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2024

Sunday, February 25th

timeless

Sunset Travelers (feat. O. V. Wright [1939-1980]) , “Glory Is Coming,” 1962

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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streaming

Tonight Henry Threadgill (1944-, alto saxophone, flute [2016 Pulitzer Prize for Music, MCOTD Hall of Fame]), Vijay Iyer (1972-, keyboards [2013 MacArthur “genius grant”]), and Dafnis Prieto (1974-, percussion [2011 MacArthur “genius grant”]) are performing, as The Trio, at New York’s Jazz Gallery, with livestream tickets available here.

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2023

Tuesday, September 12th

like nothing else

Love in Exile (Arooj Aftab [vocals], Vijay Iyer [keyboards], Shahzad Ismaily [electronics, bass]), live (“Eyes of the Endless”), Washington, D.C., 2023

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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago (Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape)

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), By the Seine (1887), detail

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2021

Monday, October 25th

sounds of New York

One-word review: Wow!

Zoh Amba (tenor saxophone) and Vijay Iyer (piano), live, New York, 10/15/21

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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2020

Tuesday, May 19th

sounds of New York

Aruan Ortiz, Anthony Coleman, Vijay Iyer, Solo Piano Impressions for Herbie Nichols (1919-1963, pianist, composer), live, New York, 2019

One-word review of Aruan Ortiz’s opening set: Wow!

 

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random sights

other day, Chicago

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2018

Saturday, November 10th

Here’s more of the only drummer-composer-trombonist-pianist-professor-MacArthur-“genius”-grant-recipient I know.

Tyshawn Sorey (drums) and Vijay Iyer (piano), live (studio), New York, 2017

 

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random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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2018

Monday, August 13th

sounds of all over

Vijay Iyer (piano), Rudresh Mahanthappa (alto saxophone), Aruna Sairam (vocals), Zakir Hussain (tabla), live, Ojai, Calif., 2017 (performance begins at 16:00)

 

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random sights

this morning, Oak Park, Ill.

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2018

Thursday, April 26th

How many bands have not one but two MacArthur-certified “geniuses”?

Vijay Iyer Sextet (Vijay Iyer, keyboards, compositions [2013 MacArthur Fellow]; Tyshawn Sorey, drums [2017 MacArthur Fellow]; Stephan Crump, bass; Steve Lehman, alto saxophone; Graham Haynes, cornet and flugelhorn; Mark Shim, tenor saxophone), live, Ojai, Calif., 2017

 

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lagniappe

random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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2016

Thursday, April 21st

what’s new

Vijay Iyer (keyboards), Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet), A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke, 2016


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“Passages”


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random sights

this morning, Oak Park, Ill.

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2016

Monday, April 4th

sounds of New York

Vijay Iyer Sextet,* live, New York, 2015


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art beat

Bruce Davidson (1933-), Palisades, N.J., 1958

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*VI, piano, compositions; Graham Haynes, cornet; Steve Lehman, alto saxophone; Mark Shim, tenor saxophone; Matt Brewer, bass; Marcus Gilmore, drums.

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2015

Tuesday, October 13th

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Vijay Iyer Trio (VI, piano; Stephan Crump, bass; Marcus Gilmore, drums), live, New York, 2015*

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random sights

other evening, Chicago (Columbus Park)

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*Set list (courtesy of YouTube):
01:54 Geese
08:16 Break Stuff
13:24 Mystery Woman
20:28 Libra
26:18 Break Stuff (Reprise)
30:55 Starlings
35:46 Chorale
41:13 Work
50:22 Our Lives
58:58 Hood
1:11:00 Taking Flight
1:24:19 Countdown
1:31:22 Becoming

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