Articles tagged "vijay iyer"

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Wadada Leo Smith’s Golden Quartet: Tabligh

by Will Layman

[25.Aug.08] :. Abstract jazz trumpet in an introspective, explosive world.

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Fieldwork: Door

by Will Layman

[14.Jul.08] :. A jazz collective mates avant-chamber jazz to power and rhythmic complexity -- but listen with care.

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Vijay Iyer: Tragicomic

by Michael Patrick Brady

[12.May.08] :. The rising jazz pianist takes a stab at transforming the tone of the 21st century with a visionary album that blends the artistic and the intellectual.

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Rudresh Mahanthappa: Codebook

by Will Layman

[20.Dec.06] :. The rising alto saxophone star makes music from cryptography play as sharp and clear as noon.

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Jazz pianist’s music draws on the Indian rhythms of his heritage

by Mark Stryker [Detroit Free Press]

[19.Dec.06] :. Vijay Iyer is not your garden variety jazz pianist and composer. For one thing, he’s got an interdisciplinary Ph D in cognitive science and music. For another, he collaborates with hip-hop and...

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