Vijay Iyer Trio with Special Guest Wadada Leo Smith at Jazz Standard

In this lineup of the Trio, the pianist joins forces with bassist Stephan Crump and drummer Tyshawn Sorey. Both are longtime members of the Vijay Iyer Sextet, voted Jazz Band of the Year in the 2018 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards. With a very special guest to be announced! A highly maneuverable vehicle for his African, Indian and mathinspired rhythmic ideas, now at a dizzying pinnacle of contemporary jazz multitasking. (John Fordham, The Guardian, 1.29.2015) 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...

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In this lineup of the Trio, the pianist joins forces with bassist Stephan Crump and drummer Tyshawn Sorey. Both are longtime members of the Vijay Iyer Sextet, voted Jazz Band of the Year in the 2018 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards. With a very special guest to be announced! A highly maneuverable vehicle for his African, Indian and mathinspired rhythmic ideas, now at a dizzying pinnacle of contemporary jazz multitasking. (John Fordham, The Guardian, 1.29.2015) 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 pianoStephan Crump bassTyshawn Sorey drumsWith Special GuestWadada Leo Smith trumpet

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