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File under: ContemporaryAvant-garde Jazz
Vijay Iyer, Linda Oh, Tyshawn Sorey
Compassion
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*2025 stock* Pianist-composer Vijay Iyer follows his 2021 ECM disc Uneasy — the first to showcase his trio featuring bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Tyshawn Sorey — with Compassion, another album in league with these two gifted partners. The New York Times captured the special qualities of this group, pointing to the trio’s flair for playing “with a lithe range of motion and resplendent clarity… while stoking a kind of writhing internal tension. Crucial to that balance is their ability to connect with each other almost telepathically.” Compassion, Iyer’s eighth release as a leader for ECM, continues his drive to explore fresh territory while also referencing his forebears along the way, two of them long associated with the label.
The album includes a lyrical homage to Chick Corea via the late pianist’s valedictory interpretation of Stevie Wonder’s “Overjoyed.” Another tip of the hat comes with “Nonaah,” a whirlwind of a piece by avant-garde sage Roscoe Mitchell, a key mentor for the pianist. Then there are Iyer’s own melodically alluring, rhythmically invigorating compositions, ranging from the pensive title track to the hook-laced highlights “Tempest” and “Ghostrumental.”
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File under: ContemporaryAvant-garde Jazz
Cat. number: ECM 2760, 583 5143
Year: 2024
Notes:
[inside gatefold]
Publishing:
Sonocentric Publishing (Vijay Iyer)
Jobete Music Co. Inc & Black Bull Music Inc. (Stevie Wonder)
Art Ensemble of Chicago Publishing Co. (Roscoe Mitchell)
Norahs Publishing / SteepleChase Music (John Stubblefield)
Antoinette Music / Pacific Wind Music (Geri Allen)
Recorded May 2022
Oktaven Audio, Mount Vernon, NY
Engineer: Ryan Streber
Mixed July/August 2022
Cover photo: Jan Kricke
Liner photo: Ogata
Design: Sascha Kleis
Produced by Vijay Iyer and Manfred Eicher
[on back of cover]
An ECM Production
℗ © 2024 ECM Records GmbH
Postfach 600331, 81203 München
www.ecmrecords.com
ECM 2760
2-LP
Made in EU
[on disc]
℗ 2024 ECM Records GmbH
