Tirtha (album)

Tirtha
Studio album by Vijay Iyer with Prasanna and Nitin Mitta
Released February 25, 2011
Recorded August 11 & 12, 2008 at Systems Two in Brooklyn NY
Genre Asian-American jazz
Length 60:31
Label ACT Music ACT 9503
Producer Tirtha
Vijay Iyer chronology
Solo
(2010)		 Tirtha
(2011)		 Accelerando
(2012)

Tirtha is an album by pianist Vijay Iyer with Prasanna and Nitin Mitta recorded in 2008 and released on the ACT label in 2011.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
All About Jazz[3]
The Guardian[4]

The album received universal acclaim with Metacritic giving it a score of 81 from 8 reviews.[5] Thom Jurek, in his review for AllMusic states, "Tirtha is a triumph; it is a high-water mark in hearing the constantly evolving discussion between jazz and Indian music".[2] Writing for All About Jazz, Mark F. Turner said "the recording crosses the channels of jazz and Indian music, eschewing the hybridization of the two styles; a semblance of familiarity but also something entirely fresh. The nine tracks contain robust elements of ethnicity, thriving improvisation, and exhaustive composition; steeped in modern and old worlds".[3] The Guardian review by John Fordham awarded the album 4 stars noting "Iyer and his partners sound like a spontaneous ensemble from the outset – not self-conscious participants in a fusion experiment".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Vijay Iyer except as indicated

  1. "Duality" - 5:59
  2. "Tribal Wisdom" (Prasanna) - 11:06
  3. "Tirtha" - 7:04
  4. "Abundance" - 7:46
  5. "Falsehood" (Prasanna) - 6:38
  6. "Gauntlet" - 2:10
  7. "Polytheism" (Prasanna) - 5:43
  8. "Remembrance" - 6:09
  9. "Entropy and Time" (Prasanna based on a composition by T.R. Subramanyam) - 7:58

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ ACT discography accessed October 8, 2015
  2. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. Tirtha – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Turner, Mark F. (2011-03-18). "Vijay Iyer: Tirtha". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
  4. 1 2 Fordham, John (2011-04-08). "Vijay Iyer: Tirtha review". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
  5. ↑ Metacritic summary, accessed October 8, 2015
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