Results for "Vijay Iyer"

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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 ...

Article: Live Review

Vijay Iyer Trio at Brooks Center for the Performing Arts

by Mark Sullivan
January 19, 2015

Vijay Iyer Trio Brooks Center for the Peforming Arts Utsey Chamber Music Series Clemson, SC 1/15/2015 The Vijay Iyer Trio's performance at Clemson University's Brooks Center for the Perfoming Arts was the first jazz programmed as part of the long-running Utsey Chamber Music Series. As the presenter pointed out ...

Article: Lyrics

I 10 Cd nel CD Player di... Phil Markowitz

by Vincenzo Roggero
January 15, 2015

01. Count Basie/Duke Ellington -The Count Meets the Duke (Columbia -1961). Incontro ai massimi livelli. Sicuramente la sfida ha tirato fuori il meglio da tutti i grandi solisti, che suonano con grande personalità e swing, con Basie e Duke insieme a sciorinare ritornelli blues. Tutto quello che c'è da sapere su come si suona il ...

Article: Year in Review

Mark F. Turner's Best of 2014

by Mark F. Turner
January 9, 2015

Typically, when music is labeled it gets thrown into a box that limits its artistic scope. But the four letter word “jazz" in today's environment obliterates typical categorization as found in these diverse releases. Ambrose Akinmusire The imagined savior is far easier to paint (Blue Note)

News: Performance / Tour

Vijay Iyer: Jazz is 'the music of the people'

January 9, 2015

Vijay Iyer speaks with missionary fervor about jazz. For this young award-winning pianist and 2012 recipient of a MacArthur “Genius Grant," playing jazz has little to do with fame. “The arts are a life of service," Iyer said, speaking from his home in New York City. “It's not just about success for yourself," he added. “If ...

Album

Holding It Down: The Veterans’ Dreams Project

By Vijay Iyer

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2014
Track listing: Here (Mike, Cambridge); Derelict Poetry (Maurice, Brooklyn); Capacity (Lynn, Bronx); Walking with the Duppy (Rashan, Queens); There is a Man Slouching in the Stairway (Maurice); My Fire (Brad, Chester, NC); On Patrol (Maurice, Brooklyn); Dream of an Ex-Ranger (William, Newton, MA); Name (Lynn, Bronx); Costume (Mike, Cambridge); Tormented Star of Morning (Maurice, Brooklyn); Patton (Calvin, Massapequa, NY); Shush(Maurice, Brooklyn); REM Killer (Kirk, Lexington, KY); Requiem for an Insomniac (Maurice, Brooklyn); Dreams in Color (Lynn, Bronx); Mess Hall (Merrin, San Diego).

Album

Mutations

By Vijay Iyer

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Spellbound and Sacrosanct, Cowrie Shells and the Shimmering Sea; Mutation I: Air; Mutation II: Rise; Mutation III: Canon; Mutation IV: Chain; Mutation V: Automata; Mutation VI: Waves; Mutation VII: Kernel; Mutation VIII: Clade; Mutation IX: Descent; Mutation X: Time; When We're Gone.

Article: Live Review

Steve Coleman and Five Elements at SFJAZZ

by Harry S. Pariser
December 24, 2014

Steve Coleman and Five Elements SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA December 14, 2014 “The main thing that I consciously try to follow is things I find in nature, in universe. Basically I see the universe as sort of giant palette of forms within forms."--Steve Coleman He is a 2014 MacArthur ...

Article: Film Review

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

by Ian Patterson
December 22, 2014

Vijay Iyer/Prashant Bhargava Radhe Radhe: Rites of Holi ECM 2014 Radhe Radhe: Rites of Holi is a sumptuous visual and sonic collaboration between Vijay Iyer and film maker Prashant Bhargava. It was commissioned by Emil Kang, Executive Director of the Carolina Performing Arts as part of a wider series ...