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CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS
Neighborhood Concert: Vijay Iyer Trio
Flushing Branch Library (QL)
Sunday, April 6th, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Vijay Iyer Trio
Generously supported by the New York City Council and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; and by the New York State Council on the Arts.
Additional support is provided by The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation.
Meet the Artists
Vijay Iyer Trio
The Vijay Iyer Trio plays original music inspired by the great tradition of classic jazz piano trios. Pianist-composer Vijay Iyer and his colleagues have updated the acoustic piano trio, creating music that is firmly grounded in groove and pulse, but also rhythmically intricate and highly interactive; fluidly improvisational, yet uncannily synchronized; emotionally compelling, as well as innovative in texture, style, and musical form. The Trio’s original music is influenced by jazz piano titans such as Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Andrew Hill, and Cecil Taylor; the classical sonorities of composers such as Reich, Ligeti, Debussy, and Bartók; a wide range of rock, soul, funk, hip-hop, dub, electronica, and African music; and the rhythmic vitality and melodic nuance the colors the music of Iyer’s Indian heritage.
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