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LIVE REVIEW: Vijay Iyer at the Berklee Performance Center
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Tuesday December 13, 2011
from The Boston Globe
LIVE REVIEW: Vijay Iyer at the Berklee Performance Center
By: Steve Greenlee
Two of jazz’s most exciting and innovative artists – pianist Vijay Iyer and alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón – brought their groups to town Friday night for a 2 1/2-hour roof raiser of a show.
The concert at Berklee Performance Center, presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston, illustrated that there are still so many places jazz can yet go.
The two sets had little in common. Zenón’s quartet focused on melody, harmonically pleasing improvisation, and swing rhythms. Iyer’s trio was more interested in creating textures that became grooves, many of which were built around one or two chords, fastened upon rhythms drawn from rock and hip-hop.
Both sets, however, underscored one fact: that an especially gifted drummer can take on the central role in a jazz combo and propel it to new heights.
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