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Historicity - Vijay Iyer Trio
Metascore
87 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. All Music Guide
    90
    Vijay Iyer's maturing at a rapid rate, while at the height of his powers on this incredible effort that sounds like much more than a mere piano-bass-drums mainstream jazz trio. This is an incredible CD, and a strong candidate for best jazz CD of 2009.
  2. PopMatters
    90
    Balanced, not bombastic, long-practiced, and utterly identifiable even when playing across different styles--that's a great band. And Historicity is the album they had to make.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    88
    At times Iyer and his charges exhibit so much virtuosity and skill it's almost overwhelming how quickly ideas rise and fall through a given track, but attempting to parse all this trio is trying to say is well worth the effort.
  4. Uncut
    80
    Here it brillianrly showcases the interplay between Iyer's melodic clattering, Stephan Crump's slithery bass and Marque Gilmore's fizy drum explosuions. [Oct 2009, p.98]
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  5. The Guardian
    80
    Iyer is the antithesis of a ­contained and cerebral artist. ­Historicity, for the traditional jazz ­format of an acoustic piano trio, features fewer explicit ­contrasts of tonality and ­extremities of drama than Iyer's more familiar duets with saxist Rudresh Mahanthappa, but it offers a different agenda.
  6. Boston Globe
    80
    It's a perfect point of introduction to one of the most challenging and satisfying talents in jazz today.
  7. Pitchfork
    78
    Iyer and his cohorts have spun the piano trio format into great art here, acknowledging their contemporaries and their musical ancestors.
  8. Under The Radar
    70
    Vijay acquits himself nicely on "Mystic Brew," effectively reinterpreting organist Ronnie Foster's impressive soulful mush for stately piano. [Fall 2009, p.74]
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