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April 13, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Vijay Iyer Trio: Uneasy

Vijay Iyer Trio Uneasy ECM Records This new version of the Vijay Iyer Trio features players known to each other – and players known for their work out on their own and in various other combos. Iyer (piano) and Tyshawn Sorey (drums) have worked together on and off for 20 years – bassist Linda May […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Bass, Drums, ECM, ECM Records, Jazz, Linda May Han Oh, Piano, Trio, Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy, Vijay Iyer, Vijay Iyer Trio, Vijay Iyer Trio: Uneasy, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Reid Anderson/Dave King/Craig Taborn: Golden Valley Is Now

Reid Anderson/Dave King/Craig Taborn Golden Valley Is Now Intakt Records I am loving this album! A favourite as soon as I heard it in late 2019, and it’s been on near non-stop play into the first few days of 2020 – this is Reid Anderson and Dave King, the rhythm section from The Bad Plus […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Craig Taborn, Dave King, Golden Valley Is Now, Reid Anderson, Reid Anderson/Dave King/Craig Taborn, The Bad Plus, Tortoise, Vijay Iyer, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 24, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn: The Transitory Poems 

Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn  The Transitory Poems  ECM  Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn, two of the finest pianists of the current crop, first worked together back in the early and mid-00s as part of Roscoe Mitchell’s band – this album marks their first work together as a duo.   If you love/d the Herbie Hancock/Chick Corea album or any of Keith Jarrett’s solo piano explorations then you’ll want to sign […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), 2019, Album Review, Budapest, Chick Corea, Classical, Craig Taborn, Duo, ECM, Francesco Turrisi, Herbie Hancock, Instrumental, Jazz, Keith Jarrett, Live, Live at Liszt Academy, Pianists, Piano, The Transitory Poems, Vijay Iyer, Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn, Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn: The Transitory Poems, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 139: Mike Ladd – “Welcome To The Afterfuture” 

Mike Ladd is a rapper I’ve been aware of for a while – yet I never heard this. It’s fantastic. Everything I’ve heard him do – or heard him on – has been great. I love his albums with jazz pianist Vijay Iyer. He’s one of the people you can point to as furthering hip-hop, taking it beyond anger […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums Challenge, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 2000, 2000s, Hip-Hop, Mike Ladd, Mike Ladd - “Welcome To The Afterfuture”, Rap, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 139, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 139: Mike Ladd - “Welcome To The Afterfuture”, Vijay Iyer, Welcome To The Afterfuture ·

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March 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Tyshawn Sorey: Pillars

Tyshawn Sorey  Pillars  Firehouse Records  Tyshawn Sorey is the type of multi-instrumentalist and all-around musical force (composer, arranger, conductor, sideman and leader) that it’s nearly impossible for us mere mortals to wrap our thinking-gear around it really. There he is behind the kit making strange, alluring shapes with an improv legend like Roscoe Mitchell or re-inventing post-bop yet again as part […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 3CD, Album Review, Classical, Composition, Contemporary Classical, Drone, Drummer, Drums, Firehouse Records, Impro, Jazz, Joe Morris, Max Richter's Sleep, Minimalism, Modern, Percussion, Piano, Pillars, Pillars I, Pillars II, Pillars III, Roscoe Mitchell, Skjold/Højensgård Project, That / Not, Trombone, Tyshawn Sorey, Tyshawn Sorey: Pillars, Vijay Iyer, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Vijay Iyer Sextet: Far From Over

Vijay Iyer Sextet Far From Over ECM Vijay Iyer – versatile, prolific, consummate – here with his regular trio (though Tyshawn Sorey, powerhouse, genius, is subbing in on drums) augmented with horns (Steve Lehman and Mark Skim on saxes, Graham Haynes on trumpet) has made another stunning work. Far From Over digs deep, provides funk […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, ECM, Far From Over, Graham Haynes, Jazz, Mark Skim, Stephan Crump, Steve Lehman, Tyshawn Sorey, Vijay Iyer, Vijay Iyer Sextet, Vijay Iyer Sextet: Far From Over, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Vijay Iyer Trio: Break Stuff

Vijay Iyer Trio Break Stuff ECM It’s hard to keep up with Vijay Iyer, releasing strong album on top of strong album – here he follows up his ECM debut, with an explosive double-album’s worth of tunes, gorgeous melodies and propulsive playing will delight as Iyer and his rhythm section of more than a decade […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bass, Break Stuff, Drums, ECM, Jazz, Marcus GIlmore, Piano, Stephan Crump, Trio, Vijay Iyer, Vijay Iyer Trio ·

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April 5, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Vijay Iyer: Mutations

Vijay Iyer Mutations ECM This is Vijay Iyer’s first album as a leader on ECM and it puts his piano with a string quartet to explore the various mutations of the title, a series of pieces that gently soar, circling and moving from light jazz to very dense, almost crushing night music. Iyer has shown […]
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February 26, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd:Holding It Down – The Veterans’ Dreams Project

Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd Holding It Down: The Veterans’ Dreams Project Pi. Recordings There are a lot of similarities between the debacle of the Vietnam War and what was swiftly dubbed “the war on terror”. Post 9/11, Americans had to – at first – take the word of their government, had to believe that […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Holding It Down, Holding It Down: The Veterans’ Dreams Project, Mike Ladd, Vijay Iyer, Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd ·

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