--- product_id: 53210707 title: "Reimagining" brand: "vijay iyer" price: "₪182" currency: ILS in_stock: true reviews_count: 4 category: "Music" url: https://www.desertcart.co.il/products/53210707-reimagining store_origin: IL region: Israel --- # Reimagining **Brand:** vijay iyer **Price:** ₪182 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Reimagining by vijay iyer - **How much does it cost?** ₪182 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.il](https://www.desertcart.co.il/products/53210707-reimagining) ## Best For - vijay iyer enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted vijay iyer brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Product Description Vijay Iyer's exhilarating debut on Savoy Jazz, featuring powerful new music for his longstanding quartet (Iyer, piano; Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto saxophone; Stephan Crump, bass; Marcus Gilmore, drums). Capped off with a radical solo piano version of John Lennon's 'Imagine'. 2005. .com With "Reimagining," his first album for Savoy Jazz, pianist Vijay Iyer moves on up in terms of visibility -- and in terms of accomplishment. This is his strongest effort yet, balancing rapturous emotion and knotty intellect, melodic flow and rhythmic heft. Iyer works here, as he usually does, with alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa. Mahanthappa, like Iyer an Indian-American who has mined Asian culture to rewarding effect, doesn't so much play songs as lay down shapely streams of consciousness, vamping with greater restraint and variety than he once did. Unlike many lyrically minded young pianists, Iyer is unafraid to attack the keys, but his percussive approach, marked by antic unfurling chords reminiscent of McCoy Tyner's (just as his close partnership with the instant-starting Mahanthappa is reminiscent of Tyner's with John Coltrane), has different levels of intensity. With bassist Stephan Crumb and drummer Marcus Gilmore establishing dense force fields, Iyer moves seamlessly from modal patterns to swing effects to subtle funk figures. His bands are known for their tightness and team concept and this quartet is no exception. --Lloyd Sachs ## Images ![Reimagining - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71%2B2IxcW8tL.jpg) ![Reimagining - Image 2](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71V2uFxiEkL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ As original as it can get... *by J***S on June 24, 2005* I love these guys from their two most recent CDs, and I'm thrilled that Reimagining is as strong as both of them. Panoptic Modes and Blood Sutra introduced me to a "jazz" sound that I'd never heard before. So, with this release I am more familiar with the players, but also still surprised. The word "tapestry" keeps coming to mind; there is a weaving and interweaving, sometimes straight sometimes delightfully uneven. Vijay will come on and then drift away from the drums, and it's very moving when I really try to hear it all and take it all in. Another thing is the "orchestration" that they achieve. Vijay and Rudresh really get a unique sax/piano thing going, almost in unison, but then not.I've been talking of the "sound", but something else I find very special (and it may be my imagination here) is the honesty and awareness of mankind that comes across. Certainly, their "cover" of Imagine doesn't convey a naive optimism, and although "heavy" seems to ask "shouldn't we not give up". And on Experience, (my favorite) although a very short piece, you can sense immensity.This is a fabulous CD. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Strength of the Quartet *by B***R on October 14, 2013* Not since John Coltrane's Quartet have I been as impressed with a group's volume of work consistently. "Reimagining" follows "Blood Sutra" on the Iyer Quartet timeline by adding Marcus Gilmore who is now part of the Vijay Iyer Trio with Stephan Crump on bass. Rudresh Mahanthappa is in prime form as always.This was actually the last of several of the group's quartet efforts that I heard, first with "Tragicomic," second "Blood Sutra," and later with "Panoptic Modes." Though the group has sounded incredible and dexterous on each album, I think this one has the breadth and depth to be called their "best recorded effort." The grooves and melodic content of each tune are distinct and bring the ear a real sort of new pleasure, despite sometimes being harmonically advanced and somewhat dissonant to a crowd who isn't used to jazz. In other words: this is just a great album. There is energy, power, excitement, elation, sadness: a full spectrum of emotional playing as well as intellectual headroom to give the quartet the kind of recognition it deserves.My favorites from the album are "Song for Midwood," featuring the grounding and always huge sound of Stephan Crump paired with Marcus Gilmore's modern and unique grooves. Mahanthappa and Iyer are in top form over this tune that sounds relaxed and gradually picks up in intensity. Another favorite is "Cardio," a sort of jagged odd-meter tune that the group still performs today as a trio. Iyer's interpretation of John Lennon's "Imagine" is melancholy and a wonderful reminder of his sensitivity as a pianist.The greatest feature of this record is that it plays from beginning to well extremely well. So put it on, relax, and enjoy some of the most advanced jazz to date. ### ⭐ REJECTING REIMAGINING *by S***. on April 24, 2016* Really pretty crumby stuff. Not at all impressed by the recording, playing, and selection. 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