Tirtha (pronounced "TEER-tha") is a new project brought together by pianist Vijay Iyer that is a trio including the phenomenal electric guitarist Prasanna and the young virtuoso tabla player Nitin ...

Pianist Vijay Iyer has a simple explanation for his latest recording project, Tirtha: "It just felt good," he says. "In a way, that's the highest compliment I can pay anything, is that it felt natural ...

A confluence of ideas is encountered in the kinetic and unusual Tirtha, featuring three South Asian luminaries: the critically acclaimed jazz pianist Vijay Iyer; and his equally accomplished ...

With last August's fine album, Solo, Vijay Iyer took a look at the jazz tradition in some radical but recognisable appraisals of Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk. Tirtha (the word means "crossing") ...