Raw Materials (2006 album)

Raw Materials
Raw Materials
Studio album by Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa
Released	May 23, 2006
Recorded	October 4, 2005
Studio	Clubhouse, Rhinebeck, NY
Genre	Jazz
Length	1:08:58
Label	Savoy Jazz SVY 17603
Producer	Vijay Iyer, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Cookie Marenco
Vijay Iyer chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
All About Jazz	^[2]
Tom Hull	B^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

Raw Materials is a studio album by American jazz pianist Vijay Iyer and American jazz saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa. The album was released on May 23, 2006 (2006-05-23) via Savoy Jazz label.^[5]

Reception

David R. Adler of JazzTimes stated "The two cover plenty of ground but aren’t at all longwinded. Somehow their impeccable precision enhances rather than limits their improvisational freedom. Their challenging rhythmic syntax, well documented on their respective quartet discs, takes on a greater immediacy in the duo context".^[6]

Jonathan Widran of Allmusic wrote "For the first time, they distill their otherworldly, closely entwined musical language into a 13-track recording on Raw Materials -- the first 12 of which are from the suite "Sangha: Collaborative Fables," which was commissioned by the Jazz Gallery with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation Multi-Arts Production Fund... They're a brilliantly talented, visionary but unusual pair whose debut will appeal mostly to jazz and classical fans with open minds".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Shape of Things"	Mahanthappa, Iyer	3:25
2.	"All the Names"	Iyer	5:04
3.	"Forgotten System"	Mahanthappa	5:43
4.	"Remembrance"	Iyer	4:27
5.	"Frontlash"	Iyer	4:23
6.	"Five Fingers Make a Fist"	Mahanthappa	2:58
7.	"Inside the Machine"	Iyer	3:07
8.	"Stronger Than Itself"	Iyer	2:17
9.	"Come Back"	Mahanthappa	6:19
10.	"Fly Higher"	Mahanthappa	3:10
11.	"Common Ground"	Mahanthappa	5:54
12.	"Rataplan"	Iyer	4:15
13.	"Hope"	Mahanthappa	6:01
Total length:			1:08:58

Personnel

Vijay Iyer – arranger, piano, producer
Rudresh Mahanthappa – arranger, composer, producer, saxophone

References

^ Widran, Johnathan. "Vijay Iyer: Raw Materials". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
^ Olson, Paul (1 June 2006). "Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa: Raw Materials". All About Jazz. allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
^ Hull, Tom. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Vijay Iyer". tomhull.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 752. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ "Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa – Raw Materials". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
^ Adler, David A. (1 September 2006). "Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa: Raw Materials". JazzTimes. jazztimes.com. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

[1] Widran, Johnathan. "Vijay Iyer: Raw Materials". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

[2] Olson, Paul (1 June 2006). "Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa: Raw Materials". All About Jazz. allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

[3] Hull, Tom. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Vijay Iyer". tomhull.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 752. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[5] "Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa – Raw Materials". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

[6] Adler, David A. (1 September 2006). "Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa: Raw Materials". JazzTimes. jazztimes.com. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

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