Thursday, June 18th
what’s new
Henry Threadgill (alto saxophone [MCOTD Hall of Fame]), Vijay Iyer (piano), Dafnis Prieto (drums), “I Wanted a Map” (V. Iyer), published 6/17/26
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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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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.
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
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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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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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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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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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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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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2016
Monday, April 4th
sounds of New York
Vijay Iyer Sextet,* live, New York, 2015
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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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