Product details
- Label ECM Records
- Artist Vijay Iyer
- Format 2LP
- Country Germany
- Released Date 2024
- Genre Jazz
- Sealed Yes
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Compassion by Vijay Iyer.
Vijay Iyer's "Compassion" arrives as a 2-LP set on ECM, carrying the catalog number ECM 2760 and pressed for release in 2024. This is an ECM Production in the fullest sense, produced by Iyer alongside label founder Manfred Eicher, a pairing that speaks to the care and considered patience behind the music captured here. Spread across four sides, the album gives its dozen pieces room to breathe, unfolding at the unhurried pace that vinyl rewards.
The recording itself took shape in May 2022 at Oktaven Audio in Mount Vernon, New York, with Ryan Streber behind the console as engineer. The mixing followed across July and August of that year, a process that lends the set its depth and clarity. Everything about the physical release reflects ECM's long tradition of visual and sonic craftsmanship, from the cover photograph by Jan Kricke to the liner image by Ogata, all pulled together under the design hand of Sascha Kleis.
The program moves through Iyer's own compositions and a thoughtfully chosen set of pieces by others. Side A opens with the title track "Compassion," then "Arch," before turning to Stevie Wonder's "Overjoyed," a tune published through Jobete Music and Black Bull Music. Side B gathers "Maelstrom," the meditative "Prelude: Orison," and "Tempest," a sequence that swings between turbulence and stillness.
Side C brings some of the album's most striking cross-generational conversations. "Panegyric" gives way to "Nonaah," a piece by Roscoe Mitchell drawn from the Art Ensemble of Chicago's publishing catalog, before "Where I Am" closes the side. Here Iyer places his own voice in dialogue with figures whose work has shaped the wider language of creative music, a gesture that runs quietly through the entire record.
The final side carries "Ghostrumental" and "It Goes," and closes with "Free Spirits / Drummer's Song," a paired conclusion that ties the set's threads together. Across these sides, the publishing credits alone tell a story of lineage, with pieces connected to John Stubblefield through Norahs Publishing and SteepleChase Music, and to the late Geri Allen through Antoinette Music and Pacific Wind Music. Iyer's own writing is published under Sonocentric Publishing.
Manufactured in the EU and released under ECM Records GmbH of München, "Compassion" is a document worthy of a place in any serious collection of contemporary jazz on vinyl. It rewards attentive listening and repeated returns, its balance of original composition and interpretation revealing new detail with each spin. For those who prize the ECM aesthetic in both sound and presentation, this double LP stands as a considered and generous addition.
Pressing Details:
[inside gatefold]
Publishing:
Sonocentric Publishing (Vijay Iyer)
Jobete Music Co. Inc & Black Bull Music Inc. (Stevie Wonder)
Art Ensemble of Chicago Publishing Co. (Roscoe Mitchell)
Norahs Publishing / SteepleChase Music (John Stubblefield)
Antoinette Music / Pacific Wind Music (Geri Allen)
Recorded May 2022
Oktaven Audio, Mount Vernon, NY
Engineer: Ryan Streber
Mixed July/August 2022
Cover photo: Jan Kricke
Liner photo: Ogata
Design: Sascha Kleis
Produced by Vijay Iyer and Manfred Eicher
[on back of cover]
An ECM Production
℗ © 2024 ECM Records GmbH
Postfach 600331, 81203 München
www.ecmrecords.com
ECM 2760
2-LP
Made in EU
[on disc]
℗ 2024 ECM Records GmbH
Track Listing:
A1. Compassion
A2. Arch
A3. Overjoyed
B1. Maelstrom
B2. Prelude: Orison
B3. Tempest
C1. Panegyric
C2. Nonaah
C3. Where I Am
D1. Ghostrumental
D2. It Goes
D3. Free Spirits / Drummer's Song
Artist: Vijay Iyer
Supporting Artists: Linda Oh, Tyshawn Sorey
Format: 2LP
Genre: Jazz
Label: ECM Records
Catalog Number: ECM 2760
Release Year: 2024
Country: Germany
Condition: Sealed (New)
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