Raw Materials, by Vijay Iyer

Raw Materials

by Vijay Iyer

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1.	The Shape of Things 03:25	buy track
2.	All the Names 05:07	buy track
3.	Forgotten System 05:44	buy track
4.	Rememberance 04:28	buy track
5.	Frontlash 04:23	buy track
6.	Five Fingers 02:58	buy track
7.	Inside the Machine 03:07	buy track
8.	Stronger Than Itself 02:18	buy track
9.	Come Back 06:19	buy track
10.	Fly Higher 03:10	buy track
11.	Common Ground 05:54	buy track
12.	Rataplan 04:18	buy track
13.	Hope 06:01	buy track

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“Although Raw Materials is the work of a duo, there’s more detail here than you’ll find from most combos double or triple its size. An auspicious debut.”
— Downbeat Magazine (downbeat.com)

“Raw Materials, the teams latest, is their most striking collaboration yet.”
— K. Leander Williams, TimeOut NY

“There is much more to appreciate on Raw Materials, a total triumph from beginning to end.”
— Bud Kopman, All About Jazz

Raw Materials, Vijay Iyer and Rudresh Mahanthappa’s duo recording originally out on Savoy Jazz is now available in Europe from Pi Recordings. The two have been performing together for over a decade in each others quartets and various groups. Now for the first time, jazz visionaries Iyer and Mahanthappa have distilled their closely entwined musical language into their first duo recording. The release of “Raw Materials” fills a glaring space in Iyer and Mahanthappa’s discography, as the two have performed together as a duo almost since their first meeting. The CD is a fascinating look into a unique musical dialogue that some have compared to that between John Coltrane and McCoy Tyner.

Without drums or bass to cushion and propel, the duos supreme empathy is laid completely bare. Rhythms and tempos flow organically, as if the two were a single being. There are passages of unsurpassed beauty and crying intensity, with both musicians playing with characteristic intricacy and power. Each takes turn providing rhythmic support while the other takes off on his solo flights. At other times, their playing diverges down separate paths, seemingly wandering so far away from each other, creating a tension thats almost unbearable. Inevitably though, the two come back together and meet again on common ground, and harmony is restored.

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released May 23, 2006

Vijay Iyer - piano
Rudresh Mahanthappa - alto saxophone

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Vijay Iyer New York, New York

Described by The New York Times as a “social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway,” composer-pianist VIJAY IYER has carved out a unique path as an influential, prolific, shape-shifting presence in twenty-first-century music. He received a MacArthur Fellowship, a United States Artist Fellowship, and a Grammy nomination. ... more

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May 2

Paine Hall, Harvard University

Cambridge, MA
May 9

Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress

Washington, DC
May 19

Moss Theater, Herb Alpert Educational Village

Santa Monica, CA
May 21

Kuumbwa Jazz Center

Santa Cruz, CA
Oct 2

BASF - Feierabendhaus

Ludwigshafen, Germany

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