on tenor saxophone, Nick Dunston on bass, Jeremy Dutton on drums, Steve Lehman on alto saxophone, and Graham Haynes on ...
Continue ReadingVijay Iyer, Max Moran and more
by Joe Dimino
This week we begin with Vijay Iyer playing music from Far From Over, the powerful release he has recorded with his Sextet and profiling their show in Kansas City at The Gem Theater headlining a stellar night of jazz that was kicked off by a performance with Hermon Mehari and Logan Richardson. We also focus on Pittsburgh's jazz cat DK Anderson and a look into a chance meeting he had with the great Stanley Turrentine. We also ...
Continue ReadingVijay Iyer Sextet alla Casa del Jazz di Roma
by Mario Calvitti
Vijay Iyer Sextet Casa del Jazz Roma Jazz Festival 2018 Roma 23.07.2018 Dopo aver fatto man bassa di premi nei referendum delle principali riviste jazz di tutto il mondo con il suo ultimo album Far from Over, pubblicato da ECM lo scorso anno, il pianista Vijay Iyer si è presentato alla guida del suo sestetto per un tour europeo estivo di tre settimane, di cui la data romana costituiva l'ultimo concerto prima del ...
Continue ReadingUmbria Jazz 2018 - seconda parte
by Libero Farnè
Umbria Jazz Varie sedi Perugia 13-22.07.2018 Umbria Jazz 2018 ha chiuso i battenti: 1 milione 450 mila euro di incassi da biglietti e merchandising con 35.000 paganti. Numeri invidiabili, da capogiro, anche se un bilancio ragionato fra entrate e uscite richiederebbe un'analisi molto più approfondita. Come abbiamo anticipato nella prima parte della recensione, l'articolata mappa delle sedi concertistiche perugine rappresenta l'anima di Umbria Jazz, assegnando di volta in volta spazi idonei alle diversificate ...
Continue ReadingFunchal Jazz Festival 2018
by Ian Patterson
Funchal Jazz Festival 2018 Santa Catarina Park Madeira, Portugal July 12-14, 2018 A stunning tableau greets visitors to the Funchal Jazz Festival entering by the main gate, at the top of Santa Catarina Park. The first thing that catches the eye are the spectacular trees that define the park's boundaries. African, Asian, South American and Mediterranean trees, with names as exotic as their forms, are bathed in purple and green light. The park's well-kept ...
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