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Florian Weber - From Cousteau's Point Of View , Fragile Cocoon
from the new album 'Lucent Waters'

ECM 2593

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Ralph Alessi  trumpet
Florian Weber  piano
Linda May Han Oh  double bass
Nasheet Waits  drums

In his second ECM appearance (following a critically-acclaimed duo recording with Markus Stockhausen) pianist Florian Weber leads a strong cast through a programme of his compositions and sketches.  Whether paying tribute to mentor Lee Konitz on “Honestlee”, impressionistically conveying the glittering “Melody of a Waterfall” or generating impactful drama out of fragments of sound on “Butterfly Effect”, Weber continually draws fresh responses from his players.  “I wanted this project to be as open as possible”, he says. “It’s the idea of exploration that is important here, and the differences between the players.” The strong, grounded bass of Linda May Han Oh contrasts strikingly with Nasheet Waits’s fleet, fluid drumming, setting up new contexts for Ralph Alessi’s elegantly inventive trumpet and the leader’s highly creative piano playing.  Lucent Waters was recorded at Studios La Buissonne in the South of France in September 2017, and produced by Manfred Eicher.

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'Compassion' - the title track from the new Vijay Iyer Trio album.

Vijay Iyer: piano
Linda May Han Oh: double bass
Tyshawn Sorey: drums

Out on CD, 2-LP gatefold, digital:  https://ecm.lnk.to/Compassion

Pianist-composer Vijay Iyer follows his 2021 ECM disc Uneasy — the first to showcase his trio featuring bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Tyshawn Sorey — with Compassion, another album in league with these two gifted partners. The New York Times captured the special qualities of this group, pointing to the trio’s flair for playing “with a lithe range of motion and resplendent clarity… while stoking a kind of writhing internal tension. Crucial to that balance is their ability to connect with each other almost telepathically.” Compassion, Iyer’s eighth release as a leader for ECM, continues his drive to explore fresh territory while also referencing his forebears along the way, two of them long associated with the label. The album includes a powerful interpretation of Stevie Wonder’s “Overjoyed,” which Iyer selected as an indirect homage to the late Chick Corea. Another tip of the hat comes with “Nonaah,” a whirlwind of a piece by avant-garde sage Roscoe Mitchell, a key mentor for the pianist. Then there are Iyer’s own melodically alluring, rhythmically invigorating compositions, ranging from the pensive title track to the hook-laced highlights “Tempest” and “Ghostrumental.” The album was produced by Manfred Eicher and Vijay Iyer.

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Vijay Iyer Trio: COMPASSION (Full track video)

Linda May Han Oh - Topic

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Walk Against Wind

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Released on: 2017-04-14

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Overjoyed · Vijay Iyer · Linda May Han Oh · Tyshawn Sorey

Compassion

℗ 2024 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Released on: 2024-02-02

Associated  Performer, Piano: Vijay Iyer
Associated  Performer, Double  Bass: Linda May Han Oh
Associated  Performer, Drums: Tyshawn Sorey
Producer: Manfred Eicher
Studio  Personnel, Recording  Engineer, Mixer: Ryan Streber
Studio  Personnel, Mastering  Engineer: Christoph Stickel
Composer  Lyricist: Stevie Wonder

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Overjoyed

Vijay Iyer Trio - Prelude: Orsion (from the new album 'Compassion')

Vijay Iyer: piano
Linda May Han Oh: double-bass
Tyshawn Sorey: drums

Release: February 02, 2024 on CD, 2-LP, download and streaming:
Click here: https://ecm.lnk.to/Compassion

ECM 2760                 

Pianist-composer Vijay Iyer follows his 2021 ECM disc Uneasy — the first to showcase his trio featuring bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Tyshawn Sorey — with Compassion, another album in league with these two gifted partners. The New York Times captured the special qualities of this group, pointing to the trio’s flair for playing “with a lithe range of motion and resplendent clarity… while stoking a kind of writhing internal tension. Crucial to that balance is their ability to connect with each other almost telepathically.” Compassion, Iyer’s eighth release as a leader for ECM, continues his drive to explore fresh territory while also referencing his forebears along the way, two of them long associated with the label. The album includes a powerful interpretation of Stevie Wonder’s “Overjoyed,” which Iyer selected as an indirect homage to the late Chick Corea. Another tip of the hat comes with “Nonaah,” a whirlwind of a piece by avant-garde sage Roscoe Mitchell, a key mentor for the pianist. Then there are Iyer’s own melodically alluring, rhythmically invigorating compositions, ranging from the pensive title track to the hook-laced highlights “Tempest” and “Ghostrumental.” The album was produced by Manfred Eicher and Vijay Iyer.

#ecm #ecmrecords #vijayiyer #lindamayhanoh #tyshawnsorey #newrelease #vijayiyertrio

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Vijay Iyer Trio - Prelude: Orison (from the new album 'Compassion') | ECM Records

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Arch · Vijay Iyer · Linda May Han Oh · Tyshawn Sorey

Compassion

℗ 2024 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Released on: 2024-02-02

Associated  Performer, Piano: Vijay Iyer
Associated  Performer, Double  Bass: Linda May Han Oh
Associated  Performer, Drums: Tyshawn Sorey
Producer: Manfred Eicher
Studio  Personnel, Recording  Engineer, Mixer: Ryan Streber
Studio  Personnel, Mastering  Engineer: Christoph Stickel
Composer: Vijay Iyer

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About this clip:
 
Pianist Vijay Iyer and his trio featuring bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Tyshawn Sorey perform Thelonious Monk's "Work" and Iyer's composition "Maelstrom" from his forth coming album during their performance on April 7, 2023 — part of the 2022-23 Season, broadcast on Fridays Live.
 
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About the concert:
 
Vijay Iyer presents the Bay Area premiere of the most recent iteration of his superlative trio.
By the time Iyer released his first trio album with the standard bass and drums configuration he’d established himself as one of the most accomplished and conceptually probing pianists of his generation. His lavishly praised 2009 album Historicity introduced his powerhouse working band with bassist Stephan Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore, which served as Iyer’s primary trio vehicle for the next decade (with Iyer’s fellow MacArthur Fellow Tyshawn Sorey sometimes taking over the drum chair). In 2021, he introduced a new trio with Sorey and bassist Linda May Han Oh that seemed to capture the disquieting zeitgeist with another critically hailed album, Uneasy (ECM). While credited to all three musicians and marked by breathtaking interplay, the trio reflects Iyer’s vision as the group navigates the intricate rhythmic cycles, rollercoaster momentum shifts, and dense harmonies that make the pianist’s music so enthralling. He also wrote most of the tunes, though Sorey, a celebrated composer in and outside of jazz, and Oh, a bassist with astounding tonal control, are full partners in bringing the music to raw and glorious life.
 
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Vijay Iyer: piano
Linda May Han Oh: bass
Tyshawn Sorey: drums

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SFJAZZ Singles: Vijay Iyer Trio performs "Maelstrom"

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Children Of Flint · Vijay Iyer · Linda May Han Oh · Tyshawn Sorey

Children Of Flint

℗ 2021 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Released on: 2021-02-26

Producer: Manfred Eicher
Studio  Personnel, Recording  Engineer, Mixer: Ryan Streber
Studio  Personnel, Mastering  Engineer: Christoph Stickel
Associated  Performer, Piano: Vijay Iyer
Associated  Performer, Double  Bass: Linda May Han Oh
Associated  Performer, Drums: Tyshawn Sorey
Composer: Vijay Iyer

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Children Of Flint

'Tempest' - from the new Vijay Iyer Trio album 'Compassion'.

Vijay Iyer: piano
Linda May Han Oh: double bass
Tyshawn Sorey: drums

Out on CD, 2-LP gatefold, digital:  https://ecm.lnk.to/Compassion

Pianist-composer Vijay Iyer follows his 2021 ECM disc Uneasy — the first to showcase his trio featuring bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Tyshawn Sorey — with Compassion, another album in league with these two gifted partners. The New York Times captured the special qualities of this group, pointing to the trio’s flair for playing “with a lithe range of motion and resplendent clarity… while stoking a kind of writhing internal tension. Crucial to that balance is their ability to connect with each other almost telepathically.” Compassion, Iyer’s eighth release as a leader for ECM, continues his drive to explore fresh territory while also referencing his forebears along the way, two of them long associated with the label. The album includes a powerful interpretation of Stevie Wonder’s “Overjoyed,” which Iyer selected as an indirect homage to the late Chick Corea. Another tip of the hat comes with “Nonaah,” a whirlwind of a piece by avant-garde sage Roscoe Mitchell, a key mentor for the pianist. Then there are Iyer’s own melodically alluring, rhythmically invigorating compositions, ranging from the pensive title track to the hook-laced highlights “Tempest” and “Ghostrumental.” The album was produced by Manfred Eicher and Vijay Iyer.

#ecm #ecmrecords #vijayiyer #lindamayhanoh #tyshawnsorey #newrelease #vijayiyertrio


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Vijay Iyer - Tempest (from the new album 'Compassion) | ECM Records

NPR Music

Vijay Iyer is probably best known as a pianist and bandleader in the African-American creative improvisational tradition — most say "jazz" for short — though he's also several other things in music. He's a composer of chamber, large ensemble and mixed-media works; a Harvard professor; a student of Indian classical music; a father and New York City resident. Committed as he is to multiplicity, there's one place you can see many of his interests distilled at once: the trio he's led for nearly a dozen years.

The long-standing relationship he's forged with Stephan Crump (bass) and Marcus Gilmore (drums) accommodates all sorts of risk and translates into reward. The three play daring games of rhythmic interaction. They take Iyer's pieces designed for strings or big band and reduce without losing vitality. They do John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk, Flying Lotus and M.I.A.

The morning after a gig in Washington, D.C., the trio got up to visit NPR headquarters before a noon train back to New York. (There was a lot of espresso involved.) In one continuous performance, Iyer, Crump and Gilmore treated us to a few pieces from Iyer's deep catalog, including two from the new album Break Stuff — ending on the scintillating "Hood," inspired by pioneering Detroit techno DJ Robert Hood. After the blaze of the main set, they played a calm and pretty theme dedicated to the late poet and activist Amiri Baraka – it originally came Iyer's suite for string quartet and piano Time, Place, Action. There's excitement, daring, overload, and speed in Vijay Iyer's music, but, as we were reminded: Just like anyone else, he looks for beauty too.--PATRICK JARENWATTANANON

For more from the Vijay Iyer Trio, check out its performance for Jazz Night In America on Wednesday, May 6, and archived afterward.

Set List

"Diptych"
"Time, Place, Action - Excerpt 1 (Libra)"
"Questions Of Agency"
"Hood"
"Time, Place, Action - Excerpt 2 (For Amiri Baraka)
Credits

Producers: Bob Boilen, Colin Marshall; Audio Engineer: Brian Jarboe; Videographers: Colin Marshall, Morgan McCloy, Maggie Starbard; Assistant Producer: Olivia Merrion; photo by Olivia Merrion/NPR

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