# Simulated Progress

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Simulated Progress
| type       = studio
| artist     = Fieldwork
| cover      = Simulated Progress cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 2005
| recorded   = September 16, 2004
| venue      =
| studio     = Systems Two, [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn)
| genre      = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length     = 48:55
| label      = [Pi Recordings](/source/Pi_Recordings)
| producer   = Fieldwork & Scott Harding
| chronology = [Vijay Iyer](/source/Vijay_Iyer)
| prev_title = [Blood Sutra](/source/Blood_Sutra)
| prev_year  = 2003
| next_title = [Reimagining](/source/Reimagining_(album))
| next_year  = 2005
}}

'''''Simulated Progress''''' is the second album by Fieldwork, a collective trio consisting of [Vijay Iyer](/source/Vijay_Iyer) on piano, Elliot Humberto Kavee on drums, and [Steve Lehman](/source/Steve_Lehman_(composer)) on alto and sopranino saxophone replacing former saxophonist Aaron Stewart, which was recorded in 2004 and released on [Pi Recordings](/source/Pi_Recordings).<ref name="Notes">[https://pirecordings.com/album/pi16 ''Simulated Progress''] on Pi Recordings</ref>

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
| rev2 = [Tom Hull](/source/Tom_Hull_(critic))
| rev2score=A–<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hull |first1=Tom |title=Tom Hull: Grade List: Vijay Iyer |url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=Vijay+Iyer |publisher=[tomhull.com](/source/tomhull.com) |accessdate=30 July 2020}}</ref> 
|rev3 = ''[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz_Recordings)''
|rev3score  = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz) |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[Penguin](/source/Penguin_Books) |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=751}}</ref>
}}
In his review for [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic), Scott Yanow states "No fireworks occur, the originals are forgettable, and the magic that is necessary to make this type of advanced jazz project a success is lacking."<ref name="Allmusic">{{allMusic|last=Yanow|first=Scott|class=album|id=mw0000702522|title=Fieldwork – ''Simulated Progress'': Review|accessdate=August 10, 2017}}</ref>

The ''[JazzTimes](/source/JazzTimes)'' review by David R. Adler notes "Fieldwork’s rhythmic logic can be immensely involved, but the results are disarmingly concise. The music is also rich in paradox: dark yet uplifting, intellectually demanding yet effortlessly funky."<ref name="JazzTimes">Steinberg, Aaron. [https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/fieldwork-simulated-progress/ ''Simulated Progress'' review] at ''[JazzTimes](/source/JazzTimes)''</ref>

The [All About Jazz](/source/All_About_Jazz) review by Paul Olson states "The greatest compliment that can be paid to ''Simulated Progress'' is that there is nothing else out there that sounds like it. This is difficult music. In its risk-taking, fragility, and fearlessness, it's also very thrilling."<ref name="AAJ">Olson, Paul. [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/simulated-progress-fieldwork-pi-recordings-review-by-paul-olson.php ''Simulated Progress'' review] at [All About Jazz](/source/All_About_Jazz)</ref>

==Track listing==
# "Headlong" (Vijay Iyer) – 4:07
# "Transgression" (Elliot Humberto Kavee) – 5:34 
# "Trips" (Steve Lehman) – 3:57
# "Telematic"  (Vijay Iyer) – 2:42
# "Media Studies" (Steve Lehman) – 5:12
# "Gaudi"  (Elliot Humberto Kavee) – 4:02
# "Transitions"  (Vijay Iyer) – 5:49
# "Peril" (Elliot Humberto Kavee) – 4:49
# "Reprise" (Steve Lehman) – 3:38
# "Infogee Dub" (Vijay Iyer) – 4:29
# "Durations" (Steve Lehman) – 4:36

==Personnel==
* [Vijay Iyer](/source/Vijay_Iyer) – [piano](/source/piano)
* [Steve Lehman](/source/Steve_Lehman_(composer)) – [alto saxophone](/source/alto_saxophone), [sopranino saxophone](/source/sopranino_saxophone)
* Elliot Humberto Kavee – [drums](/source/drums)

==References==
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Category:Vijay Iyer albums
Category:Pi Recordings albums

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