Publisher's Synopsis
Vijay Iyer is one of the most significant contemporary composers and performers on the piano. This manuscript represents a compilation of small group compositions by Iyer during a period from 1999 through 2008. The bulk of the pieces were originally written for Vijays quartet with altoist Rudresh Mahanthappa, bassist Stephan Crump, and drummers Marcus Gilmore, Tyshawn Sorey, and Derrek Phillips, and documented on the albums Panoptic Modes 2001, Blood Sutra 2003, Reimagining 2005, and Tragicomic 2008. The music features experimentation on rhythmic techniques, harmony, orchestration, soloing structures, and macro-form, with an overriding
