Panoptic Modes
| Panoptic Modes | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 2001 | |||
| Recorded | June 9, 2000 | |||
| Studio | The Studio/Current Sounds, NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 65:58 | |||
| Label | Red Giant RG 011 | |||
| Producer | Cookie Marenco and Vijay Iyer | |||
| Vijay Iyer chronology | ||||
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Panoptic Modes is the third studio album led by American pianist Vijay Iyer originally released on the Red Giant label in 2001 and re-released on Pi Recordings in 2010.[1]
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Tom Hull | B+[3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
The Allmusic review by David R. Adler stated, "His harmonic and formal concepts are as challenging as ever, yet his exceedingly difficult writing is rendered oddly accessible by the unperturbed facility of his band".[2] Writing for All About Jazz, Jim Santella said, "Vijay Iyer's music contains the adventurousness and dramatic tension that you'd expect from avant-garde jazz; as well as a light, rhythmic swing, for those of us who live in the mainstream. His third album is accessible to one and all. They're his originals, and they're interpreted by a stellar quartet".[5]
Track listing[edit]
All compositions by Vijay Iyer
- "Invocation" - 6:07
- "Configurations" - 6:41
- "One Thousand and One" - 8:30
- "History Is Alive" - 4:41
- "Father Spirit" - 6:19
- "Atlantean Tropes" - 6:54
- "Numbers (For Mumia)" - 1:43
- "Trident: 2001" - 7:16
- "Circular Argument" - 4:47
- "Invariants" - 8:19
- "Mountains" - 4:41
Personnel[edit]
- Vijay Iyer — piano
- Rudresh Mahanthappa — alto saxophone
- Stephan Crump — bass
- Derrek Phillips — drums
References[edit]
- ^ Pi Recordings discography accessed October 9, 2014
- ^ a b Adler, David R. "Panoptic Modes". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
- ^ Hull, Tom. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Vijay Iyer". tomhull.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 751. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Santella, Jim (2002-03-01). "Vijay Iyer: Panoptic Modes". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
