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Discover local artistry with global resonance, spanning modern ECM-influenced explorations to rare 1970s independent releases.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"vijay-iyer-linda-may-han-oh-tyshawn-sorey-compassion-2024-ecm-germany-2lp-vinyl","title":"Vijay Iyer \/ Linda May Han Oh \/ Tyshawn Sorey – Compassion (2024 ECM Germany 2LP, Gatefold)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"406\" data-end=\"812\"\u003eReleased in \u003cstrong data-start=\"418\" data-end=\"426\"\u003e2024\u003c\/strong\u003e on \u003cstrong data-start=\"430\" data-end=\"456\"\u003eECM Records (ECM 2760)\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"458\" data-end=\"470\"\u003eCompassion\u003c\/em\u003e reunites pianist \u003cstrong data-start=\"488\" data-end=\"502\"\u003eVijay Iyer\u003c\/strong\u003e, bassist \u003cstrong data-start=\"512\" data-end=\"532\"\u003eLinda May Han Oh\u003c\/strong\u003e and drummer \u003cstrong data-start=\"545\" data-end=\"562\"\u003eTyshawn Sorey\u003c\/strong\u003e in a trio that feels as fluid as breath. 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Recorded in December 2019 under the direction of \u003cstrong data-start=\"659\" data-end=\"677\"\u003eManfred Eicher\u003c\/strong\u003e, it’s an album of quiet intensity and elastic interplay, where every note feels both deliberate and instinctive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"794\" data-end=\"1145\"\u003eIyer’s piano writing shifts between angular rhythm and open lyricism, while Linda May Han Oh’s bass lines give the music depth and pulse without ever locking it down. Tyshawn Sorey’s drumming moves like weather, constantly in motion but never forced. Together, they create music that feels alert to the world’s chaos and still finds grace within it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1147\" data-end=\"1492\"\u003eThe trio explores a mix of originals and reimagined works: \u003cem data-start=\"1206\" data-end=\"1225\"\u003eChildren of Flint\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"1230\" data-end=\"1248\"\u003eCombat Breathing\u003c\/em\u003e are direct in their emotional gravity, \u003cem data-start=\"1288\" data-end=\"1295\"\u003eTouba\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"1300\" data-end=\"1316\"\u003eConfigurations\u003c\/em\u003e pulse with complex swing, while \u003cem data-start=\"1349\" data-end=\"1357\"\u003eUneasy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"1362\" data-end=\"1375\"\u003eEntrustment\u003c\/em\u003e carry a meditative calm. 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Released in 2025 by Mr Bongo Records, the album demonstrates how younger musicians are synthesising jazz tradition with contemporary urban music aesthetics, creating music that speaks to audiences raised on J Dilla, Robert Glasper, and Thundercat as much as Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis. The album's production sensibility and sonic palette reflect post-2000s approaches to jazz recording while maintaining improvisational core and compositional sophistication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe nine compositions showcase Glori's approach to contemporary fusion, tracks like \"Disaster\", \"Power\", and \"Saturn's Return\" building grooves that could function in R\u0026amp;B or hip-hop contexts while incorporating jazz harmonic movement and improvisational exploration. 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