Results for "Vijay Iyer"

Article: Lyrics

Save the Date - Marzo 2015

by Luca Canini
March 5, 2015

Marzo. Sbocciano i festival e le rassegne. Un mese di concerti per tutti i palati, non c'è che l'imbarazzo della scelta per chi ha fame di jazz. Quindi non perdiamo altro tempo e passiamo ai consigli. Che al solito premiano solo e soltanto il meglio del meglio. 8 Marzo--Milano. Intrigante e stimolante. Il ...

News: Advocacy

Musicians Rally Behind FCC Chairman In Advance Of Net Neutrality Vote

February 25, 2015

Musicians and creative cultural contributors rallied behind Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, in an open letter thanking him for his unwavering commitment to strong net neutrality rules, penned prior to the Commission's vote on February 26th. The letter, co-organized by Future of Music Coalition (FMC), a national non-profit research, education and advocacy organization for musicians and composers, follows an ...

Article: Album Review

Vijay Iyer Trio: Break Stuff

by Vincenzo Roggero
February 16, 2015

Dopo l'escursione nel terreno minato del quartetto d'archi e delle ambientazioni cameristiche del precedente lavoro per ECM (Mutations), risolta al solito brillantemente, Vijay Iyer ritorna allo storico trio acustico, con Stephan Crump e Marcus Gilmore, attivo da undici anni, qui al debutto per la prestigiosa etichetta bavarese. E lo fa licenziando il solito grande album, aggiungendo ...

Article: Film Review

Vijay Iyer, Prashant Bhargava: Radhe Radhe - Rites of Holi

by Vincenzo Roggero
February 16, 2015

Vijay Iyer, Prashant BhargavaRadhe Radhe: Rites of Holi ECM Records* * * * È possibile trovare un punto d'incontro tra “The Rite of Spring" di Igor Stravinsky e Holi, la più eccitante e caotica celebrazione Indu della primavera? A giudicare dal risultato di questo DVD, senza ombra di dubbio. Da una ...

Article: Jazz Near Me

Twin Cities

by Andrea Canter
February 13, 2015

Welcome to the first in a series of Jazz Near You articles where we raise the awareness of advocacy and catalyst organizations whose efforts are making a positive impact on their local jazz communities. This article was co-written by Don Berryman The Jazz Police website launched in spring 2004, initially intending to ...

Article: Interview

Rudresh Mahanthappa: Dancing on the Edges of Time

by Victor L. Schermer
February 9, 2015

Saxophonist and composer Rudresh Mahanthappa is constantly making waves in the music world, expanding the technique of his instrument and integrating jazz and world music, especially that of his parents' native land, India. Brilliantly innovative, he often surprises with his improvisations and the way he transforms the music into something new and stimulating. India's great poet, ...

Article: Album Review

Vijay Iyer Trio: Break Stuff

by Karl Ackermann
February 6, 2015

From the time of his debut as a leader nearly twenty years ago on Architextures (Asian Improv Records, 1996), pianist and composer Vijay Iyer has been a great experimenter. The Albany, New York native successfully utilized duplicated patterns and phrasing in a variety of settings from solo piano to ensembles. Advanced as his earlier techniques were, ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Vijay Iyer Trio: Break Stuff

by John Kelman
February 5, 2015

When it comes to jazz/improvised music, there are those who, like pianist Keith Jarrett, prefer to approach it with a blank slate, clearing their minds of everything in order to find a way to pull form from the ether. Then there are those who spend considerable time formulating their approach, and coming up with a philosophy, ...

Video

Break Stuff (Album EPK)

Featuring the music of Vijay Iyer
Duration: 7:29
January 30, 2015

Vijay Iyer: piano; Stephan Crump: double bass; Marcus Gilmore: drums. “Break Stuff” is what happens after formal elements have been addressed. Vijay Iyer calls the break “a span of time in which to act. It’s the basis for breakdowns, breakbeats, and break dancing... it can be the moment when everything comes to life.” A number of the pieces here are breakdowns of other Iyer constructions. Some are from a suite premiered at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, some derive from Open City, a collaboration with novelist Teju Cole and large ensemble. The trio energetically recasts everything it touches. “Hood” is a tribute to Detroit techno pioneer Robert Hood. On “Work”, Vijay pays homage to his “number one hero”, Thelonious Monk. “Countdown” reconsiders the classic Coltrane tune inside a rhythmic framework inspired by West African music. “Mystery Woman” is driven by compound pulses which owe a debt to South Indian drumming. Fast moving and quick-witted, the group has developed a strong musical identity of its own, with an emphasis on what Iyer calls “co-constructing”, exploring all the dynamics of playing together. Yet the three players also get abundant solo space and, in a reflective moment at the album’s centre, Iyer plays a moving version of Billy Strayhorn’s “Blood Count” alone. Break Stuff, recorded in June 2014 at New York’s Avatar Studio and produced by Manfred Eicher, is the third ECM release from Vijay Iyer.

Article: Album Review

Brooklyn Rider: The Brooklyn Rider Almanac

by AAJ Staff
January 26, 2015

Nel 1912 veniva pubblicato lo storico Der Blaue Reiter Almanach, uno dei volumi fondativi della cultura del primo Novecento. Curato da Vasilij Kandinskij e Franz Marc, il ponderoso almanacco conteneva le riproduzioni di molte opere d'arte e alcuni articoli fondamentali dello stesso Kandinskij, ma anche di Skrjabin. Un secolo più tardi il quartetto d'archi ...