| Iyer, Vijay / Reimagining |
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| Album: | Reimagining | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Iyer, Vijay | Added: | 08/2005 | |
| Label: | Savoy Jazz | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-08-07 | Pull Date: | 2005-10-09 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | 9 Oct | 2 Oct | 25 Sep | 18 Sep | 11 Sep | 4 Sep | 28 Aug | 21 Aug |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 03, 2005: | Asymtotic Freedom Cardio | 4. | Sep 23, 2005: | Memory Select Phalanx | |
| 2. | Sep 30, 2005: | Memory Select Song for Midwood | 5. | Sep 22, 2005: | Eran Mukamel Imagine | |
| 3. | Sep 29, 2005: | Eran Mukamel Experience | 6. | Sep 16, 2005: | Memory Select Phalanx |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2005-08-11 | ||
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Mainstream piano quartet with an edgy groove. Vijay is a pianist formerly from the Bay Area, and this CD with Savoy is like a well deserved promotion to the big leagues. Vijay's stuff is melodic in a nontraditional way, lots of tension, lots of energy, but shielded by that contemporary jazz coolness. Even the mellow tracks have a fairly fast beat behind them, with solos that really dig in. His piano solos are thick and tangly, great stuff. Accessible, but with edgy elements; you can tell Vijay's got some unique ideas on the keyboard. Listen! Play! SEE ALSO: - Fieldwork (tough-edged trio featuring Iyer, like track #9 here) - Rudresh Mahanthappa (sax player; similarly edgy-yet-accessible) - Iyer & Mike Ladd: "In What Language?" (GREAT spoken-word jazz) 1- Rolling mid/fast 2- Quiet insistent pulse. Intensifies. 3- Fast but low/slinky lines, nice cold intensity 4- Midtempo and spacious. Patient w/fast burbling solos 5- Mid/fast, firey but lush 6- Spry, snappy. Has its quiet/cute parts. 7- Mid/fast, strong, rainy-day feel. Mildly classical. 8- Soft, mellow, but fast. Turns into a sparkling fast piano display. 9- Aggressive piano stabs. Both spiky and smooth, cool effect. 10- John Lennon cover, nicely dramatic and not cloying. Good. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Revolutions | 6. | Cardio | |||
| 2. | Inertia | 7. | Experience | |||
| 3. | Song for Midwood | 8. | Composites | |||
| 4. | Infogee's Cakewalk | 9. | Phalanx | |||
| 5. | The Big Almost | 10. | Imagine |