Vijay Iyer – Shape Shifter
Friday, March 21, 2014
Vijay Iyer’s change of record label to ECM this year sees the opening of a new chapter in what has been one of the most prolific and singularly forward-focused careers of any pianist and composer working in jazz today.
His debut release for the label, Mutations, is also his first work for string quartet and piano, which as Kevin Le Gendre discovers, is as multi-faceted and unpredictable as you would expect from this mercurial modern day jazz maverick
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