The creative and intellectual spheres of Eve Ewing and Vijay Iyer are so expansive they’re pretty much impossible to abbreviate. So the news that Iyer is in town for the pandemic-deferred premiere of his musical suite inspired by Ewing’s writing, Ghosts Everywhere I Go, should inspire eager anticipation and knowing nods. Ewing and Iyer are […]
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Older and Wider at Second City E.T.C. and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Shabazz Palaces at the Empty Bottle and more goings-on 5/11-5/13.
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Pianist and composer Vijay Iyer demonstrates his elasticity and imagination within his agile sextet
Composer and pianist Vijay Iyer has taken advantage of his heightened visibility as a Harvard professor, MacArthur fellow, and ECM Records artist to pursue multiple projects, a puzzle of disparate interests that form an intriguing mosaic of his creative mind-set. While Far From Over (ECM), the debut from his agile sextet, certainly shares ideas he’s […]
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Kellye Howard records a live album, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Free admission to the Adler Planetarium, “Saturday Night Live: the Experience,” and more goings-on November 13-16
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CSO’s MusicNow series celebrates the meditative work of pianist and composer Vijay Iyer
Earlier this year pianist and composer Vijay Iyer released Far From Over (ECM), a sextet recording whose sturdy but flexible originals reaffirm his jazz bona fides while Tyshawn Sorey’s explosive drumming fractures their swing. Iyer’s arrangements extract an orchestral splendor from the group he assembled for the album—Sorey, saxophonists Steve Lehman and Mark Shim, cornetist […]
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Ernest Dawkins and Vijay Iyer blend seamlessly through the common language of jazz
Saxophonist Ernest Dawkins and pianist Vijay Iyer bring their collaboration from the new Transient Takes to Constellation this weekend.
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Tyshawn Sorey achieves the sublime on the new album The Inner Spectrum of Variables
Drummer Tyshawn Sorey—who’s also one of jazz’s most promising composers—plays tonight at Constellation with pianist Vijay Iyer.
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Saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa pays homage to Charlie Parker his way
The musician extracts abstract DNA from Bird’s music for something new and rigorous.
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An interview with MacArthur ‘genius,’ jazz pianist, and composer Vijay Iyer
Vijay Iyer’s mutant style should make him one of the most interesting draws at this year’s Chicago Humanities Festival.
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Best shows to see: Owen Pallett, Foxes in Fiction, Vijay Iyer, Man or Astro-man?, Travis Laplante’s Battle Trance
The best shows to see through Sunday include Owen Pallett, Foxes in Fiction, Vijay Iyer, Man or Astro-man?, and Travis Laplante’s Battle Trance.
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This year’s Chicago Humanities Fest is all about the journeys
The festival will also be celebrating its 25th anniversary.
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Kylie Minogue’s cheerfully lascivious Kiss Me Once and 15 more record reviews
Reader writers tackle Morbus Chron’s feral-to-cerebral death prog and 14 more new records.
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The jazz-electronic-funk-whatsit of Thiefs
Thiefs, a cool cross-continental trio featuring drummer Guillermo E. Brown, brings its slippery blend of jazz, electronic music, and funk to the Mayne Stage on Saturday.