“Iyer has released 23 albums covering remarkably diverse terrain. It was named among the “Best Jazz Albums of the Year” by the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, and The New York Times, and the only “jazz release” in Rolling Stone’s list of the 50 best records of 2017. “If you’re looking for the shape of jazz to come, here it is…the sturdiness of its design and the passion of its execution make [Far From Over] 2017’s jazz album to beat,” raves ROLLING STONE (2017 Album Review of ‘Far From Over’). “Not content to simply be regarded as one of the most promising up-and-coming jazz pianists of his generation, Iyer’s latest recording’s mix of audacious covers and originals should mark his group as one of the top piano trios in the game…” states LOS ANGELES TIMES.
GRAMMY® Award Nominated, Internationally Award-Winning & Renowned Pianist and Composer VIJAY IYER is a 4x-Downbeat Critic's Poll "Jazz Artist of the Year" Award-Winner (2012, 2015, 2016, & 2018) as well as "Artist of the Year" in Jazz Times' Critics' Poll (2017). In 2012, Iyer was awarded BOTH the Downbeat Critic's Poll and Jazz Times Critic's Poll "Album of the Year", "Group of the Year" & "Pianist of the Year". Iyer has carved out a unique path as an influential, prolific, shape-shifting presence in modern music. A musical innovator for 25+ years, Iyer continues to create a consistently innovative, emotionally resonant body of work, earning him a place as one of the leading music-makers of his generation. "Over the past decade, Iyer has established himself as one of the freshest, most compelling jazz leaders in the field," states NPR. "It evokes the highest ideals of creative music..." says JAZZ TIMES (2021 Album Review of 'Uneasy'). "Spine-tingling jazz..." states THE GUARDIAN.