Archived Event

Vijay Iyer Jazz Residency
Vijay Iyer Sextet
Date
Fri 13 Oct 2017, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes in duration, without an interval
Availability

Artists

  • Vijay Iyer Sextet

    Overview

    Grammy-nominated pianist, bandleader and composer VijayIyer launched his Jazz residency at Wigmore Hall last season inperformance with Wadada Leo Smith and brought his eponymousTrio to the Hall in July. For the final part of his series, Iyer, namedas DownBeat’s Artist of the Year for a second successive time inJune 2016, expands his classic Trio with three truly great hornplayers, coming together as the Vijay Iyer Sextet.

    Known for his pioneering creativity and adventurous approachto music-making, the Guardian recently hailed Iyer as ‘one of theworld’s most inventive new-generation jazz pianists’. The finalnight of the Vijay Iyer Jazz Residency is one not to miss.

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