Composer-pianist Vijay Iyer, based in Harlem (New York), has carved out a unique path as an influential, prolific, shape-shifting presence in modern music. A musical innovator, an active collaborator, and a member of multiple artistic communities, Iyer continues to reimagine the role of the musician in the 21st century.
Iyer has generated over thirty albums covering remarkably diverse terrain. He has many collaborators include creative music pioneers Steve Coleman, Wadada Leo Smith, Roscoe Mitchell, Butch Morris, George Lewis, Amina Claudine Myers, William Parker, Graham Haynes, Miya Masaoka, Pamela Z, John Zorn; next-generation artists Rudresh Mahanthappa, Rez Abbasi, Craig Taborn, Ambrose Akinmusire, Liberty Ellman, Steve Lehman, Matana Roberts, Tyshawn Sorey, Dead Prez, DJ Spooky, Himanshu Suri of Das Racist, HPrizm of Antipop Consortium, DJ Val Jeanty, Karsh Kale, Suphala, Imani Uzuri, and Talvin Singh; filmmakers Haile Gerima, Prashant Bhargava, and Bill Morrison; choreographer Karole Armitage; novelist and essayist Teju Cole; and poets Mike Ladd, Amiri Baraka, Charles Simic, and Robert Pinsky. A polymath whose career has spanned the sciences, the humanities, and the arts, Iyer received an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in the cognitive science of music from the University of California, Berkeley.
Playlist :
Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd : Security (In What Language? - Self-released - 2003)
Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd : Asylum (InWhatStrumentals - Self-released - 2020)
Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey : Combat Breathing (UnEasy - ECM Records - 2021)
Roscoe Mitchell & The Note Factory : Step One, Two, Three (Song For My Sister - Pi Recordings - 2002)
Vijay Iyer : Mutation VI: Waves (Mutations - ECM Records - 2014)
Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey : Combat Breathing (UnEasy - ECM Records - 2021)
Picture Vijay Iyer © Ebru Yildiz