Album · 2019

Essentials: Historicity / Accelerando / Solo

Released
30 August 2019
Label
ACT Music
Catalogue no.
7008-2
Tracklist
32 tracks
Length
2:58:30
Country
DE

“Essentials: Historicity / Accelerando / Solo” is an album by Vijay Iyer, released in 2019 on ACT Music. The original release has 32 tracks with a running time of 2:58:30. Jazz standards on the record include “Black And Tan Fantasy”, “Darn That Dream”, “Epistrophy” and “Somewhere”. The line-up features Vijay Iyer (piano, producer), Marcus Gilmore (drums (drum set)) and Stephan Crump (bass).

Who played on Essentials: Historicity / Accelerando / Solo

  • Vijay Iyer piano, producer, arranger all tracks
  • Marcus Gilmore drums (drum set) on 11 tracks
  • Stephan Crump bass on 11 tracks

Tracklist

  1. 1-1 Historicity 7:50
  2. 1-2 Somewhere standard 6:57
  3. 1-3 Galang (Trio Riot Version) 2:40
  4. 1-4 Helix 4:00
  5. 1-5 Smokestack 8:09
  6. 1-6 Big Brother 4:47
  7. 1-7 Dogon A.D. 9:19
  8. 1-8 Mystic Brew (Trixation Version) 4:56
  9. 1-9 Trident: 2010 9:09
  10. 1-10 Segment for Sentiment #2 4:03
  11. 2-1 Bode — Vijay Iyer 2:18
  12. 2-2 Optimism — Vijay Iyer 7:23
  13. 2-3 The Star of a Story — Rod Temperton 5:46
  14. 2-4 Human Nature (Trio Extension) — Steve Porcaro 9:39
  15. 2-5 Wildflower — Herbie Nichols 4:10
  16. 2-6 Mmmhmm — Flying Lotus, Thundercat 4:33
  17. 2-7 Little Pocket Size Demons — Henry Threadgill 7:17
  18. 2-8 Lude — Vijay Iyer 4:56
  19. 2-9 Accelerando — Vijay Iyer 2:52
  20. 2-10 Actions Speak — Vijay Iyer 5:42
  21. 2-11 The Village of the Virgins — Duke Ellington 5:17
  22. 3-1 Human Nature — Steve Porcaro 6:07
  23. 3-2 Epistrophy standard — Kenny Clarke, Thelonious Monk 4:56
  24. 3-3 Darn That Dream standard — Jimmy Van Heusen 4:14
  25. 3-4 Black & Tan Fantasy standard — Duke Ellington, Bubber Miley 4:50
  26. 3-5 Prelude: Heartpiece — Vijay Iyer 2:06
  27. 3-6 Autoscopy — Vijay Iyer 6:38
  28. 3-7 Patterns — Vijay Iyer 8:29
  29. 3-8 Desiring — Vijay Iyer 4:50
  30. 3-9 Games — Steve Coleman 3:37
  31. 3-10 Fleurette Africaine — Duke Ellington 7:56
  32. 3-11 One for Blount — Vijay Iyer 3:03

Production

  • Andrew Livingston engineer
  • Chris Allen recording
  • Cookie Marenco mix, producer, recording
  • Scott Harding mix
  • Joe Marciano recording
  • Max Ross engineer
  • Scotty Hard mix

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Frequently asked questions

Who played on Essentials: Historicity / Accelerando / Solo?

The line-up of Essentials: Historicity / Accelerando / Solo includes Vijay Iyer (piano, producer), Marcus Gilmore (drums (drum set)) and Stephan Crump (bass).

Which label released Essentials: Historicity / Accelerando / Solo?

Essentials: Historicity / Accelerando / Solo was released in 2019 on ACT Music (7008-2).

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