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Biamp Portland Jazz Festival: Vijay Iyer Trio
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By overwhelming consensus, the VIJAY IYER TRIO has become one of the pivotal jazz bands of the twenty-first century. Described as “the best piano trio in jazz today” (Der Spiegel), “the great new jazz piano trio” (The New York Times), “truly astonishing” (NPR), and “the best band in jazz” (PopMatters), the trio makes “cutting-edge music, but always accessible” (The Guardian) — emotionally resonant and deeply interactive, radiating groove and brimming with polyrhythmic detail, rooted in tradition yet truly innovative in style and form. Among Iyer’s honors, his trio was named Jazz Group of the Year in the DownBeat International Critics Poll in 2015 and 2012, and his sextet was named Jazz Group of the Year in their 2018 poll. As DownBeat notes, “the Vijay Iyer Trio is, at its core, a working band,” distinguished most of all by a profound, seemingly effortless unity developed over hundreds of performances in nearly a dozen years. As Howard Reich wrote in The Chicago Tribune, "The three players practically have become a single rhythmic organism… one of the great rhythm units of the day."
The Biamp Portland Jazz Festival is a ten-day multi-venue celebration of jazz presented in Portland, Oregon. The Festival is dedicated to evolving America’s art form and features recognized jazz masters and rising stars alongside local jazz heroes.