Vijay Iyer Trio: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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  • Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
  • Vijay Iyer is probably best known as a pianist and bandleader in the African-American creative improvisational tradition - most say "jazz" for short - though he's also several other things in music. He's a composer of chamber, large ensemble and mixed-media works; a Harvard professor; a student of Indian classical music; a father and New York City resident. Committed as he is to multiplicity, there's one place you can see many of his interests distilled at once: the trio he's led for nearly a dozen years.
    The long-standing relationship he's forged with Stephan Crump (bass) and Marcus Gilmore (drums) accommodates all sorts of risk and translates into reward. The three play daring games of rhythmic interaction. They take Iyer's pieces designed for strings or big band and reduce without losing vitality. They do John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk, Flying Lotus and M.I.A.
    The morning after a gig in Washington, D.C., the trio got up to visit NPR headquarters before a noon train back to New York. (There was a lot of espresso involved.) In one continuous performance, Iyer, Crump and Gilmore treated us to a few pieces from Iyer's deep catalog, including two from the new album Break Stuff - ending on the scintillating "Hood," inspired by pioneering Detroit techno DJ Robert Hood. After the blaze of the main set, they played a calm and pretty theme dedicated to the late poet and activist Amiri Baraka - it originally came Iyer's suite for string quartet and piano Time, Place, Action. There's excitement, daring, overload, and speed in Vijay Iyer's music, but, as we were reminded: Just like anyone else, he looks for beauty too.--PATRICK JARENWATTANANON
    For more from the Vijay Iyer Trio, check out its performance for Jazz Night In America on Wednesday, May 6, and archived afterward.
    Set List
    "Diptych"
    "Time, Place, Action - Excerpt 1 (Libra)"
    "Questions Of Agency"
    "Hood"
    "Time, Place, Action - Excerpt 2 (For Amiri Baraka)
    Credits
    Producers: Bob Boilen, Colin Marshall; Audio Engineer: Brian Jarboe; Videographers: Colin Marshall, Morgan McCloy, Maggie Starbard; Assistant Producer: Olivia Merrion; photo by Olivia Merrion/NPR

Комментарии • 218

  • @chipstern1
    @chipstern1 4 года назад +32

    Been hearing Marcus Gilmore, totally enraptured, since I witnessed him sitting in with his grandfather's band at The Blue Note as a puppy...very mature, very cool, no superfluous teenage flash, totally in touch with the music--an old soul. Once, years later, at a Birdland gig in NYC with Gonzalo Rubalcaba, I told his mother "I'm not possessive--I'm willing to share him." Marcus has always been special, and has continued to grow by leaps and bounds. Last I heard, he was preparing to study with tabla master Zakir Hussain. I mean...GOD BLESS.

  • @Nuxunumo
    @Nuxunumo 9 лет назад +207

    Marcus casually deciding to play left-handed.
    The bar has been set folks.

    • @pabloordas3775
      @pabloordas3775 8 лет назад +13

      +James Sudimak It looks more like left-footed, as he is playing right handed and swapped the BD and the HH... but agree, the bar has been set :)

    • @SenorRohas
      @SenorRohas 8 лет назад +5

      I thought the image was flipped at first. Shit blew my mind for a second. ....Still does. lol

    • @jeanjaille4225
      @jeanjaille4225 7 лет назад +3

      what is life without a little challenge? ahahah the guy is so good

    • @k4ir0s
      @k4ir0s 7 лет назад

      Is Marcus still with them?

    • @joekelner3520
      @joekelner3520 6 лет назад

      messin with my head.

  • @jibsmokestack1
    @jibsmokestack1 3 года назад +19

    You can hear the influence of Andrew Hill in Vijay’s music!

  • @Daddytang67
    @Daddytang67 9 лет назад +40

    Marcus is killing it. These kinds of rhythms are insane to play.

  • @FossilFishy
    @FossilFishy 9 лет назад +29

    Whoo. You know, sometimes I can fool myself. I can think "If I didn't have this day job I could do that." Not here, this is astounding musicianship. Love it.

  • @Chingster22
    @Chingster22 9 лет назад +63

    i don't know shit about music theory, but even a layman like myself can sense the speciality being happened here by this trio
    as a (mostly) visual artist, my best understanding is to relate this as willem de kooning for your ears.
    while not always aesthetically pleasing, there's a sense of something powerful in the use of their medium--the artist's liberation, the artist's intuition, and perhaps an initiation of challenge...

  • @AdnanAlsannaa
    @AdnanAlsannaa 9 лет назад +48

    Working at NPR must be amazing!!

  • @bclaus0
    @bclaus0 9 лет назад +28

    That hihat sounds golden

    • @BluStrat22
      @BluStrat22 4 года назад +3

      Thanks, Claus! I recorded it... really honored you liked it

  • @pacificbudz
    @pacificbudz 9 лет назад +8

    I usually am not a fan of this type of music but for some reason it draws me in.

    • @bobinsb
      @bobinsb 3 года назад +2

      That reminds me of the Duke quote, "there are only two types of music.......good music and bad music :-)
      You know good music when you hear it.

  • @Hugohhhgg
    @Hugohhhgg Год назад +5

    Y’all killed it, they gotta come back for a pt2!!

  • @suegha
    @suegha 7 лет назад +4

    This isn't jazz, it's beyond jazz, it's mad and wonderful, it's full of virtue and poise, it's wonderful. It transcends the norm, it creates its own genre, I love it!

    • @sobermoney3573
      @sobermoney3573 2 года назад +1

      It is jazz, just not dumbed down corporate jazz that can easily get a recording contract on Blue Note!

    • @suegha
      @suegha 2 года назад

      @@sobermoney3573 Thanks for the reply, it brought me back to this amazing Tiny Desk once again!

  • @percyheat
    @percyheat 5 лет назад +4

    Amazing !!!! I've heard Brad Meldhau , Albert Iler , Keith Jarrett , oh God !! Such a beautiful tunes...Brilliant !!

  • @sobermoney3573
    @sobermoney3573 2 года назад

    No, this is simply the extremely talented and brilliant piano voice of Vijay Iyer and his trio. All great jazz musicians display the “collective unconscious” (Jung) stylings of all past innovators.

  • @popcornisfromcorn
    @popcornisfromcorn 6 лет назад +2

    i keep returning to this video and its been at least 2 years. thank you. great performance all around

  • @patwhite8955
    @patwhite8955 7 лет назад +1

    First saw Vijay at the Newport Jazz Fest2014 in RI...I have been following him ever since. #KeepJazzAlive #KeeptheMusicPlaying

  • @cillianfinn1093
    @cillianfinn1093 8 лет назад +17

    Every damn time I get lured onto this channel it's another amazing experience of fantastic music :D

  • @tulrob
    @tulrob 5 лет назад +9

    Finally some artists to bring ECM back.from the abyss....really nice....

  • @dsachsenheimer
    @dsachsenheimer 6 лет назад +4

    Mr Gilmore, you are something else entirely!!!

  • @BeeskieMICA
    @BeeskieMICA Год назад +3

    Is Gilmore just lowkey switch-hitting and playing a left-handed kit?!?!?!

  • @MrAlcides1611
    @MrAlcides1611 8 лет назад +4

    Great performance! This guy is fantastic!

  • @acid-mask
    @acid-mask 9 лет назад +78

    This is Monk... This is your Monk on math...

    • @pierluigiromagnoli162
      @pierluigiromagnoli162 5 лет назад +1

      ... and Herbie Nichols and Andrew Hill. The black answer ti Tristano pianismo.

    • @p.r.h.7283
      @p.r.h.7283 4 года назад

      Huh

    • @skzeeman007
      @skzeeman007 5 месяцев назад

      Looks like you had some old monk

    • @HermanoMotheo
      @HermanoMotheo 2 месяца назад

      "All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians." Monk.

  • @adrianstrickland7600
    @adrianstrickland7600 7 лет назад +8

    God damn, some of these transitions feel so good

  • @akarshrastogi3682
    @akarshrastogi3682 17 дней назад

    Vijay Iyer:
    - Indian parents
    - Piano self taught by ear, age 3
    - 15 years training
    - Yale Maths+Physics
    - Berkeley Music PhD
    - Harvard Professor
    - 3 times Grammy nominee
    - Jazz Artist of the Year 5 times

  • @Victory..I
    @Victory..I 5 лет назад +6

    Vijay Iyer here as well..

  • @plvarnier
    @plvarnier 6 лет назад

    There is much musical liberty here. So indeed sometimes it might doesn't work (and that could maybe explain all this hate in the comment section) but some other times it's really just so groovy and powerful. That's the game, that said you have an entire right to dislike it.

  • @tulsiraakh6671
    @tulsiraakh6671 7 лет назад

    It's raining here thanks vijay(epitome of poetry) for your this and coming contribution!

  • @bobinsb
    @bobinsb 3 года назад +1

    Wow.......this is the first time I have heard this trio.
    Wow.

  • @SAMUCACHIODINI
    @SAMUCACHIODINI 9 лет назад +4

    very good!! something truthfully new!

  • @paxwallacejazz
    @paxwallacejazz 3 года назад +2

    This is so much better than the last time I heard him

  • @ThePaul303
    @ThePaul303 3 года назад +2

    I have no idea about Jazz, but this stuff it lit!

  • @user-lu2vb5un1f
    @user-lu2vb5un1f 5 лет назад +4

    I love this. Respect to all of them. But gotta admit that I admire the drummer the most, lol.

  • @NeKo487
    @NeKo487 9 лет назад +9

    How the fuck are they so smooth?

  • @TonyGellaDrums
    @TonyGellaDrums 6 лет назад +3

    Out of this world.. daammn

  • @THESLOWDEATHHOOKS
    @THESLOWDEATHHOOKS 9 лет назад +10

    smart music for smart people. Thanks for the great upload! Very impressive talent right here.

  • @JoeIzzo
    @JoeIzzo 9 лет назад +2

    Vijay Iyer Trio
    Stephan Crump (bass) and Marcus Gilmore (drums)

  • @russellesimonetta9071
    @russellesimonetta9071 Год назад

    Very advant guard. But not out to be out! Very interesting! Markus just relaxes and noodles!

  • @3340steve
    @3340steve 5 лет назад +1

    I dont know what Vijay is doing here but the music is good...first theme the trio play reminds me of Monk (brilliant corners)....i am amused that so many people left annoyed and puzzled messages...it took the musicians their whole lives to get to this, you think you are going to understand it all ?

  • @tulsiraakh6671
    @tulsiraakh6671 7 лет назад +1

    so much refreshing!!

  • @tulsiraakh6671
    @tulsiraakh6671 7 лет назад

    very subtle composition champion aka magnificent!!

  • @paulwalker1676
    @paulwalker1676 3 года назад +1

    amazing

  • @Beifer_
    @Beifer_ 7 лет назад +1

    two stacked augmented triads nice

  • @AdnanAlsannaa
    @AdnanAlsannaa 9 лет назад +2

    Amazing!!

  • @alzirarosa453
    @alzirarosa453 Год назад

    Amazing performance!!!

  • @Fabelnegros
    @Fabelnegros 6 лет назад

    thanks Tiny Desk !

  • @sheppiesheep
    @sheppiesheep 9 лет назад +1

    Yeah.

  • @ns81
    @ns81 6 лет назад +3

    Thelonious monk is smiling

  • @nishantsharma16
    @nishantsharma16 7 лет назад +1

    GoGo Penguin at the desk would be something

  • @fedjadjadja
    @fedjadjadja 4 года назад +3

    hello jazz community of youtube

  • @TakeKareMusic
    @TakeKareMusic 9 лет назад +4

    Omg that transition from 8:22-8:37....Soooo good!!!
    Omfg and 14:36.....Wow.

  • @pedroherkenhoff3827
    @pedroherkenhoff3827 9 месяцев назад

    Great!

  • @RayasNegroOvejas
    @RayasNegroOvejas 9 лет назад +7

    "Hood" is like Steve Reich

    • @popcornisfromcorn
      @popcornisfromcorn 9 лет назад +1

      PJ yeah, and the description says it was inspired by Robert Hood! It's so amazing to hear the synchrony in that triangle.

  • @shnootch
    @shnootch 7 лет назад

    beautiful.

  • @jp6741
    @jp6741 4 года назад +1

    Almost getting vein melter vibes at 15:30

  • @DELJARE
    @DELJARE 9 лет назад +10

    I don't understand very much when it comes to theory, and I'm not a musician myself. Maybe that's why I don't get it? Can someone enlighten me? I would love to understand why this is considered great.

    • @ThomasBrophy
      @ThomasBrophy 9 лет назад +29

      Jared Taylor The spontaneous rhythmic syncopation, complex harmonic relationships, the creative interplay, the sensitivity and certainty of performance, and the evident joy.

    • @JamesOden
      @JamesOden 9 лет назад +28

      Jared Taylor I don't approach it with theory at all. I just listen and let it take me places. Sometimes I even hear responses that I would make if I were joining them. To me it sounds at times like the sounds of a forest or a busy city street. As a musician I hear very articulate sounds, that I know are hard to pull off so masterfully, however its really just how it makes me feel that in my opinion makes it so great. That said I have spent years listening to music from all over the world, and many times on first listen the music was foreign to me even jarring, but after continuing to listen slowly the language of the music would unfold as articulate musical utterances. Which is a long way of saying that if at first you don't understand, listen listen again because your experience is likely more like someone hearing a foreign language spoken for the first time than anything else.

    • @DELJARE
      @DELJARE 9 лет назад +19

      Thanks for the responses guys! I think it makes sense that I might not understand it, like a foreign language like James mentioned. I'll definitely listen to those other groups and try to expand my jazz horizons.

    • @ericfricke4512
      @ericfricke4512 9 лет назад +3

      Jared Taylor It grooves! And gets your brain thinking!

    • @jasworld4671
      @jasworld4671 7 лет назад +3

      fuck this math music (marcus gilmore the drummer is the shit though.. but vijay is whack) listen to some Miles Davis, some Coltrane or some Monk that is the real shit

  • @peasantsoul
    @peasantsoul 5 лет назад

    Great work, sir!

  • @ofpoprecords
    @ofpoprecords 2 года назад

    Radical

  • @ArtBusker
    @ArtBusker 9 лет назад

    Yesss !!!! Muy bueno ! no lo conocía "

  • @ablikdabouf
    @ablikdabouf 9 лет назад +14

    Marcus gilmore is a lefty with his feet now?

    • @brianconnolly8246
      @brianconnolly8246 9 лет назад +11

      ablikdabouf First thing I noticed too.. maybe he wanted to play open handed to have the muted floor tom and cymbals more accessible when the right hand was on the hi-hat.. or he got too comfortable with his old set up wanted to experiment with a set up that would force him to approach things in a new innovative way.. maybe to practice ambidexterity? maybe just for shits and i'm thinking too much about it? lol maybe all or none of these reasons, but i wonder if he has thoughts on it

    • @Savantjazzcollective
      @Savantjazzcollective 9 лет назад +5

      Brian Connolly seems like he is developing his left side by doing this, he has obviously been practicing this way for some time. I notice he still plays right hand on ride though, so not a total transformation.

    • @drumman9021
      @drumman9021 9 лет назад +4

      ablikdabouf He is lefty, but leads with the right hand, like me.. i understand where he comes from, well, sort of, you just learn to play different stuff, he's level is far beyond,

    • @arrjee9474
      @arrjee9474 5 лет назад

      I don't hear any kik though ... Do you?

  • @troybraganza5104
    @troybraganza5104 7 лет назад +1

    Vijay in the jazz world? and Michael in the pop world

  • @udomatthiasdrums5322
    @udomatthiasdrums5322 5 лет назад

    cool stuff love it!!

  • @Matysek88
    @Matysek88 9 лет назад +1

    my jam

  • @amandaleopold1687
    @amandaleopold1687 9 лет назад

    Love

  • @tulsiraakh6671
    @tulsiraakh6671 7 лет назад

    the bar has been literally set!!

  • @alfbarroso
    @alfbarroso 3 года назад

    Description for “free music” updated.

  • @josejimenezgonzalez4886
    @josejimenezgonzalez4886 4 года назад

    Buenisimos

  • @sorayadresler2586
    @sorayadresler2586 7 лет назад

    Muito bom!

  • @alfbarroso
    @alfbarroso 4 года назад

    Am I crazy or did mr Iyer quoted “Rede”(Hermeto Pascoal) at 2:42?

  • @theultimategamer213
    @theultimategamer213 7 лет назад +1

    do they just come up with this stuff on the spot or is it arranged somehow? i never understand how the forms in post bop type combos where they just seemingly all do different things for a long time where as a traditional bop group plays the head, solos, etc in an order. But here it just seems all random.

    • @kylemccombmusic
      @kylemccombmusic 7 лет назад +14

      A lot of Vijay Iyer's music is written as a number of different repeating sections, and the musicians are signaled to transition to the next section by musical cues (usually a distinct series of four or five notes). Some of the sections are very long and/or intricate, some are very short and simple. There's a lot of freedom though, especially with the simpler parts of tunes.
      You can actually buy a book of his compositions if you're curious how they're notated. Lots of triads and odd time signatures.

  • @wyndymequine9206
    @wyndymequine9206 6 лет назад

    "monk on math"- great observation.....same model of piano I sit at.....mine would be happy to have that sound coming out of it.........

  • @shortstorywriter
    @shortstorywriter 4 года назад

    Check out Vijay Ayer's story on PBS' Articulate With Jim Cotter - Life's Work S5Ep21 for more.

  • @phl8426
    @phl8426 5 лет назад

    super, but what is the name of this jazz ? thank's for your responses

    • @pibroch
      @pibroch 4 года назад

      Creative jazz

    • @Edfireman1
      @Edfireman1 4 года назад +1

      Jazz. Needs no further definition.

  • @agiosioannis5207
    @agiosioannis5207 2 года назад +1

    Wait... is Marcus playing left handed??

    • @coalbee
      @coalbee 2 года назад

      …right?! I can’t tell if his kit is setup left footed as well…🥁🔨

    • @PJTheCurryGod
      @PJTheCurryGod 10 месяцев назад

      bro i feel like he just switched his hi hats to the right just to flex his independence ??? 🤣🤣🤣 love this dude so much. a true artist. in my head ive always imagined jazz drumming like painting the music and marcus is like the illest painter to me idk@@coalbee

  • @saky228
    @saky228 4 года назад

    What sticks is Marcus using?

  • @shri777
    @shri777 8 лет назад

    mr. precision

  • @MrMaxSkorpion
    @MrMaxSkorpion 8 лет назад

    Anyone know what strings the bass player is using?

    • @JorgeCanovas
      @JorgeCanovas 8 лет назад

      +MrMaxSkorpion I've seen those before.. I would have to ask a former colleague of mine from college. Essentially, they're nylon core, round wound, upright bass strings. They feel pretty good, but I heard they don't last too long.

  • @sucutash
    @sucutash 3 года назад

    mmmmm! Hood: The sweet sound of 979797...

  • @troybraganza5104
    @troybraganza5104 7 лет назад +1

    what are the similarities between Vijay lyer and Michael Jackson

  • @lenslemonbenzem6907
    @lenslemonbenzem6907 3 года назад

    is this trio improvisation?
    stephan play is very cool like jimmy garrison n marcus also do but aggressive polymeter here is two awesome bottom mobs.
    n vijay is piano chimera for example chick mehldau keith zawinul herbie kuhn though so his play deforme especially rhythmic part.
    npr music san thanx a lot

  • @mclekrell
    @mclekrell 8 лет назад +7

    You think they do it just for the money?

    • @k4ir0s
      @k4ir0s 7 лет назад +1

      I thought all jazz artists do it for the money? aha

  • @Benfreidkin22
    @Benfreidkin22 6 лет назад +1

    Hood.

  • @tartaringus
    @tartaringus 7 лет назад

    i can 'hear' the limiter, great drums!

    • @BluStrat22
      @BluStrat22 5 лет назад

      TARTARINGUS actually no limiter on the drums. A slight bit of compression on the overall mix, though! Glad you liked it!! 😊

  • @Mahrushka
    @Mahrushka 23 дня назад

    В начале так легко, молодец, а потом просто изнасиловал и инструмент, и душу, и себя

  • @e3tl
    @e3tl 9 лет назад +6

    I guess I'm just not smart enough to appreciate this!

    • @jazzmartyrs
      @jazzmartyrs 6 лет назад +2

      No, you're smart enough to realize that this blows chunks.

    • @jeanmedar
      @jeanmedar 6 лет назад +3

      Just continue to listen and eventually you’ll understand more of what it’s happening. Jazz is pure energy.

    • @jazzmartyrs
      @jazzmartyrs 6 лет назад +1

      All these guys need is for someone to write them some music.

    • @bulletfastspeed
      @bulletfastspeed 5 лет назад +1

      @@jazzmartyrs Nah man. It's definitely out, but it's really good. Ryhthmically complex, but it still grooves.

  • @onesyphorus
    @onesyphorus Год назад

    sometimes i wonder whether marcus is even a human 😂

  • @dM-ij1we
    @dM-ij1we Год назад

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @conysalvo
    @conysalvo 9 лет назад +5

    I enjoyed the drums. The bass - ok if I hadn't seen him pulling faces. Piano - technically and rhythmically impressive, but no melodies for me. I was curious, but this is not doing it for me.

  • @OS-yg9fr
    @OS-yg9fr 8 лет назад +1

    snoring

  • @alvarmalvar9953
    @alvarmalvar9953 9 лет назад

    Мартиросян на клавишах

  • @enriquejose17
    @enriquejose17 9 лет назад

    Fred Armisen

  • @everythingsawesome
    @everythingsawesome 5 лет назад +1

    Arpeggios, got it. Dissonant block chords and chopped rhythms, got it. But what's the story he's telling? What's the sound he's telling it with? There's neither, at least not in this performance. Don't give me your credentials. Give me your story and sound. Neither here. For sound like this, give me Matthew Shipp any day.

  • @alejandropalenciaalvarez6738
    @alejandropalenciaalvarez6738 9 лет назад

    cul

  • @santiago2496
    @santiago2496 7 лет назад

    Soy peo

  • @johnqpublic4662
    @johnqpublic4662 7 месяцев назад

    Pretentious…

  • @ramzyred
    @ramzyred 9 лет назад +3

    Ok, so this called music too?

    • @ramzyred
      @ramzyred 9 лет назад

      ramzyred Sorry , OK, so this IS called music too?

    • @huxlee3947
      @huxlee3947 9 лет назад +5

      ramzyred if this is not music to you, my child, with contempt I laugh at your miserable existence.

    • @ramzyred
      @ramzyred 9 лет назад +2

      Hux Lee thank you, i love you to!

    • @NeKo487
      @NeKo487 9 лет назад

      ramzyred This is not only music, but complicated and advanced music. If you are referring to people calling rap groups like Migos not music, well they have literally nothing in common with what these guys are doing besides maybe playing the same notes once or twice on their synthesizers.

    • @ramzyred
      @ramzyred 9 лет назад +1

      Ok, so it has a name!

  • @iamnothingwithoutmykush9818
    @iamnothingwithoutmykush9818 6 лет назад +1

    How is Jazz fully "African American"? What about my ancestors they were Jazz musicians from Europe and half of Jazz is European harmonies so you are discriminating.

  • @nicolassimion6967
    @nicolassimion6967 6 лет назад +1

    well, I think these guys can play, but it sounds to me more like they are trying to be original...but just trying ! sorry ....

  • @Rickriquinho
    @Rickriquinho 9 лет назад +1

    I have heard worse musicians than him but he is very weak because he is lost in this free stuff that means almost nothing.

    • @jimsykes6843
      @jimsykes6843 6 лет назад +1

      Okay Ricardo let's see you do it

    • @pierluigiromagnoli162
      @pierluigiromagnoli162 5 лет назад +2

      Free? Here All Is organized!

    • @akarshrastogi3682
      @akarshrastogi3682 17 дней назад

      Vijay Iyer is a Harvard Music Proff, and was awarded Jazz Artist of the Year 5 times and was a Grammy nominee 3 times.