Wednesday, 6/30/10

by musicclipoftheday

The other night, after falling asleep, my older son Alex (now 22) had an unexpected visitor—this guy showed up and began to play.

Vijay Iyer Trio (VI, piano; Marcus Gilmore, drums; Stephan Crump, bass)

“Galang,” recording session (Historicity), New York (Systems Two Studios), 2009

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“Questions of Agency,” live, New York (The Stone), 2007

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Playing and Talking about Historicity, 2009

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lagniappe

Presto! Here is the great new jazz piano trio.

—Ben Ratliff, New York Times (9/9/09)