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Vijay Iyer: Reimagining
by Rex Butters
Vijay Iyer inhabits a musical universe like no other. Juxtaposing deceptively familiar jazz structures with scales and modes more intimate with Indian and classical musics, Iyer has successfully reinvented jazz syntax while remaining unmistakably a jazz artist. He illuminates his reimaginings with a vicious virtuosity usually corroborated by the equally remarkable Rudresh Mahanthappa on saxophone. Mahanthappa's ...
Ravi Coltrane: In Flux
by Germein Linares
Ravi Coltrane's fourth studio release, In Flux, is what he calls “by far the strongest work I've done to date." A bold statement, no doubt, though the album's twelve offerings give credibility to his argument. Joined by his touring group of pianist Luis Perdomo, bassist Drew Gress, and drummer EJ Strickland, Coltrane exploits the group's cohesion: ...
Vijay Iyer: Reimagining
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Whorls of piano, insistent rhythm, and keening saxophone evince a sense of urgency on “Revolutions, opening pianist Vijay Iyer's Reimagining and establishing its tone. For several years, Iyer has gained critical notice for his technique and its application in a variety of settings. His personalized sound draws from contemporary styles, traditional world music, and jazz and ...
Vijay Iyer: Reimagining
by Paul Olson
New York pianist/composer Vijay Iyer continues his string of remarkable recordings with his Savoy debut, Reimagining, his first release with his quartet since 2003's Blood Sutra. I hesitate to call this new CD his most mature statement to date, since Iyer sounded pretty fully-formed--and hardly callow--on his 1995 debut, Memorophilia. But I'll say it anyway: Reimagining ...
Ravi Coltrane: In Flux
by Michael A. Edwards
Neither overly-swayed by or unrealistically-dismissive of his father's legacy, Ravi Coltrane has focused on putting out solid, challenging jazz in the modal and modern bop forms. His latest, a quartet recording, continues that line and offers palpable improvements both in his playing and compositional ideas. Each member contributes to In Flux, and there is ...
Ravi Coltrane: In Flux
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane continues his maturation as a composer and leader on In Flux, his fourth at the helm, offering a compelling straight-ahead set. It's the first document of his quartet with pianist Luis Perdomo, bassist Drew Gress, and drummer E.J. Strickland, with whom he has gigged for the last few years, fostering a group identity ...
Ravi Coltrane: In Flux
by John Kelman
In Flux is an appropriate title for saxophonist Ravi Coltrane's new release. Between running his own label, overseeing the reissue of music from his late father John, producing his mother Alice, and regular work with artists including pianist McCoy Tyner and saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, Coltrane has the kind of varied life that artists dream of. In ...
Ravi Coltrane: In Flux
by Mark F. Turner
Ravi Coltrane In Flux Savoy 2005 The progression of Ravi Coltrane as a musician and leader reaches a momentous level on his fourth recording, In Flux, his most striking and mature work to date. Having been in the jazz game for awhile, various roles have found him as a sideman ...
Dexter Gordon: Bopland
by Ken Franckling
Despite its mixed sonic quality, Bopland is a historic three-CD treasure. It contains as much as could be gleaned from surviving acetates of a July 6, 1947 jazz summit featuring some of the West Coast's finest emerging musicians at the time. It was a mere two to three years after Charlie Parker and his collaborators began ...
Ravi Coltrane: In Flux
by Mark Corroto
You have to admire saxophonist Ravi Coltrane. He has never utilized his famous name for a payday. As the son of the late John Coltrane, he could have sold out to either the giant stepping fans or taken up with the interstellar avant-garde path. He choose a quieter and more subtle route. In Flux ...
