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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

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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

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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

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Credits adapted from liner notes.

References

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  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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