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Listen: Lil Nas X and the Vijay Iyer Trio make statements in new releases


Adrian Spinelli April 8, 2021
Vijay Iyer performs with Craig Taborn during Winter JazzFest on ECM Records stage at Le Poisson Rouge. Photo: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images, LightRocket via Getty Images
The Chronicle’s guide to notable new music.
NEW ALBUMS
Vijay Iyer Trio, “UnEasy” (ECM)
While the New York jazz pianist and composer’s projects have had many iterations, this is his first album leading a trio since 2015’s forcefully enacted “Break Stuff.” Joined by drummer Tyshawn Sorey and Linda May Han Oh on bass, “UnEasy” sees three players at the top of their game. Their connectivity is uncanny, finding harmony in avant-garde improvisations at every turn. Oh and Storey especially shine on a version of Cole Porter’s “Night and Day,” and Iyer is at his finest on the dazzling keys of “Configurations.” ....

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