Historicity - Vijay Iyer Trio
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  • Summary: Pianist Vijay Iyer debuts his first album as part of a classic trio of jazz musicians.

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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. Boston Globe
    80
    It's a perfect point of introduction to one of the most challenging and satisfying talents in jazz today.
  3. 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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  4. 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.

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