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Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project
Studio album by
Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2013 (2013-09-24)
RecordedJune 21–22, 2012
StudioThe Bunker, Brooklyn, New York
GenreJazz
Length70:04
LabelPi Recordings
ProducerVijay Iyer
Vijay Iyer chronology
Accelerando
(2011) 		Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project
(2013) 		Mutations
(2014)

Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project is a collaborative studio album by American jazz pianist Vijay Iyer and American hip hop musician Mike Ladd. It was released on Pi Recordings in 2013.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz[1]
Financial Times[2]
The Irish Times[3]
JazzTimesfavorable[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
MusicOMH[6]
PopMatters[7]
Tom HullB+[8]

Daniel Paton of MusicOMH gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars, calling it "compelling and beautiful; troubling and moving in equal measure."[6] Mike Hobart of Financial Times gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, writing, "Each track is stalked by the fear, guilt and surrealism of the post-traumatic dreams that were culled from scores of interviews."[2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Here" (Mike, Cambridge)
3:07
2."Derelict Poetry" (Maurice, Brooklyn)
  • Maurice Decaul
  • Iyer
4:15
3."Capacity" (Lynn, Bronx)
  • Lynn Hill
  • Iyer
3:56
4."Walking with the Duppy" (Rashan, Queens)
  • Iyer
  • Ladd
3:42
5."There Is a Man Slouching in the Stairway" (Maurice, Brooklyn)
  • Decaul
  • Iyer
3:59
6."My Fire" (Brad, Chester)
  • Iyer
  • Ladd
3:09
7."On Patrol" (Maurice, Brooklyn)
  • Decaul
  • Iyer
4:53
8."Dream of an Ex-Ranger" (William, Newton)
  • Iyer
  • Ladd
3:09
9."Name" (Lynn, Bronx)
  • Hill
  • Iyer
3:37
10."Costume" (Mike, Cambridge)
  • Iyer
  • Ladd
4:08
11."Tormented Star of Morning" (Maurice, Brooklyn)
  • Decaul
  • Iyer
5:09
12."Patton" (Calvin, Massapequa)
  • Iyer
  • Ladd
4:58
13."Shush" (Maurice, Brooklyn)
  • Decaul
  • Iyer
4:06
14."REM Killer" (Kirk, Lexington)
  • Iyer
  • Ladd
3:48
15."Requiem for an Insomniac" (Maurice, Brooklyn)
  • Decaul
  • Iyer
5:14
16."Dreams in Color" (Lynn, Bronx)
  • Hill
  • Iyer
2:39
17."Mess Hall" (Merrin, San Diego)
6:15
Total length:70:04

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

References

  1. ^ Corroto, Mark (October 31, 2013). "Vijay Iyer / Mike Ladd: Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project". All About Jazz. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Hobart, Mike (October 25, 2013). "Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd: Holding it Down: The Veterans Dreams Project". Financial Times. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  3. ^ Larkin, Cormac (November 22, 2013). "Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd: Holding it Down: The Veterans Dreams Project". The Irish Times. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  4. ^ Beuttler, Bill (December 21, 2013). "Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd: Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project". JazzTimes. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  5. ^ Barton, Chris (September 10, 2013). "Review: 'Holding It Down' awakens us to veterans' dreams". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Paton, Daniel (September 30, 2013). "Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd – Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dream Project". MusicOMH. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  7. ^ Garratt, John (December 8, 2013). "Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd: Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project". PopMatters. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  8. ^ Hull, Tom. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Vijay Iyer". tomhull.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
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