Your Life Flashes

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Tom Hull	A–[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

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In his review for AllMusic, David R. Adler states, "Like much of what Iyer creates under his own name, this music has the distinction of being toe-tappingly accessible and yet, on a technical level, nearly incomprehensible. It is a highly specialized language, to be sure, but also an endlessly refreshing one."^[2]

The JazzTimes review by Aaron Steinberg suggests, "Fieldwork's musicians have absorbed the highly rhythmic, dryly funky style that came out of the M-Base school and have adapted it to a cutting modern acoustic jazz setting. What sets Fieldwork apart, however, is the trio’s fervent and unwavering embrace of rhythm and attack."^[5]

The All About Jazz review by Dan McLenaghan states, "Your Life Flashes sounds foreign and familiar and avant-garde and mainstream all at the same time."^[6]

All compositions by Vijay Iyer except where noted.

1. "In Medias Res" – 6:03
2. "Accumulated Gestures" – 5:43
3. "Sublimination" (Aaron Stewart) – 4:37
4. "Generations" – 5:49
5. "Mosaic" (Aaron Stewart) – 4:51
6. "Sympathy" – 4:21
7. "Step Lively" – 2:53
8. "Horoscape" – 4:51
9. "The Inner World" – 5:29
10. "Path of Action (for Horace Tapscott)" – 5:24

• Vijay Iyer – piano
• Aaron Stewart – tenor saxophone
• Elliot Humberto Kavee – drums