Vijay Iyer Trio at Jazz Standard

Vijay Iyer joins forces with bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Tyshawn Sorey, both acclaimed composers and bandleaders in their own right. Modern jazz in peak form...Navigating strong emotions with as much sensation as reason, this music makes close listening cathartic. (Michelle Mercer, DownBeat)A selftaught pianist with a scholarly background, Vijay Iyer arrived at jazz stardom through a side door. But in the past five years or so, he has increasingly been invited into some of musics most rarefied spaces, largely because of his iconoclasm, not in spite of it. Genre definitions have largely dissolved; nondenominational leaders are needed...

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Vijay Iyer joins forces with bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Tyshawn Sorey, both acclaimed composers and bandleaders in their own right. Modern jazz in peak form...Navigating strong emotions with as much sensation as reason, this music makes close listening cathartic. (Michelle Mercer, DownBeat)A selftaught pianist with a scholarly background, Vijay Iyer arrived at jazz stardom through a side door. But in the past five years or so, he has increasingly been invited into some of musics most rarefied spaces, largely because of his iconoclasm, not in spite of it. Genre definitions have largely dissolved; nondenominational leaders are needed. (Giovanni Russonello, NY Times, 6.7.2017) Jazz Standard is proud to present the awardwinning pianist, composer and bandleader in this multiformat, multinight engagement. Vijay Iyer pianoLinda May Han Oh bassTyshawn Sorey drums

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