synffVijay Iyer stands as one of contemporary jazz's most inventive pianists and composers, blending post-bop precision with avant-garde exploration and rhythmic elasticity drawn from icons like Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane.
A New York-based professor and MacArthur Fellow, he crafts…
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Wadada Leo Smith, Duke Ellington, Michael Jackson, Mike Ladd + 58 more
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