Tirtha (album)

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Metacritic	81/100[2]
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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
All About Jazz	[4]
The Guardian	[5]
Los Angeles Times	[6]
musicOMH	[7]
Tom Hull	B+[8]

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The album received universal acclaim with Metacritic giving it a score of 81 from 8 reviews.^[9] Thom Jurek, in his review for AllMusic states, "Tirtha is a triumph; it is a high-water mark in hearing the constantly evolving discussion between jazz and Indian music".^[3] Writing for All About Jazz, Mark F. Turner said "the recording crosses the channels of jazz and Indian music, eschewing the hybridization of the two styles; a semblance of familiarity but also something entirely fresh. The nine tracks contain robust elements of ethnicity, thriving improvisation, and exhaustive composition; steeped in modern and old worlds".^[4] The Guardian review by John Fordham awarded the album 4 stars noting "Iyer and his partners sound like a spontaneous ensemble from the outset – not self-conscious participants in a fusion experiment".^[5]

All compositions by Vijay Iyer except as indicated

1. "Duality" - 5:59
2. "Tribal Wisdom" (Prasanna) - 11:06
3. "Tirtha" - 7:04
4. "Abundance" - 7:46
5. "Falsehood" (Prasanna) - 6:38
6. "Gauntlet" - 2:10
7. "Polytheism" (Prasanna) - 5:43
8. "Remembrance" - 6:09
9. "Entropy and Time" (Prasanna based on a composition by T.R. Subramanyam) - 7:58

• Vijay Iyer — piano
• Prasanna — guitar, voice
• Nitin Mitta — tabla