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- Summary: Vijay Iyer collaborates with Prasanna and Nitin Mitta to combine their different styles of music to create this jazz album.
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- Record Label: Act Music + Vision
- Genre(s): Jazz, Avant-Garde, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, International, Modern Creative, Progressive Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Structured Improvisation, Indian Subcontinent Traditions, Carnatic, Indian Classical
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Positive: 8 out of 8
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Mar 31, 2011The music is at its best when it emulates an animated conversation, one voice leap-frogging the other with no one losing sight of the central theme.
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Mar 15, 2011The title track of Tirtha, a fine, slippery debut from a trio of the same name, unfolds in stages, measured but intent.
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Mar 15, 2011To ears trained on western classical harmony, rock and roll, or even much of the jazz tradition, this will sound fearsomely complex. What is truly impressive about these three players is how confident and effortless they make it all sound.
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Mar 15, 2011This album is clearly not one you would want to put on in the background of your next party. In every aspect (its forms, melodies, instrumentation, etc.) it is a challenging and engaging hour of music.
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Apr 7, 2011Iyer and his partners sound like a spontaneous ensemble from the outset--not self-conscious participants in a fusion experiment.
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Mar 15, 2011Fans who look to Iyer solely for high-flying piano jazz might struggle to find familiar footing as the album's intricate sonic interplay takes some time to unpack. But Iyer's willingness to take listeners to places they've never heard remains something to behold.
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Mar 15, 2011While the album is beautifully recorded, there's a certain sterility throughout, something approaching caution.
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