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News March 14, 2008 THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. CHECK THE MYSPACE PAGE FOR MORE CURRENT INFO IN THE MEANTIME. And, check out this nice feature in the Buffalo News, which states that "Vijay Iyer's new Sunnyside disc 'Tragicomic' is a near-certainty to be acclaimed as one of the best jazz discs of the year," and praises his band as "one of the most powerful quartets in all of emergent jazz."Vijay - 03/14/2008 6:41 pm August 1, 2007 Vijay has been named the #1 Rising Star Jazz Artist and #1 Rising Star Composer in the 2007 Downbeat Magazine International Critics Poll! This is the second year in a row that he has topped both of those categories.Here are some trio videos with Vijay, Stephan Crump, and Marcus Gilmore, taped live at The Stone, 19 Jan 2007.
Vijay has just been added to the jazz faculty at NYU and to the distinguished roster of Steinway artists. Vijay - 08/01/2007 5:12 pm July 12, 2007 Come see Raw Materials (Vijay Iyer, piano; Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto saxophone) if you find yourself in any of these spots:
 (photo by Julieta Cervantes for the Times) Vijay and Rudresh received a great review in the New York Times for their duo appearance at the JVC New York Jazz Festival. Vijay's band had a stellar Canadian tour in late June, and also a great trip to Amsterdam's Jazz op het Dak festival, where they played for a packed house of 1000 people, were broadcast live on the radio and online (check out hours 2 & 3), and were filmed for a television special to air in September. Read a Dutch review.
Vijay - 07/12/2007 11:33 pm June 13, 2007 Don't miss Vijay's appearances with two collaborative ensembles in the major New York music festivals this month:
Raw Materials is honored with an artist's rendering in this week's New Yorker: Vijay - 06/13/2007 3:33 pm April 30, 2007 Don't miss this show, running May 4-26 in NYC: ...and, don't miss the Vijay Iyer Quartet's return to NYC after over a year! Thurs-Fri-Sat, May 10-11-12 at The Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson St @ Spring, NYC. Sets at 9:00 & 10:30 each night. Vijay - 04/30/2007 12:23 am |
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