Jazztodon artist of the week: Vijay Iyer! The NYT describes him as a “social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway." A composer and pianist active across multiple musical communities, Iyer has created a consistently innovative, emotionally resonant body of work over the last twenty-five years, earning him a place as one of the leading music-makers of his generation.
#jazz #vijayiyer

#Reingehört
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily - LOVE IN EXILE

Eine magische Stimme, flirrende Atmosphäre - Hitze und Kühle der Wüste - eine Reise in die Tiefe der Emotionen und der Phantasie…
#AroojAftab (voc, Komposition)
#VijayIyer (p)
#ShahzadIsmaily (synth, b)

#VijayIyer salutes #GregTate -- I need add no more. https://www.movementsjournal.art/volumes/1-dissonance/fanfare-for-a-warrior

This afternoon is some fabulous orchestral jazz with Orpheus and the Vijay Iyer Trio

#music #concert #Orpheus #VijayIyer #92NY #Kaufmann

#AroojAftab, #VijayIyer Tiny Desk concert #desi https://youtube.com/watch?v=z6QNNxCf-3s

@jazz

Vijay #Iyer (piano)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijay_Iyer

Linda May Han #Oh (bass)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_May_Han_Oh

Tyshawn #Sorey (drums)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyshawn_Sorey

"Uneasy"
https://songwhip.com/vijay-iyer/uneasy

#NowListening #jazz #music #FreeJazz
#VijayIyer #LindaMayHanOh #TyshawnSorey

One year ago I got a call from my friend Freedome from across the globe sharing the tragic news that #GregTate had suddenly transitioned. It left shockwaves in my community that still reverberate. My social media exploded today with tributes including a post by #VijayIyer, sometimes member of #BurntSugar #theArkestraChamber sharing this new site collecting much of the seminal cultural writing he gave the world. #gregtatewasloved https://www.gregtatewasloved.com/written-by-gt #blackrockcoalition #journalism #criticism

"...the function of music is to transform that (observer’s) life in just an instant, so that when they go back to the routine part of living, they carry with them a little bit of something else."

--Wadada Leo Smith (quoted by Vijay Iyer, liner notes, "Far from Over" (2013))

#WadadaLeoSmith #music #transform #living #SomethingElse #VijayIyer #jazz