Juan Hitters: Vijay Iyer Trio: Break Stuff for ECM records

jueves, 21 de mayo de 2015

Vijay Iyer Trio: Break Stuff for ECM records

While visiting NYC Juan did a photo-shoot of the acclaimed Vijay Iyer Trio in Harlem for the legendary ECM label. The pictures turned out so good that they were immediately included in the booklet of the new album, Break Stuff. Another picture made by Juan was selected by Manfred Eicher for the cover. The recording has been a complete hit, being heralded by the public and critics alike. It has got five stars from Downbeat magazine and the musicians have been considered Jazz Artist and Jazz Group of the year by the same publication.

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What's on the CD player this week

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Tonight Keith Jarrett is improvising on the piano at Teatro Colon. It has been nearly three decades since I listened to "The Köln Concert" for the first time. The experience was revealing. It is probably one of the albums I have enjoyed the most. I clearly remember once driving with friends along a deserted road someplace in Uruguay while listening to Keith play the old Bösendorfer in Cologne. The compact cassette sounded awful, but I could do nothing but wonder: listening to this beautiful music recorded many years ago, in a far away city, while driving through this lonely country, was magic! Well, life has been good to me, and gave me the opportunity of contributing to ECM on Keith Jarrett's "Testament" album cover, a recording of two improvised concerts in Paris and London. This was a couple of years ago. Tonight I will be listening to the man himself, no state of the art recording or crappy cassette, just an incredible musician playing the piano. You bet I am looking forward to this experience.