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Vijay Iyer is considered one of the most significant jazz pianists of the past 20 years, a deep thinker whose music is always unpredictable and creative.
He had 15 years of classical training as a violinist but was mostly self-taught as a pianist.
Originally Iyer had planned to become a physicist (his undergraduate degree is in math and physics) but instead he turned towards music, performing locally in the San Francisco Bay area and in 1994 working with Steve Coleman and George Lewis.
Since the late 1990s he has worked with a long list of notable artists in the jazz avant-garde including Rudresh Mahanthappa, Wadada Leo Smith, Roscoe Mitchell, Oliver Lake, Henry Threadgill, Yosvany Terry, and many others in addition to leading a couple of dozen albums of his own and also making his mark as a composer and an educator.
Some of Vijay Iyer’s most accessible playing is as a solo pianist and he is heard in that setting on this LiveStream from Apr. 27, 2020.
The music starts about five minutes in as Iyer launches into a 20-minute improvisation that sometimes hints a little at Thelonious Monk and builds up in intensity as it progresses before becoming quieter and utilizing a bassline a bit reminiscent of Lennie Tristano.
He follows it up with a Duke Ellington ballad, a concise original, a fresh interpretation of “Night And Day” and a spiritual piece.
This LiveStream serves as an excellent introduction to Vijay Iyer’s playing.
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April 27, 2020
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This is the one hundred seventy-sixth in a series of special Jazz on the Tube reviews of live stream performances.
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An excellent swing singer who enjoys digging up obscure gems from earlier decades, Maud Hixson is based in St. Paul, Minnesota although she has appeared in numerous shows and cabaret clubs in New York.
Hixon has a warm and friendly voice and clearly enjoys the vintage material that she interprets.
On her LiveStream from April 25, 2020, she is accompanied by the versatile pianist Rick Carlson who does a fine job of striding on the opening “Ain’t We Got Fun” and acting as a one-man rhythm section behind the singer throughout.
Among the songs that are explored are “Make It An Old Fashioned,” “No More Blues,” a vocalese version of “Cotton Tail” that is worthy of Annie Ross, “Daydream” (taken by Carlson as a piano solo), “I’ll Get By,” “You’re Out Of Here” (Lorraine Feather’s witty lyrics to Fats Waller’s “Harlem Drag”), “Early To Bed,” and a delightful version of “I’ll See You In My Dreams.”
– Scott Yanow
April 25, 2020
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This is the 236th in a series of special Jazz on the Tube reviews of live stream performances.
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The son of saxophonist Arnie Lawrence, Erik Lawrence started on the sax when he was five, later adding the flute.
An educator since the age of 18, he currently co-leads a group with his sister singer Marya Lawrence and leads Hipmotism in addition to his own trio.
Along the way he has worked with Chico Hamilton, Sonny Sharrock, Hubert Sumlin, David Amram and Henry Butler and for 20 years with Steven Bernstein in addition to artists from other fields.
On his intriguing LiveStream from Apr. 23, 2020, Erik Lawrence is heard interacting with bassist Michael Bisio (who is particularly skilled in utilizing his bow) and drummer Harvey Sorgen on a set of adventurous improvisations that succeed becaus of the close communication and fast reactions between the three skilled and creative musicians as they explore a variety of moods.
-Scott Yanow
April 23, 2020
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This is the forty fourth in a series of special Jazz on the Tube reviews of live stream performances.
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A superior guitarist, Stephane Wrembel with his Django Experiment group has revived and extended the music of Django Reinhardt into areas that sometimes unexpected.
In his series of LiveStreams, the acoustic guitarist, who recently recorded every selection (mostly originals) that Reinhardt had documented as unaccompanied solos, has been performing those pieces.
In this LiveStream from May 12, 2020, Wrembel plays “Perfum,” “Two Improvised Guitar Choruses,” and Django Reinhardt’s arrangement of “Tea For Two.”
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