Far from Over | |
Type: | Studio |
Artist: | Vijay Iyer |
Cover: | Vijay Iyer - Far from Over.jpg |
Border: | yes |
Recorded: | April 2017 |
Studio: | Avatar, New York City |
Genre: | Jazz |
Label: | ECM ECM 2581 |
Producer: | Manfred Eicher |
Prev Title: | A Cosmic Rhythm with Each Stroke |
Prev Year: | 2016 |
Next Title: | The Transitory Poems |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Far from Over is a studio album by the Vijay Iyer Sextet recorded in April 2017 and released on ECM August that same year. The sextet features brass section Graham Haynes, Steve Lehman and Mark Shim and rhythm section Stephan Crump and Tyshawn Sorey.[1]
Far from Over was generally well-regarded by professional music critics on release. At Metacritic, 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 AllMusic, 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."