Vijay Iyer Quartet News

 
Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA announces 2012-13 season
UC Los Angeles
... and film from Bill Frisell and Bill Morrison (Oct. 13) and a concert that showcases the extraordinary prowess of one of the brightest stars in modern jazz, "An evening with Vijay Iyer: Trio, Quartet and Sextet featuring Steve Coleman" (Oct. 14).
UCLA series' new leader picks big names, restores plays to mixLos Angeles Times

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BurlingtonFreePress.com (blog)
Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea, Natalie MacMaster coming to Flynn
BurlingtonFreePress.com (blog)
... Cindy Cashdollar and Terrance Simien; Mexican singer Lila Downs; and the jazz group Rez Abbasi Invocation Quintet, which also includes Vijay Iyer (who's giving a solo piano performance at the jazz fest on June 5) and Rudresh Mahanthappa.

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Tickets Going Fast for Healdsburg Jazz Festival, June 1-10
Patch.com
The Festival Finale features the Vijay Iyer Trio, featuring Roy Haynes and Sheila Jordan on Sunday, June 10. It is an open air concert at Rodney Strong Vineyards. Vijay Iyer is American-born musician who draws upon a global repertoire of influences, ...


 
Discover Jazz Festival kicks off June 1
Plattsburgh Press Republican
For a more intimate Discover Jazz experience, check out the Asphalt Orchestra (June 1), Jonathan Batiste Quintet (June 2), Tim Berne/Snakeoil (June 3), Craig Taborn (June 4), Vijay Iyer (June 5), Donald McCaslin Group (June 6), Chicha Libre (June 6), ...


 
Honoring Cecil Taylor: New York Celebration, May 8-19
Jazz Police
The celebration begins May 8-9 with performances by Taylor-influenced pianists Craig Taborn, Vijay Iyer and Amina Claudine Myers, with special guest Amiri Baraka, at the Harlem Stage Gatehouse in Manhattan. Other concerts this month include Thollem ...

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14th Annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival, June 1-10
Jazz Police (blog)
June 10, Jazz Roy-alty with the Roy-al Family & Friends: Vijay Iyer Trio with guest Graham Haynes; Sheila Jordan & Cameron Brown; Roy Haynes & Fountain of Youth Band with guest Craig Haynes, at the Rodney Strong Vineyards, 2 pm (gates open 1 pm, ...

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Take five: John Fordham's month in jazz – May
The Guardian (blog)
Vijay Iyer, the US-resident Indian-American musician the New Yorker has called "one of today's most important pianists", was in the UK earlier this month for gigs at London's Vortex and at the Cheltenham jazz festival. The Grammy-nominated Iyer's ...