Vijay Iyer News and Photos

Andrew Bird, Questlove, Thundercat, Kim Gordon and others played the 'Night of Improvised Round Robin Duets' (pics)

Thu, May 02 2013 1:26pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

"James Chance. You too with the sheet music?"

“I like to mess with everything,” says upcoming...

Sat, April 13 2013 12:25am - Source: Welikeit.indie

"I like to mess with everything," says upcoming 21-year-old NYC producer Chester Raj Anand, aka Lord RAJA. & it shows.

Cues: Jozef Van Wissem Per Rosanne Cash, Mike Patton Scores Derek Cianfrance

Wed, March 27 2013 5:38am - Source: Disquiet

Mike Patton 's score to The Place Beyond the Pines is streaming in full at pitchfork.com . The film stars Ryan Gosling , Eva Mendes , and Bradley Cooper , and was directed by Derek Cianfrance ( Blue Valentine ).

William Robin: Ritual Action: Vijay Iyer and Prashant Bhargava Merge The Rite of Spring With the Holi Festival

Tue, March 26 2013 8:52pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Music

The Rite depicts, of course, a series of rites.

2012: FIVE + FIVE OVERLOOKED GEMS

Wed, January 30 2013 6:24pm - Source: destination: OUT

Now that the dust has settled on the New Year and the noise has quieted around the many Best Albums of the Year polls, we thought we'd offer a few favorite titles from 2012 that slipped through the cracks.

Take five: John Fordham's month in jazz – January

Thu, January 24 2013 2:55pm - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

In his latest monthly column, John Fordham picks some recent and imminent jazz highlights.

Popdose 2012: Michael Fortes’ Favorite Music of the Year

Wed, December 19 2012 2:25pm - Source: Pop Dose

With my regular Parlour to Parlour series taking a little nap this year (don't worry, it's coming back), I've had quite a bit more head space to pay attention to new music.

Popdose 2012: Rob Smith’s Favorite Music of 2012

Fri, December 07 2012 2:54pm - Source: Pop Dose

After the war broke out, we headed down to the bunker—Fifties-issue, concrete walls, boxes of canned food, smells a little moldy—but Cayla couldn't stand my smoking, or my singing, so she climbed back up to join the resistance.

S. Victor Aaron’s Top Albums for 2012, Part 2 of 4: Mainstream and Modern Jazz

Wed, December 05 2012 1:27pm - Source: Something Else!

In the jazz world, I've found that the long-established artists, especially the ones who play in the well-established styles, get the bulk of the press and buzz.

Q&A: Das Racist's Heems on His New Mixtape and Indian-American Identity

Thu, November 01 2012 1:14pm - Source: Rolling Stone

In January he released his solo debut, the rugged Nehru Jackets , on his own Greedhead label, and today he drops his second mixtape of the year, Wild Water Kingdom.

Soundcheck Live Festival (w/ Antibalas, Ted Leo and More)

Tue, October 23 2012 7:31pm - Source: Bumpershine.com

If you can't make it in person, the shows will be streamed live on Q2 Music , which is operated by WQXR.

Rez Abbasi – Continuous Beat (2012)

Mon, October 08 2012 11:59am - Source: Something Else!

Always talented, Pakistani-born guitarist Rez Abbasi is a skilled musician who's really come into his own recently as not merely an instrumental whiz, but as a complete artist.

New Music Monday: Bob Dylan, David Byrne and St. Vincent, Neal Morse, Dio, ZZ Top

Mon, September 10 2012 12:15pm - Source: Something Else!

Time for a cup o' joe and a stack of great new music — courtesy of Bob Dylan, Chris Knight, David Byrne and St. Vincent, Fred Hersch, Neal Morse, Patterson Hood, Steve Forbert and ZZ Top. Forthcoming reissues and live projects set for release this week include Circle II Circle, Dio, Flotsam and Jetsam, Massive Attack, and the Rolling Stones with Muddy Waters.

Florian Weber – Biosphere (2012)

Mon, August 20 2012 11:41am - Source: Something Else!

Typically if you want to find the truly forward-thinking jazz pianist these days, you have to go out to whack jazz, where you'll find visionaries like Matthew Shipp.

New Music Monday: Mike Keneally, Peter Green, Sugar, Pantera, Booker T. and the MGs

Mon, July 23 2012 12:08pm - Source: Something Else!

The latest edition of New Music Monday is highlighted by Mike Keneally's fascinating new collaboration with Andy Partridge of XTC fame , some rare new blues sides from Fleetwood Mac co-founder Peter Green and a complete discography from Bob Mould's early-1990s band Sugar.

Hafez Modirzadeh – Post-Chromodal Out! (2012)

Sat, July 21 2012 12:34pm - Source: Something Else!

Microtonal music theory teaches us, among other things, that being "out of tune" is a relative concept.

S. Victor Aaron’s Half-Year List of Top Albums for 2012, Part 2 of 4: Modern/ Mainstream Jazz

Wed, June 27 2012 11:48am - Source: Something Else!

Here we are only halfway done with 2012 and it's already been a bangin' year for modern and mainstream jazz, whether you prefer a celebration of the tradition or an expansion of the frontiers.

The Reigning Jazz Artist Two Years In A Row

Thu, June 21 2012 5:26am - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Tenor sax legend Sonny Rollins was a triple winner Wednesday at the annual Jazz Awards, garnering musician of the year honors for the second straight year.

Graded on a Curve: The Sugarman 3, What the World Needs Now

Wed, May 23 2012 8:36pm - Source: The Vinyl District

After a decade's absence The Sugarman 3 return with What the World Needs Now and the long break betrays no signs of rust.

Volume 11 – mixed by K15

Tue, May 22 2012 10:02pm - Source: Nutriot

podcast and we're very happy to announce this new one by London's K15 , a good friend and very talented producer.

Book Notes - Amy Waldman "The Submission"

Wed, May 16 2012 4:15pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.

Take five: John Fordham's month in jazz – May

Wed, May 16 2012 2:24pm - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

Thanks to those who posted comments on last month's Take Five – including nilpferd's suggestion that Herbie Hancock's 1962 Blue Note debut Takin' Off would make a fitting 50th anniversary classic for May. I couldn't agree more.

FMP Archive Edition: Cecil Taylor’s “Almeda (To Matie)”

Mon, May 07 2012 4:49am - Source: destination: OUT

In the past, we've been proud to make available FMP titles that have languished out-of-print for many decades.

Vijay Iyer: the scientist who turned to jazz

Tue, May 01 2012 1:58pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

Iyer's other passion was science, which he studied first at Yale and then at Berkeley.

Vijay Iyer Trio: Accelerando

Thu, April 12 2012 5:33am - Source: Pitchfork Media

It's been three years since Stephan Crump, Marcus Gilmore, and Vijay Iyer made a record together , and in that time, the trio 's headliner, Iyer, has clawed his way across the keyboard to a pretty exalted place within the jazz world.

Steve Lehman Trio – Dialect Fluorescent – (2012)

Mon, March 19 2012 12:56pm - Source: Something Else!

Travail, Transformation and Flow (2009) served noticed that everyone's favorite up and coming alto saxophonist has come up and arrived.

Vijay Iyer Trio’s Acclerando arrives today, 3/13

Tue, March 13 2012 6:05pm - Source: The Vinyl District

The Indian American jazz pianist's first release since his Grammy-nominated Historicity reached the top of the charts in 2009 hits stores and on line retailers with a crush of new praise.

New Music Monday: Adrenaline Mob, David Byrne, Meat Loaf, Shooter Jennings and Vijay Iyer

Mon, March 12 2012 12:18pm - Source: Something Else!

All aboard the cool-rocking new release train, as cool stuff arrives from Adrenaline Mob, Ben Howard, Meat Loaf, Shooter Jennings and Vijay Iyer , along with key reissues and live dates from Humble Pie, Janis Joplin and 10,000 Maniacs.

Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber – All Ya Needs That Negrocity (2011)

Tue, February 21 2012 2:59pm - Source: Something Else!

In characterizing the music of the deliberately elusive collective Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber, one can come up with a whole host of made-up genres and still not quite nail what they sound like.