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Vijay Iyer Quartet at Smoke

by Paul Reynolds
April 22, 2026

Vijay Iyer Quartet Smoke Jazz Club New York NY April 16, 2026 The career of pianist Vijay Iyer--in addition to stretching to chamber music, big-band compositions and projects with rappers--has included collaborations with those from other cultural traditions, notably musicians from his own South Asian heritage. The storied surname ...

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Defiant Life

By Vijay Iyer

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Prelude: Survival; Sumud; Floating River Requiem (for Patrice Lumumba); Elegy: The Pilgrimage; Kite (for Refaat Alareer); Procession: Defiant Life.

Article: Year in Review

Maurizio Zerbo's Favorite Jazz Albums of 2025

by Maurizio Zerbo
December 30, 2025

2025 will be remembered by critics and jazz fans alike for the exceptional quality and remarkable breadth of its recorded output, driven by polycentric forces and by music not always strictly jazz, yet sharing with the jazz aesthetic its spirit, techniques, and formal approaches. This selection of mine, presented in order of preference, also ...

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I Dischi del 2025 secondo Maurizio Zerbo

by Maurizio Zerbo
December 29, 2025

Il 2025 sarà ricordato da addetti ai lavori e jazzofili per l'altissima qualità e la notevole varietà delle proposte discografiche, animate da forze policentriche e da musiche non sempre direttamente jazzistiche, ma accomunate a questa estetica da spirito, tecniche e soluzioni formali. Questa mia selezione, presentata in ordine di preferenza, testimonia anche lo straordinario ...

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Doug Collette's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

by Doug Collette
December 7, 2025

In no order but that which they come to mind to play again... Vijay Iyer Defiant Life ECM Records BEATrio BEATrio Thirty Tigers Fred Hersch The Surrounding Green ECM Records Miguel Zenon Vanguardia Subterránea: ...

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Vijay Iyer, Wadada Leo Smith: Defiant Life

Read "Defiant Life" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
May 29, 2025

Un pezzo a testa dei due performers e firmatari del disco e gli altri quattro a paternità condivisa compongono questo puzzle a due voci in cui si respira un'aria quanto mai composta, quasi raggelata (almeno a tratti), volatile, persino un po' dispersiva, quanto meno nelle parti (per nulla rare) in cui Iyer abbandona lo strumento acustico ...

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Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith: Defiant Life

Read "Defiant Life" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
March 21, 2025

As passionate as each man is intelligent, both pianist/composer Vijay Iyer and trumpeter/composer Wadada Leo Smith also manifest healthy egos. Accordingly, collaborations like Defiant Life require each man to contour his skills to complement the other sufficiently. Their shared humility is intrinsic to solidifying the inspiring bond that arises from the two not only playing, but ...