The Transitory Poems

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The Transitory Poems
On a sheet, two rectangles uneven in size sit vertically touching each other; one metallic silver on the left, and one bronze on the right. Small indentations are visible between the rectangles. The album name, artists and venue's names are printed on the silver rectangle, and the record label wordmark is printed on the bronze rectangle.
Live album by
Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn
ReleasedMarch 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)
RecordedMarch 12, 2018 (2018-03-12)
VenueFranz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest
GenreJazz
Length73:57
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
Craig Taborn chronology
Highsmith
(2017) 		The Transitory Poems
(2019)
Vijay Iyer chronology
Far from Over
(2017) 		The Transitory Poems
(2019)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz5/5 stars[1]
Jazzwise3/5 stars[2]
Tom HullB+[3]

The Transitory Poems is a live album by pianists Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn.[4][5] The album was recorded in March 2018 and released a year later by ECM Records.

Background[]

The album was recorded in the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest on March 12, 2018.[6] This is Iyer and Taborn's first full-length duo album, but in 2002 they played in saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell's band, Note Factory, contributing to the album Song for My Sister.[1] The Transitory Poems consists of eight tracks offered as tributes to formative influences including pianists Cecil Taylor, Muhal Richard Abrams, and Geri Allen, and the painter and sculptor Jack Whitten.[7]

Reception[]

Dan McClenaghan of All About Jazz stated: "The music's in the air, and then it's gone. The disc's title seems to nod to this sentiment. The music itself does, too. Instant composing, spontaneous arrangements, a gorgeous fluidity of ideas mutating in the moment with an enchanting and lovely spaciousness. And then it's gone, unless somebody records it... The Transitory Poems sounds like two artists colluding in a search for solutions to beautiful mysteries, completely in the moment. That there are no solutions is beside the point. It is the search, the journey that counts."[1]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn (except "When Kabuya Dances" [Geri Allen]).

No.TitleLength
1."Life Line (Seven Tensions)"13:02
2."Sensorium"4:17
3."Kairòs"8:56
4."S.H.A.R.D.S."9:11
5."Shake Down"6:40
6."Clear Monolith"10:46
7."Luminous Brew"8:17
8."Meshwork / Libation / When Kabuya Dances"12:48
Total length:01:13:57

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c McClenaghan, Dan (March 7, 2019). "Vijay Iyer And Craig Taborn: The Transitory Poems". All About Jazz. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  2. ^ Le Gendre, Kevin (May 2019). "Review Search". Jazzwise. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  3. ^ Hull, Tom. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Vijay Iyer". tomhull.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn: The Transitory Poems". Roulette Intermedium. March 12, 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Vijay Iyer / Craig Taborn: The Transitory Poems". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  6. ^ Woodard, Josef (May 2019). "Vijay Iyer & Craig Taborn: Building Something Majestic". DownBeat. Vol. 86 no. 5. p. 37.
  7. ^ "Vijay Iyer / Craig Taborn: The Transitory Poems". Rough Trade. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
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