Vijay Iyer - Tragicomic (2008) скачать бесплатно
Label: Sunny Side Records
Жанр: Jazz, modern
Год выпуска: 2008
Формат: mp3
Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps
Размер: ~ 176 Mb
Imagine a pianist with Thelonious Monk's angularity, Cecil Taylor's force, and Andrew Hill's genius, coupled with a profound compositional mind that extends, elevates, and elaborates on the traditions of jazz, world, and Indian music, and you'll get Vijay Iyer, the most critically acclaimed improvisationally oriented artist of this young century. Named the # 1 Rising Star Jazz Artist of the Year and the # 1 Rising Star Composer of the Year in Down Beat magazine's 2006 and 2007 International Critics' Poll, this sensational South Asian/American pianist/composer/author/educator has performed and recorded with an impressive roster of stars, from Steve Coleman and John Zorn, to poet Amiri Baraka and the rap duo dead prez, and has presented a number of astonishing CDs as a leader and co-leader.
Any artist blessed with such far-reaching gifts will have something to say. And on Tragicomic, his Sunnyside debut, Iyer delivers a stupendous sonic commentary on our contemporary world. With him is his fabulous quartet, featuring alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, bassist Stephan Crump, and drummer Marcus Gilmore, the grandson of the legendary drum giant Roy Haynes. This twelve-track recording is the augmented version of a previous piece of the same name commissioned by Chamber Music America. “Cornel West decodes the blues aesthetic as a tragicomic sensibility stemming from a sustained encounter with arguably history's greatest, cruelest absurdity--the kind in which 'even ultimate purpose and objective order are called into question ...'" Iyer writes in the CD's liner notes. “In our perilous moment of global transition, we have everything to learn from this sensibility. A tragicomic outlook can ease our pains of metamorphosis and help us dream the next phase into being. That's how and why this music was made."
Any artist blessed with such far-reaching gifts will have something to say. And on Tragicomic, his Sunnyside debut, Iyer delivers a stupendous sonic commentary on our contemporary world. With him is his fabulous quartet, featuring alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, bassist Stephan Crump, and drummer Marcus Gilmore, the grandson of the legendary drum giant Roy Haynes. This twelve-track recording is the augmented version of a previous piece of the same name commissioned by Chamber Music America. “Cornel West decodes the blues aesthetic as a tragicomic sensibility stemming from a sustained encounter with arguably history's greatest, cruelest absurdity--the kind in which 'even ultimate purpose and objective order are called into question ...'" Iyer writes in the CD's liner notes. “In our perilous moment of global transition, we have everything to learn from this sensibility. A tragicomic outlook can ease our pains of metamorphosis and help us dream the next phase into being. That's how and why this music was made."
Tracks:
1. The Weight of Things [Crump, Gilmore, Iyer, Mahanthappa] 02:17
2. Macaca Please [Iyer] 04:54
3. Aftermath [Iyer] 06:20
4. Comin' Up [Bud Powell] 04:22
5. Without Lions [Iyer] 02:54
6. Mehndi [Iyer] 06:50
7. Age of Everything [Iyer] 05:24
8. Window Text [Iyer] 5:43
9. I'm All Smiles [Michael Leonard] 04:44
10. Machine Days [Iyer] 07:28
11. Threnody [Iyer] 06:08
12. Becoming [Iyer] 03:38
The Players:
Vijay Iyer - piano,
Rudresh Mahanthappa - alto saxophone (1-3, 5, 6, 10, 11),
Stephan Crump - bass (1-8, 10-12),
Marcus Gilmore - drums (1-8, 10-12).
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