If we reject the word, or any word that labels music, what's left? That's the question we should all ask ourselves. Ben Ratliff asked it, and he came up with aesthetic categories. That's not what I would say. What's left are communities who make music together, or among whom music circulates. That's it.
A successful relationship is not about two people staring into each other's eyes, it's about two people looking ahead together. I think in order to c… - Vijay Iyer
A successful relationship is not about two people staring into each other's eyes, it's about two people looking ahead together. I think in order to c…
- Vijay Iyer
What I find the challenge is with working with, say, digital machines - performing electronic music - is that when we play instruments there's a phys… - Vijay Iyer
What I find the challenge is with working with, say, digital machines - performing electronic music - is that when we play instruments there's a phys…
It is one thing to be a virtuoso, but a different thing to play with compassion. - Vijay Iyer
It is one thing to be a virtuoso, but a different thing to play with compassion.
There are records I'll listen to one time and zero in on what's happening, and then I'll listen again to something I didn't notice the first time. Th… - Vijay Iyer
There are records I'll listen to one time and zero in on what's happening, and then I'll listen again to something I didn't notice the first time. Th…
If we reject the word, or any word that labels music, what's left? That's the question we should all ask ourselves. Ben Ratliff asked it, and he came… - Vijay Iyer
If we reject the word, or any word that labels music, what's left? That's the question we should all ask ourselves. Ben Ratliff asked it, and he came…
The phrase I use is 'easy camaraderie.' Non-western immigrants of color and their progeny like me - my parents came here fifty years ago and I was bo… - Vijay Iyer
The phrase I use is 'easy camaraderie.' Non-western immigrants of color and their progeny like me - my parents came here fifty years ago and I was bo…
With electronic music it's often a little more hidden - the relationship between gesture and sound - which makes it confounding for audiences. But th… - Vijay Iyer
With electronic music it's often a little more hidden - the relationship between gesture and sound - which makes it confounding for audiences. But th…
Music making features real-time creation, real-time decisions and actions. It's basically improvisation, which is the stuff of everyday life. In the … - Vijay Iyer
Music making features real-time creation, real-time decisions and actions. It's basically improvisation, which is the stuff of everyday life. In the …
It doesn't matter if it's jazz or not. It's about how we listen, how we interact, how we guide our attention when we're listening, and how we can ref… - Vijay Iyer
It doesn't matter if it's jazz or not. It's about how we listen, how we interact, how we guide our attention when we're listening, and how we can ref…
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