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SMAILY: Four or five years ago, [pianist] Vijay Iyer was doing a special concert at The Kitchen in New York. Arooj was also on the bill, and during soundcheck someone suggested that maybe I joined them as a trio. It was completely improvised, but something happened with the chemistry where it absolutely clicked. The sonic fingerprint, as well as the ability to find each other through a forest of choices, worked out beautifully.