Accelerando (album)

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Accelerando
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Studio album by
Released2012
RecordedAugust 8–9, 2011
Studio Sear Sound, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length59:49
Label ACT Music ACT 9524
Producer Vijay Iyer
Vijay Iyer chronology
Tirtha
(2011)
Accelerando
(2012)
Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project
(2013)

Accelerando is a studio album by Indian-American pianist Vijay Iyer recorded in 2011 and released on the ACT label in 2012. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 88/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
All About Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [6]
Pitchfork 8.2/10 [7]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [9]
Tom Hull A– [10]

The album received universal acclaim with Metacritic giving it a score of 88 from 9 reviews. [2] Thom Jurek, in his review for AllMusic states, "Accelerando is a triumph in creativity and expert musicianship, and further underscores Iyer's status as a genuine jazz innovator". [3] Writing for All About Jazz, Troy Collins said "Accelerando is a masterful collection that balances high-minded conceptualism with heartfelt conviction". [4] The Guardian review by John Fordham awarded the album 4 stars noting "The world's full of fine jazz piano trios, but Iyer's is way up the A-list". [5] PopMatters editor John Garratt said "Accelerando is an album filled with highlights... There is a reason Vijay Iyer keeps popping up on year-end best-of lists; it’s because he synthesizes such disparate styles, some easily palatable and some requiring more effort, into a striking vision of his own". [8]

Track listing

All compositions by Vijay Iyer except as indicated

  1. "Bode" - 2:18
  2. "Optimism" - 7:23
  3. "The Star of a Story" (Rod Temperton) - 5:46
  4. "Human Nature" (Steve Porcaro, John Bettis) - 9:39
  5. "Wildflower" (Herbie Nichols) - 4:10
  6. "Mmmhmm" (Stephen Bruner, Steve Ellison) - 4:33
  7. "Little Pocket Size Demons" (Henry Threadgill) 7:14
  8. "Lude" - 4:54
  9. "Accelerando" - 2:51
  10. "Actions Speak" - 5:38
  11. "The Village of the Virgins" (Duke Ellington) - 5:17

Personnel

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References

  1. ACT discography accessed September 16, 2014
  2. 1 2 Metacritic summary, accessed September 16, 2014
  3. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. "Accelerando - Vijay Iyer". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  4. 1 2 Collins, Troy (2014-03-10). "Vijay Iyer: Accelerando". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
  5. 1 2 Fordham, John (2012-03-16). "Vijay Iyer: Accelerando review". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  6. Barton, Chris (13 March 2012). "Album review: Vijay Iyer Trio's 'Accelerando'". LA Times Blogs - Pop & Hiss. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
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