''Far from Over'' is a studio album by the American jazz musician

Vijay Iyer Vijay Iyer (born October 26, 1971) is an American composer, pianist, bandleader, producer and writer based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' has called him a "social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, histori ...

. It was released in August 2017 by ECM Records.

Reception

''Far from Over'' was generally well-regarded by professional music critics on release. At ''

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'', which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 88, based on five reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". In his review for ''

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'', Matt Collar wrote, "What's particularly engaging about ''Far from Over'' is Iyer and his band's sense of danger and risk-taking. Ultimately, it's that balance of harmonically adventurous exploration and no-holds-barred blowing that make ''Far from Over'' nothing short of thrilling."

Track listing

Personnel

Vijay Iyer Sextet *

– piano *

Graham Haynes Graham Haynes (born September 16, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American cornetist, trumpeter and composer. The son of jazz drummer Roy Haynes, Graham is known for his work in nu jazz, fusing jazz with elements of hip hop and electronic music ...

– cornet, flugelhorn, electronics * Steve Lehman – alto saxophone * Mark Shim – tenor saxophone * Stephan Crump – double bass *

Tyshawn Sorey Tyshawn Sorey (born July 8, 1980) is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and professor of contemporary music. Sorey has received accolades for performances, recordings, and compositions ranging from improvised solo percussion to opera, ...

– drums Technical personnel *

Manfred Eicher Manfred Eicher (born 9 July 1943) is a German record producer and the founder of ECM Records. Life and career Eicher was born in Lindau, Germany. He studied music at the Academy of Music in Berlin. He started as a double-bass player of classi ...

– producer, mixing * James Farber – engineer, mixing * Nate Odden – assistant engineer

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2017 albums Vijay Iyer albums ECM Records albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher