Vijay Iyer interview: “Just the simple fact of being is some form of resistance, a form of battle”

Kevin Le Gendre
Monday, May 24, 2021

A thinker as much as he is an artist, Vijay Iyer marks his fifth decade with a thrilling new trio album, Uneasy, on ECM which also debuts his new trio of bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Tyshawn Sorey. Kevin Le Gendre caught up with the New York-based pianist-composer and found him in reflective, if fiery, form

Vijay Iyer (photo: Ebru Yildiz)
Vijay Iyer (photo: Ebru Yildiz)

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