Jazz Line-Up - Vijay Iyer

Kevin LeGendre talks to New York pianist Vijay Iyer, who since 1999 has staked a claim as one of the city's key new voices, producing highly-rated work with his quartet, his trio and a duet with spoken word artist Mike Ladd. Vijay gives his thoughts on playing solo as opposed to playing in the Quartet and talks about the influence of pop music on his own compositions, which in turn has become part of today's jazz. Title: C-Jam Blues Artist: Red Garland Trio (Red Garland - piano, Paul Chambers - bass, Arthur Taylor drums) Album: Groovy Label: Prestige 0888072306523 Track: 1 Comp: Duke Ellington Publ. EMI Robbins Catalog-ASCAP Dur:8m17s Title: Snake Stance Artist: Nasheet Waits (Logan Richardson - alto sax, Jason Moran - piano, Tarus Mateen - bass, Nasheet Waits - drums) Album: Equality Label: Fresh Sound New Talent FSNT 347 Track: 7 Comp: Jason Moran Publ. SGAE Dur:4m04s Title: Smoke Stack Artist: Vijay Iyer Trio (Vijay Iyer - piano, Stephan Crump - bass, Marcus Gilmore, drums) Album: Historicity Label: ACT ACT 9489-2 Track: 5 Comp: Andrew Hill Publ. Act Musis Dur:2m42s Title: Ascent Artist: Vijay Iyer Album: Blood Sutra Label: Artists House Music AH 9 Track: 4 Comp: Vijay Iyer Publ. Vijay Iyer Dur:1m20s Title: Mystic Brew Artist: Ronnie Foster Album: The Flavour of Fat City Label: More Groove, Japan MGE 227 Track: 1 Comp: Ronnie Foster Publ. n/a Dur:48s Title: Mystic Brew Artist: A Tribe Called Quest Album: Midnight Marauders, The Samples Label: Jive 399084 Track: 1 Comp: Ronnie Foster Publ. n/a Dur:27s Title: Mystic Brew Artist: Vijay Iyer Trio Album: Historicity Label: ACT ACT 9489-2 Track: 8 Comp: Ronnie Foster Publ. Act Music Dur:55s Title: Historicity Artist: Vijay Iyer Trio Album: Historicity Label: ACT ACT 9489-2 Track: 1 Comp: Vijay Iyer Publ. Act Music Dur:1m50s Recorded at Edinburgh's Jazz Bar, September 2009: The Really Youthful Quartet Joe Wright (saxophone) Kevin Garrity (trombone) Pete Johnstone (piano) James Lindsay (bass) Corrie Dick (drums) Title: Jean de Fleur Artist: The Really Youthful Quintet Comp: Grant Green Dur:6m57s Title: 317 32nd Street Artist: The Really Youthful Quintet Comp: Lennie Tristano Dur:7m53s Title: Fog/Chasing Jazz Bars Artist: The Really Youthful Quintet Comp: Joe Wright Dur:12m50s Title: Rhythm-a-Ning Artist: Branford Marsalis Quartet (Branford Marsalis - sax, Joey Calderazzo - piano, Eric Revis - bass, Jeff 'Tain' Watts - drums) Album: Metamorphosen Label: Marsalis Music 0874946001106 Track: 5 Comp: Thelonious Monk Publ. Marsalis Music Dur:8m00s.