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Quality-of-life studies show Greater Lafayette's cultural offerings lag behind other Midwest cities
on acts Lafayette residents might be unfamiliar with, he said. One such act Convos lured was the acclaimed jazz group Vijay Iyer Trio, which entertained a considerably smaller audience in April at the 1,000-seat Loeb Playhouse on Purdues campus. A Chicago from The Courier-Journal Read more »
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12 O'Clock Track: "Two to Your Right, Five to Your Left," a chunk of loud, visceral cello music from Okkyung Lee
cellist Okkyung Lee has nonchalantly toggled between disparate music worlds, leading her own projects, helping out others like Vijay Iyer, Laurie Anderson, and Wadada Leo Smith, and improvising in countless contexts. She's a terrific composer and arranger, from Chicago Reader Read more »
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Steve Coleman and Five Elements: Functional Arrhythmias (Review)
Museum of Modern Art about five years ago, I thought it was flat out boring. Even so, a band that spins out players like Vijay Iyer and Steve Lehman has got to be up to something wonderful. Right? Functional Arrhythmias is at least a reminder and maybe a reawakening from PopMatters Read more »
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Relay Race As Artists Improvise 2 at a Time
Norman for The New York Times Night of Improvised Round Robin Duets: Vijay Iyer, far left, withRobert Glasper; right, DJ Spinn. “A Night of Improvised Round Robin Duets” was the forgivable misnomer for the program on Wednesday at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple, from The New York Times Read more »
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Music Review: Vijay Iyer, Alone and With Others, at Zankel Hall
views from Mr. Lehman (tart, angular) and Mr. Haynes (dispassionate, flowing), rode a similar churn. And “Lies,” which Mr. Iyer had adapted from a big-band commission, used the horn section as a pyrotechnic device, blasting and receding. The ensemble thrashed from The New York Times Music Read more »
