Available on:    Vijay Iyer's exhilarating debut on Savoy Jazz, featuring powerful new music for his longstanding quartet (Iyer, piano; Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto saxophone; Stephan Crump, bass; Marcus Gilmore, drums). Capped off with a radical solo piano version of John Lennon's "Imagine." Released May 17, 2005. BEST JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2005 - Slate, ArtForum, Chicago [...]

   The Vijay Iyer Quartet's stunning follow-up to Panoptic Modes was listed among the best albums of the year in JazzTimes and many other publications. Originally released October 2003 on Artists House and now carried by Pi Recordings. Personnel: V. Iyer, piano, compositions; Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto saxophone; Stephan Crump, bass; Tyshawn Sorey, drums. "The cohesive [...]

Available on:    Vijay Iyer's genre-defying collaboration with poet/hip-hop artist Mike Ladd is a series of monologues by people of color navigating the hyper-globalized setting of an international airport. Featuring an eleven-member ensemble of musicians and speaking voices, this is the album version of the acclaimed multi-media performance piece of the same name. Co-produced by [...]

Available on:    Debut of the collaborative trio project Fieldwork, featuring Iyer, saxophonist Aaron Stewart, and drummer Elliot Kavee "a terrific disc, filled with vibrant playing and wondrous ideas" - The Boston Globe "terse, spellbinding miniatures that never stand still" - The Village Voice "Fieldwork is doing an excellent job of immersing itself in the [...]

Available on:    High-energy quartet music with Rudresh Mahanthappa, Stephan Crump, and Derrek Phillips. This cd was chosen as one of the best jazz albums of 2001 in The New Yorker and The Village Voice. "sends a ripple through the jazz universe" - modernjazz.com "Iyer's spiky chords, precise phrasing, and surprising linear improvisations are consistently [...]