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Composer-pianist VIJAY IYER (pronounced “VID-jay EYE-yer”) has carved out a unique path as an influential, prolific, shape-shifting presence in modern music. He was described by Pitchfork as "one of the best in the world at what he does," by the Los Angeles Weekly as “a boundless and deeply important young star,” by the New York Times as a “social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway,” and by Minnesota Public Radio as “an American treasure.” A musical innovator, an active collaborator, and a member of multiple artistic communities, Iyer continues to reimagine the role of the musician in the 21st century. Iyer’s Uneasy, a trio recording made with his friends and collaborators Linda May Han Oh on bass and Tyshawn Sorey on drums, was released by ECM in April 2021 to wide acclaim, the Boston Globe calling it “extraordinary,” and noting it as “another entry in Iyer’s extensive oeuvre, reaffirming his status as one of the most creative figures in improvised music.”

Album

Fifteen

By Henry Threadgill

Label: Nonesuch Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Trio Piece; Last Night; I Wanted a Map; Where Coconuts Fall; Gently Trapped; Fire City; Perfect Victims; On the Way.

Article: Profile

L'avventuroso mondo di Patricia Brennan

by Angelo Leonardi
November 9, 2026

La presenza di Patricia Brennan ai vertici del jazz più innovativo è il risultato di un percorso artistico in costante evoluzione. Vibrafonista e compositrice di origine messicana, Brennan si è affermata negli ultimi anni come una delle personalità più originali della scena contemporanea. La sua musica mette in relazione una ricerca strumentale audace, una scrittura articolata ...

Article: Album Review

Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer, Dafnis Prieto: Fifteen

Read "Fifteen" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala
October 19, 2026

Due protagonisti di rilievo della scena contemporanea di generazione diversa, Henry Threadgill e Vijay Iyer, presentano un album che li vede uniti per la prima volta, dopo una collaborazione dal vivo che dura da quindici anni con questo trio, completato da Dafnis Prieto alla batteria. Fifteen, recita appunto il titolo del disco. Tra le ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Kris Davis, Janis Siegel, and Steve Lacy

by Jerome Wilson
October 14, 2026

This program features recent music from Kris Davis, Janis Siegel and Henry Threadgill as well as older work from Steve Lacy, Joel Harrison, and Eric Alexander.Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Elliot Lawrence “Bweebida Bwobbida" ...

Article: Book Review

The Majesty of Chicago Jazz: Twenty-Five Visionaries Who Define the City's Sound

by Karl Ackermann
October 2, 2026

The Majesty of Chicago Jazz: Twenty-Five Visionaries Who Define the City's Sound Howard Reich 288 Pages ISBN: #978-0-226-84644-6 University of Chicago Press 2026 Jazz may have been born in New Orleans, but it came of age in Chicago. In The Majesty of Chicago Jazz: Twenty-Five Visionaries Who Define the ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Music From Sylvie Courvoisier, FROTAE, Michael Dease & More

by Bob Osborne
October 2, 2026

This playlist brings together a wide-ranging collection of brand new and forthcoming releases across disparate sub-genres, avant-garde experimentation, contemporary grooves, big band arrangements, and free improvisation. Spanning fifteen fresh tracks, the sequence showcases dense harmonic layers, complex rhythmic explorations, cinematic textures, and forward-thinking modern jazz where each piece carves out its own unique territory offering a ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Myra Melford, Threadgill/Iyer/Prieto & Jonathan Delazer

by Maurice Hogue
September 22, 2026

Two of the creative scene's most heralded artists are back with exciting new music: pianist Myra Melford's Fire & Water Quintet have released their third album Sure Grand Out with Mary Halvorson, Ingrid Laubrock, Tomeka Reid & Lesley Mok and the master, Henry Threadgill's parallel release to Cut Your Where You Was--Fifteen--which celebrates the fifteenth year ...

Article: Album Review

David Virelles: Creative Inspirations

Read "Creative Inspirations" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
September 20, 2026

Though we can likely assume that any music brought to life by pianist David Virelles, with his uncanny ability to make even the most jagged improvisation sound like yesteryear's standard, bassist Reggie Workman, who at eighty-eight still plays like the young turk afire alongside John Coltrane at the Village Vanguard, and drummer Andrew Cyrille who, at ...

Article: Live Review

Detroit Jazz Festival 2026: A Gathering in a Great Jazz City

by Paul Rauch
September 15, 2026

Detroit Jazz Festival 2026 Hart Plaza Detroit, MI September 4-7, 2026 Thursday evening is when artists, media and event staffers begin to file into the Detroit Marriott, arriving from points around the globe. The common purpose is the 47th annual Detroit Jazz Festival, an annual tradition on Labor Day weekend. The ...