Vijay Visits the Nonesuch Library

Vijay stopped by the Nonesuch office to pick some of his favorite albums from the music library, and share a few words on their choices.

Opening music: “Gently Trapped” by Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer, and Dafnis Prieto

Vijay Iyer’s Nonesuch Selects

0:19 Javanese Court Gamelan nonesuch.lnk.to/JavaCourtGamelan

1:28 Ramnad Krishnan’s ‘Vidwan: Songs of the Carnatic Tradition’ ramnadkrishnan.lnk.to/Vidwan

2:39 Laurie Anderson’s ‘Big Science’ laurieanderson.lnk.to/bigscience

4:02 Julius Hemphill Big Band juliushemphill.lnk.to/bigband

5:44 Kronos Quartet’s ‘Black Angels’ kronosquartet.lnk.to/blackangels

6:51 Cécile McLorin Salvant’s ‘Oh Snap’ cecilemclorinsalvant.lnk.to/o…

Video by Robert Edridge-Waks