Accelerando (album)

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|MC=88/100

|rev1=AllMusic

|rev1Score={{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/accelerando-mw0002299025|title=Accelerando - Vijay Iyer|website=AllMusic.com|last=Jurek|first=Thom|accessdate=2014-09-16}}

|rev2=All About Jazz

|rev2Score={{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/accelerando-vijay-iyer-act-music-review-by-troy-collins.php|title=Vijay Iyer: Accelerando|website=allaboutjazz.com|last=Collins|first=Troy|date=2014-03-10|accessdate=2014-09-15}}

|rev3=The Guardian

|rev3Score={{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/mar/15/vijay-iyer-accelerando-review|title=Vijay Iyer: Accelerando review|website=theguardian.com|last=Fordham|first=John|date=2012-03-16|accessdate=2014-09-16}}

|rev4 = Los Angeles Times

|rev4score={{Rating|4|4}}{{cite web |last1=Barton |first1=Chris |title=Album review: Vijay Iyer Trio's 'Accelerando' |url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/03/album-review-vijay-iyer-trio-accelerando.html |website=LA Times Blogs - Pop & Hiss |accessdate=30 July 2020 |date=13 March 2012}}

|rev5 = Pitchfork

|rev5score=8.2/10{{cite web |last1=Tangari |first1=Joe |title=Vijay Iyer Trio: Accelerando |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16483-accelerando/ |website=Pitchfork Media |accessdate=30 July 2020 |language=en |date=12 April 2012}}

|rev6 = PopMatters

|rev6Score = {{rating|8|10}}

|rev7 = musicOMH

|rev7score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |last1=Paton |first1=Daniel |title=Vijay Iyer Trio – Accelerando|url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/vijay-iyer-trio-accelerando |website=musicOMH |publisher=musicomh.com |accessdate=7 June 2018 |date=5 March 2012}}

|rev8 = Tom Hull

|rev8score=A–{{cite web |last1=Hull |first1=Tom |title=Tom Hull: Grade List: Vijay Iyer |url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=Vijay+Iyer |publisher=tomhull.com |accessdate=30 July 2020}}

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The album received universal acclaim with Metacritic giving it a score of 88 from 9 reviews.[http://www.metacritic.com/music/accelerando/vijay-iyer-trio/critic-reviews Metacritic summary], accessed September 16, 2014 Thom Jurek, in his review for AllMusic states, "Accelerando is a triumph in creativity and expert musicianship, and further underscores Iyer's status as a genuine jazz innovator". Writing for All About Jazz, Troy Collins said "Accelerando is a masterful collection that balances high-minded conceptualism with heartfelt conviction". The Guardian review by John Fordham awarded the album 4 stars noting "The world's full of fine jazz piano trios, but Iyer's is way up the A-list". PopMatters editor John Garratt said "Accelerando is an album filled with highlights... There is a reason Vijay Iyer keeps popping up on year-end best-of lists; it’s because he synthesizes such disparate styles, some easily palatable and some requiring more effort, into a striking vision of his own".Garratt, J., [http://www.popmatters.com/review/155755-vijay-iyer-trio-accelerando/ PopMatters Review], March 25, 2012

All compositions by Vijay Iyer except as indicated

1. "Bode" - 2:18
2. "Optimism" - 7:23
3. "The Star of a Story" (Rod Temperton) - 5:46
4. "Human Nature" (Steve Porcaro, John Bettis) - 9:39
5. "Wildflower" (Herbie Nichols) - 4:10
6. "Mmmhmm" (Stephen Bruner, Steve Ellison) - 4:33
7. "Little Pocket Size Demons" (Henry Threadgill) 7:14
8. "Lude" - 4:54
9. "Accelerando" - 2:51
10. "Actions Speak" - 5:38
11. "The Village of the Virgins" (Duke Ellington) - 5:17

• Vijay Iyer — piano
• Stephan Crump — bass
• Marcus Gilmore — drums

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