Writings

Many of Vijay’s papers, talks, published conversations are available on Harvard University’s Academia site:

Selected writings from various sources and publications:

2019

Sun Ra Essay in Monorails and Satellites Vols 1, 2 and 3.

Vijay wrote an essay for the liner notes of this impressive Triple LP / Double CD Set by Sun Ra.

Purchase the Album:

2014

“Improvisation, Action Understanding, and Music Cognition With and Without Bodies.” In Lewis, George E., and Benjamin Piekut, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Critical Improvisation Studies. New York: Oxford University Press.

2010

“Thelonious Monk: Ode to a Sphere.”
Guest column in JazzTimes 40(1).

2008

“On Improvisation, Temporality, and Embodied Experience.”
In Miller, P., ed., Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, p. 273-292

2004

“Exploding the Narrative in Jazz Improvisation.”
In O’Meally, R., B. Edwards & F. Griffin, eds., Uptown Conversation: The New Jazz Studies. New York: Columbia University Press.