Vijay Iyer

Vijay Iyer is a New York based jazz pianist and composer.In 2003 he collaborated with Mike Ladd, hip-hop MC and producer, and recorded "In What Language?", a song cycle about the post-9/11 world.

Iyer recently contributed a chapter to "Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture" (The MIT Press, 2008) edited by Paul D. Miller a.k.a. DJ Spooky.

Discography as a leader or co-leader

*Memorophilia (1996, Asian Improv Records)
*Architextures (1998, Asian Improv / Red Giant Records)
*Panoptic Modes (2001, Red Giant Records)
*Your Life Flashes (2002, Pi Recordings) (as the trio Fieldwork)
*In What Language? (2003, Pi Recordings) (with Mike Ladd)
*Blood Sutra (2003, Artist House)
*Reimagining (2005, Savoy Jazz)
*Simulated Progress (2005, Pi Recordings) (as the trio Fieldwork)
*Raw Materials (2006, Savoy Jazz) (with Rudresh Mahanthappa)
*Still Life with Commentator (2007, Savoy) (with Mike Ladd)
*Door (2008, Pi Recordings) (as the trio Fieldwork)
*Tragicomic (2008, Sunnyside)

External links

* [http://cnmat.berkeley.edu/~vijay Center for New Music and Audio Technologies]
* [http://www.twis.org/audio/2006/11/21/ Radio Interview] on This Week in Science Nov 21, 2006 Broadcast
* [http://www.jazz.com/features-and-interviews/2008/7/20/in-conversation-with-vijay-iyer "In Conversation with Vijay Iyer"] by Tom Greenland ( [http://www.jazz.com Jazz.com] )

Official sites

* [http://www.vijay-iyer.com Vijay Iyer]
* [http://myspace.com/vijayiyer Vijay's MySpace page]