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180g audiophile vinyl pressing. Tip-On Gatefold packaging.
Vijay Iyer presents a powerful new trio, in which he is joined by two key figures in creative music, Tyshawn Sorey and Linda May Han Oh.
We have an energy together that is very distinct. It has a different kind of propulsion, a different impulse and a different spectrum of colours.
Repertoire on Uneasy, recorded at Oktaven Audio Studio in Mount Vernon, New York in December 2019, includes Iyer originals written over a span of 20 years, plus Gerri Allens Drummers Song and a radical recasting of Cole Porters Night and Day.
Vijay Iyer: piano
Linda May Han Oh: double bass Tyshawn Sorey: drums
These 10 Uneasy pieces span 20 years of Iyers career, save for a breezily ingenious interpretation of Cole Porters Night and Day, and a scintillating Sorey embellished take on pianist Geri Allens whimsically punchy Drummer Song. The relentlessly pumping Combat Breathing reflects the trios collective chemistry as well as Iyers commitment to social and political themes.
**** The Guardian
The second cover, Drummers Song, written by the late Geri Allen, showcases the trios strength and fluency. Drummer Tyshawn Sorey, a longtime collaborator, equals Iyer for power, thrust and mastery of compound time. His sizzling press rolls and offbeat rimshots are matched by the firm lines and imaginative spark of Linda May Han Ohs double bass to produce a powerful trio of equal partners.
**** Financial Times
These grade-A players cohere impressively on what is a session that pushes the vocabulary of previous releases such as Historicity and Break Stuff further down a personal evolutionary roadIyer continues to document the contemporary American experience, with its catalogue of inconvenient truths and dehumanizing facts, with music that deftly sidesteps convention while staying true to all manner of far reaching traditions in Black music.
**** (Editors Choice) Jazzwise
If the theme of the album is uncertainty then, ironically, that restlessness has inspired a hugely confident sounding trio. A candidate for the best of 2021 lists? I should think so.
LondonJazzNews
.. .astonishing creativity. One of the records of the year, no doubt.
The Blue Moment
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