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Touching on both Cole Porter and Eric Garner, this long-time trio invigorate bop with thrilling, socially conscious free jazz
Moving to a group pulse . Linda May Han Oh, Vijay Iyer and Tyshawn Sorey.
Moving to a group pulse . Linda May Han Oh, Vijay Iyer and Tyshawn Sorey.
Fri 23 Apr 2021 03.30 EDT
For a former Yale maths graduate fascinated by the metrical labyrinths of South Indian Carnatic music, the prolific Tamil-descended American pianist and composer Vijay Iyer is pretty nonchalant about letting his bands loose with the sketchiest of plans.
Partnerships with unpredictable outcomes have driven him since the mid-1990s, whether in post-bop, free jazz, classical music, or projects with film-makers, poets and choreographers, while his composing has been influenced by legends from Thelonious Monk to Stevie Wonder. Uneasy is this trioâs ECM debut, but its intuitive intimacy goes back to its formation in 2014 at Canadaâs Banff International Workshop in Jazz and C
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In the months ahead, we will see what impact the state of suspended animation that defined 2020 has had upon the release schedule of 2021. This column expects an even greater surge in deluxe reissues given the relative ease of production. News has already started to emerge, however, about delays in the manufacturing and release process thanks to the glistening sunlit uplands of Brexit.
With increased delivery times from certain EU plants, many labels are switching to the limited options closer to home and this is leading to sizeable lead times for established plants like
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Drunk-tank pink is the shade of pacification. Meant to neutralize hostility and placate violence, the color was originally developed for a naval correctional institute in 1979, and when studies appeared to confirm its calming effects, the bubblegum hue was splashed across prison cells, psychiatric wards, and of course, drunk tanks. South London loudmouths Shame seem immune to its powers. Their second album is named for the pigment, which frontman Charlie Steen slathered on the walls of a roomy closet at home. During a period of self-imposed hermetism inside what he christened âthe Womb,â Steen sat in silence and channeled an internal noise.