Composer-pianist Vijay Iyer has carved out a unique path as an influential, prolific, shape-shifting presence in modern music. Iyer has been voted DownBeat’s Artist of the Year four times and Artist of the Year in Jazz Times‘ Critics’ and Readers’ Polls for 2017. Iyer’s ECM sextet album, Far From Over, was ranked No. 1 in NPR’s annual Jazz Critics’ Poll. It was named among the best jazz albums of the year in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, Slate, and The New York Times, and the only jazz release in Rolling Stone’s list of the 50 best records of 2017.
Composer-pianist Vijay Iyer has carved out a unique path as an influential, prolific, shape-shifting presence in modern music. Iyer has been voted DownBeat’s Artist of the Year four times and Artist of the Year in Jazz Times‘ Critics’ and Readers’ Polls for 2017. Iyer’s ECM sextet album, Far From Over, was ranked No. 1 in NPR’s annual Jazz Critics’ Poll. It was named among the best jazz albums of the year in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, Slate, and The New York Times, and the only jazz release in Rolling Stone’s list of the 50 best records of 2017.
Composer-pianist Vijay Iyer has carved out a unique path as an influential, prolific, shape-shifting presence in modern music. Iyer has been voted DownBeat’s Artist of the Year four times and Artist of the Year in Jazz Times‘ Critics’ and Readers’ Polls for 2017. Iyer’s ECM sextet album, Far From Over, was ranked No. 1 in NPR’s annual Jazz Critics’ Poll. It was named among the best jazz albums of the year in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, Slate, and The New York Times, and the only jazz release in Rolling Stone’s list of the 50 best records of 2017.