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Vijay Iyer Sextet at The Village Vanguard
by Mike Jurkovic
Vijay Iyer Sextet Village Vanguard New York, NY May 17, 2018 I'll recreate this blistering first set the best I can. The sextet nudged their way through the Vanguard's current crowd and its deep history. The applause built. Vijay Iyer took his place at the piano, turned to the crowd, spilled water on some mic and electric cables and hoped it doesn't cause a problem. He introduced his band, obviously straining-at-the-bit: Graham Haynes trumpet, ...
Continue ReadingVijay Iyer at SFJAZZ
by Harry S. Pariser
Vijay Iyer SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA January 18, 19, 21, 2018 Vijay Iyer told a San Francisco audience at Herbst Theater that it is amazingly difficult to tour in the United States, by way of explaining why he did not perform in his former hometown more often. But, since, SFJAZZ opened their new building, the situation has evolved, and he has been a repeated guest at the facility. This year ...
Continue ReadingVijay Iyer: Far from Over
by Mike Jurkovic
Vijay Iyer sounds so evolved and invigorating with each release that it's easy to forget that his eye-opening debut Memorophilia, Asian Improv Records) was two-plus decades ago. Think about it, Blood Sutra, Historicity, Accelerando, Tirtha... But over the course of his ECM five disc career (beginning with 2014's Mutations), there has been a little bit of creative wood shedding. Not lazy, mind you, that would be impossible with the chops and concepts Iyer consistently displays. It's some un-explainable ...
Continue ReadingVijay Iyer Sextet: Far From Over
by Mark Sullivan
Pianist/composer Vijay Iyer has employed different instrumental forces for each of his ECM albums. Most recently, A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke (2016) was a duet with trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, while Break Stuff (2015) featured his long standing trio with bassist Stephan Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore. For his fifth ECM date as a leader he has expanded to a sextet. The rhythm section includes Crump and drummer Tyshawn Sorey, who has long subbed for Gilmore in the trio, ...
Continue ReadingVijay Iyer Sextet: Far from Over
by Enrico Bettinello
Come tutti i musicisti dotati di un'intelligenza non comune, Vijay Iyer sfida continuamente i propri ascoltatori a seguirlo dentro territori stimolanti. Non si fa un torto al pianista e compositore di origine indiana se si ricorda come il suo percorso artistico da leader si sia fino a oggi snodato tra accecanti intuizioni, complesse indagini formali e momenti in cui per riconoscerne le luci di posizione bisognava fare un po' di (sana) fatica. Questo nuovo lavoro per ECM, ...
Continue ReadingVijay Iyer Sextet: Far From Over
by Karl Ackermann
There are any number of valid ways to describe Vijay Iyer's music over the course of his twenty-three albums. Analytical, angular, intricate, dissonant, and oddly lyrical; his two previous ECM releases, Break Stuff (2015) and the duo outing, A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke, with Wadada Leo Smith (2016), have been more widely accessible without forsaking complexity. Not merely an academic, Iyer is a perpetual student, absorbing information and disseminating his aggregate knowledge in new and inventive ways. On Far ...
Continue ReadingVijay Iyer, Wadada Leo Smith: A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke
by Luca Canini
Ci sono dischi che succedono ancora prima di succedere. Musica che sta nelle cose, destinata ad accadere, dentro la logica di un'astratta ma vincolante necessità. Basta solo aspettare che l'inevitabile si compia, che il disegno intuito da tempo prenda forma e sostanza. Questione di chimica, di affinità elettive, di soverchianti meccaniche celesti. Non potevano che incontrarsi prima o poi la tromba di Wadada Leo Smith e il pianoforte di Vijay Iyer. Che già in passato si erano ...
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