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Vijay Iyer

Vijay Iyer

Born: 26th October 1971, Albany, New York, United States

Nationality: American

Artist's website: https://vijay-iyer.com/

Vijay Iyer [ˌvɪdʒeɪ ˈaɪjər] is an American composer, pianist, bandleader, producer and writer based in New York City. The New York Times has called him a "social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway". Iyer received a 2013 MacArthur Fellowship, a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a United States Artists Fellowship, a Grammy nomination, and the Alpert Award in the Arts. He was voted Jazz Artist of the Year in the DownBeat magazine international critics' polls in 2012, 2015, 2016, and 2018.

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Recording of the Week, Arooj Aftab - Night Reign

The bewitching new album from the Pakistani-American vocalist merges boundaries between traditional folk, jazz and other global sounds, resulting in an embalming and all-encompassing musical canvas.

Recording of the Week, Vijay Iyer Trio - Compassion

Exploding with musical ideas that move in all-encompassing harmony with one another, the faithful trio reunite in perhaps the first great ECM release of the year.

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