Vijay Iyer News

Jazz St. Louis has just put online a new podcast featuring an interview with pianist Vijay Iyer by JSL's Gene Dobbs Bradford.

Alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon is one of the great players of this era, as shown on his 2009 disc Esta Plena .

Eek, it 's Michael Musto , in a series of glamorous guises and Running Down the Decade like it's never been run down before.

Once again, it's that time of year when jazz journalists, DJs, critics and bloggers publish their annual "Best Of" lists, and once again this year, St.

By Britt Robson Published Mon, Dec 28 2009 12:01 am One of my favorite things to do at the end of the year is sit down and compile a list of my favorite discs from the previous 12 months.

New York-based pianist and composer Vijay Iyer is a rhythmic explorer whose piano trio album Historicity is a cohesive and vibrant record that carries its creator and his colleagues firmly into the mainstream of modern music.

Good things come in three's, so the saying goes. So let's offer up a third and final roundup of what critics have decided are the best jazz albums of 2009.

Guitarist Rez Abbasi continues his rhythmic and harmonic explorations on Things To Come .

Reeds, trumpet, cello and drums as opposed to piano trio. Different angles and colors.

December 11, 2009 from WBGO - This was a good year for discovering jazz. WBGO celebrated its 30th anniversary.

You and I know that this whole end-of-year thing is pure malarkey, that the hours in which December 31 slips into January 1 represent no real change or demarcation in our lives.

Looking back on 2009, much of the focus naturally falls on younger musicians. Maybe they're just fresh in our minds because A Blog Supreme spent so much time addressing ways to get twentysomethings into modern jazz via the Jazz Now series.

Pianist, composer and band leader Vijay Iyer and the All About Jazz Orchestra are featured on the latest episode of Jazz it Up! Iyer's trio grooves with rhythmic and harmonic pizzazz in the wake of the release of his new recording, Historicity , and the big band whose members coordinated efforts online at AllAboutJazz.com come to New York to play ...

Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith blows in two different directions on this two-CD set, Spiritual Dimensions .

Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet , Spiritual-Dimensions . The exploratory trumpeter follows up last year's triumphal Tabligh with a reshuffled quartet and goes himself one better by adding an excursion into electronic territory.

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the ACT Music ' Vijay Iyer - Historicity ' giveaway contest starting today.

There's no single answer to the question of what's happening in jazz right now, but "Historicity" by the kinetic trio led by pianist Vijay Iyer represents one reasonable place to start .

I'm no critic, so I'm in no position to declare anything an "Album of the Year." I would simply direct your attention to Vijay Iyer 's Historicity , and let you deduce what jazz can still achieve.

November 12, 2009 from WBGO - Wiqan Ang Miguel Zenon Quartet performs at Newport Jazz.

In "Mystic Brew," pianist Vijay Iyer returns a soulful staple to its jazz roots while infusing it with modernity.