NYC’s The Village Vanguard reopened for the first time in 2022 on this past Tuesday (1/25) with a run of shows from pianist Vijay Iyer, bassist Linda May Han Oh, and drummer Tyshawn Sorey. Their short ...

When Vijay Iyer signed to ECM Records in 2013, he joined a prestigious group of world-class musicians (including fellow pianist Keith Jarrett). With Uneasy, Iyer returns to familiar territory by ...

At this time last year, Morning Edition was looking for ways to chronicle, and through that make sense of a moment as dramatic as anything in recent memory. We turned to music almost immediately, and ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The trio: Linda May Han Oh, Vijay Iyer and Tyshawn Sorey. Credit: Lauren Snelling, via Spoleto ...

As the title track of Compassion gets conjured up on a rubato tumble of Tyshawn Sorey's cymbals, bassist Linda May Han Oh begins her work which—on all of Compassion—is herculean. Vijay Iyer ushers in, ...

High honors keep coming for these two creative artists. In June, the Jazz Journalists Association named Vijay Iyer the 2010 Musician of the Year. And Miguel Zenon followed his Guggenheim Fellowship in ...

After being introduced to one another by M-Base saxophonist Steve Coleman a decade ago, pianist Vijay Iyer and alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthapa have shared a long and fruitful career together. Both ...

NEW YORK — As enchanted staircases go, the entry to the Village Vanguard is tough to beat. Duck down the steps and you’re walking into one of the most storied rooms in American music. You’re also ...

Vijay Iyer's story is not uncommon in modern jazz. He's mostly self-taught (although he did study the Suzuki method for violin) and played in rock bands as a kid before turning to the piano and jazz.

Vijay Iyer's mind is a little bit terrifying. A MacArthur-certified "genius," he earned degrees in mathematics and physics from Yale and Berkeley before committing to a career as a pianist and ...

At the end of the album version of Wu-Tang Clan’s “Can It Be All So Simple,” RZA’s grimy, chest-rattling beat fades into an early-90s radio review featuring Clan members Raekwon and Method Man.

New releases from Tyshawn Sorey, Kim Cass, Bill Charlap, Tarbaby, Matthew Shipp, Kris Davis and others are showcasing how a classic format can still feel fresh. By Hank Shteamer Hear tracks by Camila ...