CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Vijay Iyer - Solo (2010)

By Pico When a great, small combo jazz pianist makes a solo record, it usually doesn't signal that pianist's arrival, it means he's solidifying his legacy. We witnessed this with Art Tatum's Solo Masterpieces recordings made at the end of his life. The same goes with Bill Evans' Alone recorded several years after his Village Vanguard apex. Chick Corea's first solo piano recordings were made before Return To Forever but after his signature Now He Sings, Now He Sobs album, the short lived but hig...

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