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Vijay Iyer

Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Vijay Iyer
(Chris Drukker)

Composer and pianist Vijay Iyer has long mixed two genres in his work: jazz and Indian music. On his latest album, Historicity, he not only covers the jazz standards, but also sets his sight on popular music with covers of songs by M.I.A and Stevie Wonder. He performs lives in our studio.

Vijay Iyer's website
Historicity on Amazon


Comments

  • [1] tamer from new jersey November 05, 2009 - 03:53PM

    interesting to hear your music,

    but the compositions or rearrangements rarely ever point to any indian tradition or classical influences, which is always the stamp that's given by press people, publicists, and related reviews--and frankly can be a bit misleading. this cover album or nu-jazz concept can be equivalent to the rocknjazz trio-bad plus, for one.


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