Vijay Iyer Solo (CD)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: SoloCondition: NewRelease Date: 08/27/2010Format: CDGenre: JazzArtist: Vijay IyerNo Of Discs: 1EAN: 0614427949721Description: PRODUKTBESCHREIBUNGEN PRODUKTBESCHREIBUNGEN By now, there can be no doubt that pianist-composer Iyer stands among the most daringly original jazz artists of the under-40 generation," writes Howard Reich in the Chicago Tribune. The American-born son of Indian immigrants, VIJAY IYER (pronounced "VID-jay EYE-yer") was described by The Village Voice as "the most commanding pianist and composer to emerge in recent years," by The New Yorker as one of "today's most important pianists... extravagantly gifted," and by the L.A. Weekly as "a boundless and deeply important young star." After the phenomenal success of The Vijay Iyer Trio's 2009 release "Historicity" - the `800-pound gorilla on year-end best-of lists' (L.A. Times), Iyer returns with Solo. The document of Iyer's continuing dialogue with history, both his own and that of the music to which he has dedicated his life, Solo encapsulates both Iyer's career and his distinctive approach to his instrument. The diversity of Iyer's experience infuses each note of Solo. The first section of the record centers on music of the past, presenting Iyer's interpretation of music from the jazz canon. In this way, the disc might be viewed as an extension of 2009's Historicity. His own compositions, dominating the album's second act, demonstrate how completely he has assimilated and brought his own vision to creative music. For Iyer, the new album embodies both departure and return. It is a monumental step forward and a defining moment in Vijay Iyer's artistic life. With this powerful, subtle homage to Monk, Ellington, Taylor, Hill, Muhal Richard Abrams and Randy Weston, Iyer joins the ranks of these and many other artists who have recorded great, enduring, original solo piano statements REZENSION Pianist Vijay Iyer's wealth of traditional jazz experience might not always be apparent in the organised, intricate contemporary music he plays with his own groups. But the pianist is likely to widen his audience as well as surprising his regulars by the inclusion here of Duke Ellington's Black and Tan Fantasy (played with much of its traditional 1920s strut) and an account of the standard Darn That Dream. Iyer structures this programme cannily, beginning with an inviting interpretation of the pop ballad Human Nature, unfolding over a rocking left-hand vamp and briefly darkening into a hypnotic drone. Thelonious Monk's Epistrophy begins with a seamlessly churning rhythm, finding its way to the original's characteristic chord rumbles later. But halfway through, Iyer begins to merge those impressions into his music of today with a spindly, abstract melody and then whirling free-jazz on his own Prelude/Heartpeace, or the sitar-like melody of Patterns, which swells into a free-improv tour de force. The same energy bursts free on One for Blount, Iyer's dedication to Sun Ra as the finale of a commanding one-man show. FOUR STARS --Guardian Perhaps the most important player to emerge on the US scene in a decade. FOUR STARS --Jazzwise magazine There are few more towering contemporary talents to measure yourself against at the keyboard than Vijay Iyer. --MetroCountry/Region of Manufacture: DeutschlandRecord Label: Act (Edel)Release Year: 2010 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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