Vijay Iyer

A listening party for the new album Love In Exile from Vijay Iyer, vocalist Arooj Aftab, and multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily.

This first hour we re-air conversations with musicians who you can catch performing this weekend in NYC. Next up, we revisit our chat with pianist Vijay Iyer on his album, 'Uneasy.'

Vijay Iyer's new album, Uneasy.

Pianist, composer, writer and Harvard Professor Vijay Iyer joins The Takeaway to discuss his new album.

The pianist and MacArthur genius Vijay Iyer is one of the great living jazz musicians, although a lot of his music isn't what you'd recognize as jazz. In addition to leading a trio a...

Musician Vijay Iyer is an acclaimed jazz pianist and composer and one of this year's recipients of a MacArthur Genius Grant. He has a new album out with poet/performer Mike Ladd calle...

Acclaimed musician Vijay Iyer was recently named a MacArthur Fellow, in part, for his contributions to changing conceptions of modern-day jazz. Now, he's expanded his artistry through a new collaborative project with veterans returning home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the new album, "Holding It Down: The ...

Jazz pianist Vijay Iyer and classical pianist Jeremy Denk are among this year's recipients of the 24 MacArthur Foundation "genius grants."

For three nights in October, WNYC presented live concerts at the World Financial Center's Winter Garden atrium, with each one hosted by John Schaefer. On the last night of the event, jazz pianist and composer Vijay Iyer performs with his trio. The set included the piece "Break Stuff" which was inspired by music writer Jeff Chang's history of hip hop, the 2005 book Can't Stop, Wont Stop, and tells us how he was moved by a pivotal story from the dawn of the genre.

 

Pianist Vijay Iyer, poet Mike Ladd and and Iraq War veteran Maurice Decaul join us for a live performance and discussion about the Harlem Stage-commissioned work Holding It Down: The ...

The latest collaboration between pianist and composer Vijay Iyer and spoken word artist Mike Ladd delves deep into the psyche of modern-day veterans. "Holding It Down: The Veterans' D...

Indian-American jazz pianist Vijay Iyer earned widespread acclaim for his 2009 album, “Historicity.” Now, the Ph.D. advances his forward-thinking jazz with an album called “Accelerando” – which moves through a blend of original compositions and those borrowed from the likes of Duke Ellington and even Michael Jackson. Iyer and his trio play live.

Vijay Iyer’s latest album, “Solo,” finds the acclaimed jazz pianist going it alone on five originals, as well as songs by Thelonious Monk, Michael Jackson and others. But today, Iyer joins us with pianist and electric keyboardist Craig Taborn to double the fun with two in-studio performances.  

Composer and pianist Vijay Iyer has long mixed two genres in his work: jazz and Indian music. On his latest album, Historicity, he not only covers the jazz standards, but also sets his sight on popular music with covers of songs by M.I.A and Stevie Wonder. He performs lives in ...

Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout set off a heated debate in jazz circles recently with a column that cited declining attendance for jazz concerts and concluded the future for the art form is bleak. He joins us along with jazz pianist Vijay Iyer, to discuss why the audience ...

Fieldwork, a trio consisting of saxophonist Steve Lehman, pianist Vijay Iyer, and drummer Tyshawn Sorey, create exploratory jazz that mixes African, South Asian and electronica styles. The group's cumulative resume includes stints with some of the great avant-jazz pioneers, such as Steve Coleman, Roscoe Mitchell, Anthony Braxton, and others. They ...