Vijay Iyer Trio Announces Return To Village Vanguard January 28-February 2, 2025 Vijay Iyer (Piano), Linda May Han Oh (Bass), Tyshawn Sorey (Drums) To Perform Selections From Latest Release Compassion "Irresistibly listenable, an immersive 66 minutes that exhales a particular aesthetic history even as it pulls on the pain and anxiety of our present." [...]
Chris Richards in The Washington Post has named Vijay Iyer Trio's Compassion one of the best pop albums of 2024 so far, alongside Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish, Pet Shop Boys, and Charlie XCX. "This affirming new jazzlike album from pianist-composer Vijay Iyer — joined by Linda May Han Oh on bass and Tyshawn Sorey on [...]
ON SPOTIFY HERE "Earlier this year, Heems released Lafandar, his first solo LP in nine years, and it was our Album Of The Week. Today, Himanshu Suri is already announcing its follow-up, Veena LP. The Sid Vashi-produced single “Manto” is out now, and it features Vijay Iyer... “Inter and trans-generational trauma is something [...]
Vijay enjoyed this interview with Forbes Senior Contributor Steve Baltin: "Compassion, according to an online definition, “is a social feeling that motivates people to go out of their way to relieve the physical, mental, or emotional pains of others and themselves.” In that respect, Compassion is an incredibly fitting title for the gorgeous new [...]
Pianist-composer Vijay Iyer follows his acclaimed 2021 ECM disc Uneasy — the first to showcase his trio featuring bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Tyshawn Sorey — with Compassion, another creative leap in league with these two gifted partners. The New York Times captured the distinctive qualities of this group, pointing to the [...]
