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The Best Jazz Albums of 2021 (So Far)
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May 25, 2021 - 2:57 pm
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GRAMMY.com is proud to curate a playlist for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2021. Uncontained by genre or racial identity within the Asian and Pacific Islander diasporas, the result is a sonic tour through wildly divergent genres: pop, jazz, classical and beyond. We ve also compiled quotes from artists as well as Recording Academy staffers who self-identify as AAPI.
Uneasy, is a striking document of synergy and awareness.
Iyer, along with bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Tyshawn Sorey, musically calls attention to a global state of angst and disarray. The music is dark and contemplative, but the rhythmic drive also suggests energy, optimism and forward motion. Artists end up being right at the forefront of change, Iyer says. They re always going to be right on the edge finding out what is possible.
The trio of Iyer, Sorey and Oh possess a deft command of the instruments, yet this trio s musical acumen lies in their ability to breathe together. The steady pulse of Retrofit ; the rhythmic re-imagining of Joe Henderson s arrangement of Night and Day ; and the blues and roots excavated in Combat Breathing all flow with a living, human sound. Recorded at the end of 2019,
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Vijay Iyer performs with Craig Taborn during Winter JazzFest on ECM Records stage at Le Poisson Rouge. Photo: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images, LightRocket via Getty Images
The Chronicle’s guide to notable new music.
NEW ALBUMS
Vijay Iyer Trio, “UnEasy” (ECM)
While the New York jazz pianist and composer’s projects have had many iterations, this is his first album leading a trio since 2015’s forcefully enacted “Break Stuff.” Joined by drummer Tyshawn Sorey and Linda May Han Oh on bass, “UnEasy” sees three players at the top of their game. Their connectivity is uncanny, finding harmony in avant-garde improvisations at every turn. Oh and Storey especially shine on a version of Cole Porter’s “Night and Day,” and Iyer is at his finest on the dazzling keys of “Configurations.”
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