Vijay Iyer

American jazz pianist/composer from Albany, New York, born 1971. Indian-American. Historicity (2009), Accelerando (2012), Break Stuff (2015, with Marcus Gilmore and Stephan Crump). Polyrhythmic, cerebral, visceral jazz. MacArthur 'genius' fellow. Harvard professor. Redefining jazz piano through rhythm and conceptual depth.