Panoptic Modes

Panoptic Modes is the third studio album led by American pianist Vijay Iyer originally released on the Red Giant label in 2001 and re-released on Pi Recordings in 2010.[1]

Panoptic Modes
Studio album by Vijay Iyer
Released	2001
Recorded	June 9, 2000
Studio	The Studio/Current Sounds, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	65:58
Label	Red Giant RG 011
Producer	Cookie Marenco and Vijay Iyer
Vijay Iyer chronology
Architextures (1998) Panoptic Modes (2001) Your Life Flashes (2002)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Tom Hull	B+[3]

The Allmusic review by David R. Adler stated, "His harmonic and formal concepts are as challenging as ever, yet his exceedingly difficult writing is rendered oddly accessible by the unperturbed facility of his band".[2] Writing for All About Jazz, Jim Santella said, "Vijay Iyer's music contains the adventurousness and dramatic tension that you'd expect from avant-garde jazz; as well as a light, rhythmic swing, for those of us who live in the mainstream. His third album is accessible to one and all. They're his originals, and they're interpreted by a stellar quartet".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Vijay Iyer

1. "Invocation" - 6:07
2. "Configurations" - 6:41
3. "One Thousand and One" - 8:30
4. "History Is Alive" - 4:41
5. "Father Spirit" - 6:19
6. "Atlantean Tropes" - 6:54
7. "Numbers (For Mumia)" - 1:43
8. "Trident: 2001" - 7:16
9. "Circular Argument" - 4:47
10. "Invariants" - 8:19
11. "Mountains" - 4:41

Personnel

• Vijay Iyer — piano
• Rudresh Mahanthappa — alto saxophone
• Stephan Crump — bass
• Derrek Phillips — drums

References

1. Pi Recordings discography accessed October 9, 2014
2. Adler, David R. "Panoptic Modes". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
3. Hull, Tom. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Vijay Iyer". tomhull.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
4. Santella, Jim (2002-03-01). "Vijay Iyer: Panoptic Modes". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2015-10-09.