In December, together with sarode player Alam Khan (son of the late Ali Akbar Khan) and Nitin Mitta on tabla, Iyer released a collaborative a EP titled Sanctuary. According to San Francisco Classical Voice, “Although it is common to hear a sarod and tabla together, the addition of the piano… gives the music a stunning ethereal [...]
In November Iyer’s quartet with drummer Tyshawn Sorey, bassist Yunior Terry, and trumpeter Adam O’Farrill played a sold-out twelve-set run at the Village Vanguard in New York. Iyer also performed a special concert in New York with celebrated composer-saxophonist Henry Threadgill and composer-drummer Dafnis Prieto. 2026 began with a solo tour to London, Porto and [...]
Thereupon is the long-anticipated return of the all-star collaborative trio Fieldwork, which has been described by NPR as a “power trio for the new century.” This long-standing collective comprises three internationally revered innovators of contemporary music: alto saxophonist-composer Steve Lehman, pianist-composer Vijay Iyer, and drummer-composer Tyshawn Sorey. In the seventeen years since their last recording, Door (Pi), all three musicians have climbed to the [...]
"This recording session was conditioned by our ongoing sorrow and outrage over the past year’s cruelties, but also by our faith in human possibility." – Vijay Iyer Defiant Life, Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith’s second duo recording for ECM after 2016’s A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke, is a profound meditation on the [...]
The Arts Fuse - Top Jazz Albums of 2024 “The 19th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Poll: The Shape of Jazz That Keeps Us Going - Vijay Iyer #2” JazzTimes 2024 Year in Review, Part 1 - The Rhythm Avant-Garde “It’s a searching and in many ways accessible document, animated by spirits ranging [...]
