ACCELERANDO / Vijay Iyer Trio
ACT (2012)
Jazz / Piano Jazz
CD
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About Album
"Accelerando" is his hardest-hitting trio album yet, loaded as it is with compact, forceful pieces of music. Iyer's own production gives a lot of stereo real estate to Gilmore's kick drum and Crump's bass, meaning that every fast, hard passage hits with a bang, and the quieter, sparser sections, such as the tumbling melodic hook of their version of Michael Jackson's Human Nature (which Iyer tackled on his own two years ago on Solo), feel lighter than air by comparison.
Song List
- 1. Bode - 02:18 (Iyer, Vijay)
- 2. Optimism - 07:23 (Iyer, Vijay)
- 3. The Star Of A Story - 05:46 (Temperton, Rodney)
- 4. Human Nature [Trio Extension] - 09:39 (Porcaro, Steve / Bettis, John)
- 5. Wildflower - 04:10 (Nichols, Herbie)
- 6. Mmmhmm - 04:33 (Ellison, Steve / Bruner, Stephen)
- 7. Little Pocket Size Demons - 07:14 (Threadgill, Henry)
- 8. Lude - 04:54 (Iyer, Vijay)
- 9. Accelerando - 02:51 (Iyer, Vijay)
- 10. Actions Speak - 05:38 (Iyer, Vijay)
- 11. The Village of The Virgins - 05:17 (Ellington, Duke)
Comments
“The world’s full of fine jazz piano trios, but Iyer’s is way up to the A-list.“
Guardian
