Accelerando - Vijay Iyer Trio
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88 out of 100

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6.2 out of 10

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  • Summary: The third album from pianist Vijay Iyer with bassist Stephen Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore includes several original compositions as well as cover songs from jazz, disco, R&B, and electronic music.

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  1. Los Angeles Times
    Mar 16, 2012
    100
    Accelerando is a rambunctious yet nimble celebration of the groove that turns as much on the fulcrum of drummer Marcus Gilmore and bassist Stephan Crump as it does on Iyer's restlessly inventive piano.
  2. musicOMH.com
    Dec 10, 2012
    90
    As its title suggests, Accelerando provides plenty of speed and also a very real adrenaline rush.
  3. Blurt Magazine
    Jun 21, 2012
    90
    Interspersed in between the renditions throughout the course of Accelerando... are five outstanding Iyer-penned performances.
  4. PopMatters
    Mar 26, 2012
    80
    Put simply, Accelerando is an album filled with highlights.

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    Although the new album from Vijay Iyer Trio - "Accelerando" largely is an avant-garde, compositions present very specific instrumental parts thank to whom art pieces are easily memorable. Worth mentioning are at least conductive parts of drums in "The Star Of A Story" or heavily accented bridges in the "Mmmhmm".… Expand

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